Item usage is instantaneous, regular melee attacks are executed on the same turn, while casting spells or using special abilities may delay the player's action for one or more turns, depending on their speed. The combat system incorporates aspects of battle initiative and length of actions to determine how events resolve each turn. While exploring certain areas, the player will randomly encounter monsters to fight. Towns and cities provide inns for the player to recover the party's health, stores for buying and selling of equipment, and save points for the game. A world map allows the player to move the party between adjacent towns or fields on the map, while later in the game the player is given more freedom to explore the world through the use of ocean-going ships.

Lost Odyssey uses a traditional turn-based battle system seen in most Japanese role-playing games, similar to early Final Fantasy iterations. Its critical reception has been generally positive: while praise has focused on its story, many journalists were critical of its traditional design and loading times.Ī standard battle from Lost Odyssey, showing main protagonist Kaim performing an attack with the 'Aim Ring System' active. Upon its debut in Japan, it sold favourably, eventually selling nearly 110,000 units by April 2010. At the time it was released, it was Microsoft's largest console game, spanning four dual-layer DVDs. The music was composed by Nobuo Uematsu, a veteran composer for the Final Fantasy series.įirst hinted at in 2005, the game was officially revealed shortly before that year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. The game went through a difficult development, with problems stemming from the chosen engine technology and the arrangement of development teams. The story was written by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Japanese author Kiyoshi Shigematsu: Sakaguchi wanted to create a story focusing on evoking human emotions, and kept the gameplay within genre traditions so he could experiment with the story. After running into difficulties, Feelplus was established as a dedicated studio to work on the game.

The gameplay features many staples of the genre, such as navigation using a world map, random encounters, and a turn-based battle system.įirst discussions surrounding Lost Odyssey began in 2003, with development beginning the following year as an internal Microsoft project.

The story follows Kaim, one of a select group of 'immortals' who have lost their memories: while confronting threats generated by the world's approaching magical industrial revolution, he must also face the pain brought by his returning memories. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2007 in Japan and 2008 in western territories. Lost Odyssey ( Japanese: ロストオデッセイ, Hepburn: Rosuto Odessei) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Mistwalker and Feelplus for the Xbox 360.

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