Lost Odyssey Collectors Edition Pre-Preview
October 13th, 2007 · No Comments
by Sean "rothbart" Workman You may not be that familiar with
Hironobu Sakaguchi by name, but this former Square-Enix game designer is responsible for the recent
Xbox 360 game
Blue dragon that spanned three DVDs. His latest masterpiece is called Lost Odyssey and will span four DVDs. An interesting aspect of Lost Odyssey is that its reported to have in excess of twenty hours of FMV cutscenes and approximately 6 hours of written text, used to flesh out flashbacks from the story in the players own imagination.
Sarcastic Gamer was fortunate enough to be sent an early version of the game for our
review, but our luck didnt stop there. While the game itself isnt in its final form, the Special Collectors Edition was in its final form, and boy did it look magnificent and included a lot of extras.
Consider this our pre preview of the Lost Odyssey Collectors Edition. First, you have the actual game, spanning 4 DVDs. Then there is a Making Of DVD for each of those 4 DVDs. As a companion for the games six hours of written text, theyve also included the Book On Tape version of the text. Each of those tapes has a corresponding Directors Commentary tape that explains their thought process, as the story progresses. The 20+ hours of FMV cutscenes in the game are also covered on 10 digitally mastered VHS tapes broken down into distinct chapters, representing key points throughout the story. If thats not enough, there are three additional DVDs respectively titled: The Making Of The Lost Odyssey VHS tapes, The Making Of The Lost Odyssey Collectors Edition, and finally The Making Of The Making Of The Lost Odyssey Collectors Edition.
We were sent this set on the condition that we fully
review all the content provided, so Im guessing sometime late in 2009 Ill be able to publish my
review, after treating my hernia, but for right now, I cant imagine a more comprehensive Lost Odyssey experience that didnt involve a week long saki binge while locked in a steam bath with Sakaguchi himself.