Jan 19, 2009

Lost Odyssey


Only a few games can come close to matching Lost Odyssey's storytelling and music, and as I sit here and write this, I'm convinced no game does both quite as well. Nobuo Uematsu composes probably his best original score to date. Hironobu Sakaguchi and Co. tell a story that's epic, original, and memorable -- and they do so in a way you haven't quite experienced in a video game.

It's a shame most everyone I know (who enjoy video games) don't enjoy JRPGs, because it's the genre that is usually the most complete: storytelling, music, character development, voice acting, gameplay -- every element is present and put into one experience, and that makes for a truly complete video game.