Some slightly bland features create the enormous, vast unique entourage that is this game. The characters are unique, and so is the voice acting to go with them. Each voice actor brings a unique style to play when creating these characters.

To keep the review simple: The game is awesome overall. Visuals, playing quality, story depth, etc. Just look at the other reviews for all that good stuff. Only problem with it I have is that I suck at the game. Hence, not very noob friendly (at least, without the guide). Alas, its worth every penny. Buy it nao!

I'm already into the 2nd disk and it's a great game. Get it! (NOTE: this game is very unique in the fact it is more of a movie/book/game) It is very entertaining and challenging so far. I hope they make a sequal to this game!

Lost Odyssey has great visuals, especially in the many (and I mean many) movie sequences. In the end however the gameplay is repetitive and you are dragged by the nose the entire story line. The storyline is one big cliché around the central theme of immortal characters, the other themes are the same from every Final Fantasy game from which it borrows the feel and turn based combat style.

Due to the very high quantity of videos it feels like something you are watching rather than playing, and occasionally the game allows you to play through a couple of combats to give you an illusion of interaction. The voice acting (in English at least) is absurdly bad and cheesy, soap opera style, the script of the story doesn't help and the actors must have felt somewhat helpless with the lines they were given (specially the interactions involving the protagonist, who is trying to be far more serious than the rest of the project). The only truly artistic part can be seen in the poems that appear in the form of dreams, although completely devoid of any gaming element they are (some of them) truly well made.

Without spoilers one can only wonder what they were expecting placing characters like the grandchildren in the game. I honestly felt silly through major portions of the story for playing this. The lack of control over saving also makes this a difficult game for the busier player since you cannot be assured that you can play "just another 10 minutes and save". You save when they let you save, you play when the movie is done, and you fight at every six steps. The combat system is the FF turn based we all know but with a timing mechanism of two rings (to create SOME sort of interaction by the player) that while it seems like a good idea it gets boring as hell.

As a final note the steady progression of the opponents makes no sense, at some point you are battling regular soldiers who are still a match to your characters despite the fact that you are 20-30 levels higher since the last time you faced them.

In the end I felt the Lost Odyssey is a childish game they purred a lot of resources in. It isn't worth the time though.

Nothing short of legendary! A masterpiece not to be overlooked!

Lost Odyssey is one of those games that make you appreciate the form of art that is videogames. Check it out today!!

5 stars!