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[duckroll]

Famitsu this week has a scoop on the Lost Odyssey which has recently been completed. They also interviewed Sakaguchi about the game which provides some pretty interesting details.

Highlights from the Sakaguchi interview in Famitsu:

- 30 fps (dark10x cry cry)
- In the opening movie for Lost Odyssey you can seamlessly input commands for the battle scene.
- Combat is not action driven but command menu driven.
- The playable demo lasts for 40-60 minutes.
- The final game will have even higher quality than the demo.
- The modeling for the movies are almost identical to the realtime models.
- Inoue (the character designer) is personally checking all the models.
- The demo's battles will just the most basic part of the system. The more indepth systems will be excluded.
- The character growth systems and so on will be in the final game only.
- Surviving enemies inherit the powers of those who are killed.
- Since the main character cannot die either there will not be a possibility of game over.
- The final game will use a physics engine.
- The final text message on the playable demo was written by Shigematsu (scenario writer for the various short stories that make up the game).
- Lost Odyssey will be playable at TGS, with the demo disc being released with Famitsu in early November.
- Lost Odyssey will be out in 2007.
- Blue Dragon will DEFINITELY be released within 2006.
- ASH is being targeted for the first half of 2007.
- There will be more titles being announced from Mistwalker.

 

[RaijinFY]

Haha, reminds me the good ol' FF...

EDIT: WTF??

 

[brandonh83]

- In the opening movie for Lost Odyssey you can seamlessly input commands for the battle scene.

Its on like Donkey Kong

 

[Wario64]

- Since the main character cannot die either there will not be a possibility of game over.


Haha what.

 

[neo2046]

wow!! FF 7,8,9 battle screen style

 

[Finncognito]

Hawt.

 

[sangreal]

looks great, can't wait for TGS

 

[LOCK]

nice

 

[Tarjeta Prepagada]

im confused

 

[sangreal]

- Since the main character cannot die either there will not be a possibility of game over.


Haha what.

This is old info. The main character was sentenced to live for 1000 years or something and thats the premise of the game. Sakaguchi has said before that you won't be able to die but he hasn't elaborated much on it.

(he talks about it in a kikizo interview I think)

 

[Tieno]

Menu based combat, so not realtime?

 

[Zonar]

Day 1 baby. Day 1

 

[Ceb]

Menu based combat, so not realtime?

What did you expect? This is pretty much MS's answer to Final Fantasy.

Looks great, btw.

 

[Tieno]

This is old info. The main character was sentenced to live for 1000 years or something and thats the premise of the game. Sakaguchi has said before that you won't be able to die but he hasn't elaborated much on it.

(he talks about it in a kikizo interview I think)

Some more info (Wikipedia)

The player takes control of Kaim, a man who has been sentenced to live for 1,000 years. Gameplay revolves around the many generations of which Kaim is a part of, his loves and losses and conflicts of a world nearing a "mystical industrial revolution". Odyssey's story is being penned by award winning Japanese novelist, Kiyoshi Shigematsu who is working directly with Hironobu Sakaguchi on the story sequences. Heading up the artistic demands of the title is famed Japanese comic artist, Takehiko Inoue, while famed composer Nobuo Uematsu has been recruited to create a more contemporary soundtrack. Mistwalker is developing the title, but code work has been outsourced to a studio name Feel Plus, a subsidiary of Microsoft created specifically to aid Mistwalker. Former Square employees at Microsoft are also involved.

What did you expect? This is pretty much MS's answer to Final Fantasy.

Looks great, btw.

I know, but still Still excited, the trailer music is one of the best I've ever heard and the art style (judging again from the cgi trailer) is incredible.

 

[PipBoy]

- Since the main character cannot die either there will not be a possibility of game over.


Haha what.

ever play PST ? since you're immortal, when you die you wake up in a mortuary. Since this game seems to "borrow" a lot from PST, I expect the same system (japanised of course)

 

[Sysgen]

I understand that Microsoft is allocating massive resources to get these games out on time.

 

[sangreal]

Menu based combat, so not realtime?

here is sakaguchi's answer:

Kikizo: Will the combat system be turns-based like the Final Fantasy series?

Sakaguchi: It's a new system...

Kikizo: Will it merge different styles?


Sakaguchi: It will merge different styles, and there's also a lot that is new.

http://games.kikizo.com/features/mistwalter_sakaguchi_iv_aug05_p2.asp

whatever thats supposed to mean. probably just full of crap but it could be something like KOTOR. The screenshot looks like a standard turnbased jrpg to me though

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Am I missing the other buttload of screenshots? I only see the one. INOUE NUMBER ONE!!

 

[PhatSaqs]

here is sakaguchi's answer:



http://games.kikizo.com/features/mistwalter_sakaguchi_iv_aug05_p2.asp

whatever thats supposed to mean. probably just full of crap

I thought it was weird that they call it "menu based". WTF?

 

[Tieno]

here is sakaguchi's answer:



http://games.kikizo.com/features/mistwalter_sakaguchi_iv_aug05_p2.asp

whatever thats supposed to mean. probably just full of crap

Thanks!



Here's the cgi trailer again from a while ago http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_2109_en.html

 

[thetrin]

This game looks shit hot. I remember seeing the concept art way back and really liking it. I'm all over the japanese demo in Famitsu in November. Hell yes.

40-60 min demo? I love you Hironobu.

 

[duckroll]

Am I missing the other buttload of screenshots? I only see the one. INOUE NUMBER ONE!!

Yes, the rest are invisible. :lol

 

[K-type]

ever play PST ? since you're immortal, when you die you wake up in a mortuary. Since this game seems to "borrow" a lot from PST, I expect the same system (japanised of course)

Pacific Standard Time is one of my all time favorite games.

I wonder whether they even know they're ripping off Planescape Torment.

 

[Confidence Man]

What are the chances of the demo showing up on marketplace?

 

[K-type]

This game looks shit hot. I remember seeing the concept art way back and really liking it. I'm all over the japanese demo in Famitsu in November. Hell yes.

40-60 min demo? I love you Hironobu.

Demo only available on a disc with Famitsu? Love is over!

 

[Ajax]

duckroll's post is a lot more informative than the OP's. I vote we put it first in the thread.

 

[PhatSaqs]

What are the chances of the demo showing up on marketplace?

Maybe about as long as the N3 demo?

 

[Aryuken]

Blu Odissey sounds orgasmic and the scan at least makes it look like it has jaw dropping graphics.

 

[MbGCaM]

I want ALL the scans ... :_(

 

[Matix]

Hopefully Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, & Trusty Bell turns out as awesome as they seem, because the 360 desperately needs some decent RPGs ASAP !!

 

[thetrin]

Blu Odissey sounds orgasmic and the scan at least makes it look like it has jaw dropping graphics.

How do you misspell the name of a game when it's in the ****ing title of the thread?! I mean, seriously man. What the **** is Blu Odissey?

EDIT: For anyone who is curious, the two other characters in that shot are named Sesu and Yansen.

 

[C4Lukins]

Blu Odissey sounds fantastic. I hope Los Dragun is equally as cool.

 

[bud]

awesome scans. best looking game of the universe.

 

[Aryuken]

How do you misspell the name of a game when it's in the ****ing title of the thread?! I mean, seriously man. What the **** is Blu Odissey?

EDIT: For anyone who is curious, the two other characters in that shot are named Sesu and Yansen.

Hmm...Lost odissey. Weird....where the **** did i come up with blu odissey?

Blu Odissey sounds fantastic. I hope Los Dragun is equally as cool.

Oh thats it Blue Dragon <-> Lost Odissey.

 

[snatches]

Blu Odissey sounds fantastic. I hope Los Dragun is equally as cool.

:lol

 

[Kobold]

- ASH is being targeted for the first half of 2007.

I had never heard of that ASH, ut it's for DS, so that makes sense.

http://www.game-science.com/news/001223.php

More info on Cry On needed total.

 

[aerofx]

40-60 minute demo? HOT!

 

[Manp]

duckroll's post is a lot more informative than the OP's. I vote we put it first in the thread.

duckroll IS the OP!

don't know why but GAF keeps inverting posts these days... it's happened to me too in another thread

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Yes, the rest are invisible. :lol

I had a feeling. ;D

 

[duk]

hurry up TGS and X06!

 

[Sallokin]

This is a great way to start my day. Can't wait for TGS

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

This could sway me.

 

[mr jones]

Oh thats it Blue Dragon <-> Lost Odissey.

AAAAAAAARGHWDUBYAHTEEYEFF!!!

[/grammarnazi]

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

- Combat is not action driven but command menu driven.

I'm honestly kind of sick of RPG's shoehorning action driven combat into RPGs. It's the one thing I'm not looking forward to in Mass Effect. Keep It Simple Stupids! I've been fine with menu combat for like twenty years!

And I like the color scheme in that shot. I'm sure the Lost Oddyseus demo will be on US marketplace much sooner rather than later. By 12/31/06 no doubt.

 

[Zonar]

I can only see 1 scan. are their anymore?

 

[Manp]

nope

 

[thetrin]

AAAAAAAARGHWDUBYAHTEEYEFF!!!

[/grammarnazi]

Well, it's spelling, not grammar...but, I feel your pain.

 

[Ghost]

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Sorry just trying to drill some spelling skills into you a couple of you.

 

[Aryuken]

AAAAAAAARGHWDUBYAHTEEYEFF!!!

[/grammarnazi]

Hey, i say what i want when i really really want...

Spoiler

Name that song B

And its spelling, grammar as to do with the times and shiz.

 

[Aryuken]

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Sorry just trying to drill some spelling skills into you a couple of you.

Lost Pduyssay no just Odissey.

Anyway, what could physics do in a Rpg like this one? I don't get it.