What about SO4

Well to have bought that one, I'd have needed a time machine.

Have fun with your truckload of games.

I kinda enjoyed rock's the 80's, but others are much better. Never played GH3, but the gameplay videos speak for it...

You know, I'm seriously considering going back to one of my old favourites (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) before I play all my new games. I may even cut LO short to do so....

You're right: "Rocks the 80s" isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd definitely recommend that the the others are bought first.

You can get those accessorys back by fighting the Trooky Queen, so they are not forever gone, but it is annoying. I am at the end of disc 4 on LO, and while good it just kind of feels meh. I mean parts were really boring and nothing about it is sepcial. I would give it a 7.5

i still havent played guitar hero, dont really want to tbh. maybe one day lost odyssey is a game i want though, are you going to review it ?

Lost Odyssey is fun! only the final boss for me!

It is bad that when you can finally afford games, there is no time to play! I got 5 in the last week and 4 more coming.

Ok..Ok... you convinced me... I'll buy GH3 later today when the stores open... Of course who knows when I'll have time (or 2 hands) to play

Jake dear, you DO know that Guitar Hero won't benefit you in anyway in your music career unless you like making a ass of yourself so call "rocking it down" - a.k.a - 'yeah dudez i'm so friggin cool n' awesome since I rocked hard with me super fuzzy fake expensive piece of plastic guitar wooties May i suggest getting the Singstar pack instead? That way you can sing that sexy voice of yours and bebop to such classics as "Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler", "Uptown girl by Billie Joel" and "Time after Time by Cyndi Lauper" - I have a feeling those are your songs to shine into stardom my young apprentice

I'd like to play LO but I don't have a 360. I hoping it will come out for the PC.

If I got GH, it would be for the "Rock the 80s" Now if they'd just come out with "Rock the 70s", I'd really be more interested. Put some CCR in their too!

I want to get Lost Odyssey, no matter what anyone says I've been playing on and off with GH3. I'm losing a little interest in it.

Wish I had a truckload of games I really want to play Lost Odossey but it looks like I can't GH3 is really fun

i just got a fair few games to (about 6), and i can only play them one at a time , your right, it is a cruel world . i haven't played any of the guitar hero games, i never really wanted to either, they just don't seem like my kind of thing .

You play Guitar Hero?!?!? Oh my gosh! Me too!! I can only play on Hard though, because I suck. I'm getting expert down though, slowly but surely.

My boyfriend has LO and I watched him play it for about 45 minutes and it turned me off wanting the game for myself. It was a slow and agonizing trip down dream lane. *shrug* I guess some people are into that kind of gameplay though.

Jake...you should be a reviewer. In all honesty, if you wrote a review - I'd read it and take it to heart.

You know one thing,Jake? You shattered all the hope I had of buying Lost Odyssey with this. Of course, I knew about the old-school and uninspired stuff, and from gameplay videos could easily point dozens of resemblance in gameplay menu of Lost Odyssey and FFVII.

But, from what you say, the story isn't that good either. And,I was going to play Lost Odyssey only for it's story as well.
Guess, I am leaving the plans for getting Lost Odyssey and will instead get Mass Effect. Much better,IMO.

Well it sounds like someone is very busy playing video games lol my brother is playing lost Odyssey and I think he is getting a little bored with it I am not sure he was bragging the other day that he was 50 hours in, and hadn't beat it yet, and the reason was he was getting everything in it lol. Also that is a great review of the game lol as it has been said before

I've heard a lot of mixed reactions to Lost Odyssey. Most people I know who are playing love the story though...or maybe it's the characters.

I've never played a Guitar Hero game...probably never will either.

Yeah I thought Lost Odyssey was a decent game (gave it a 77% on RPGFan), but the combat got repetitive. The story also is a decade behind its time (maybe even more than that) but the dreams were the best part about the game (despite the fact that they DID destroy the pacing). That accessory stealing thing you are talking about is in the ice area right? If it is there is a sidequest you have to do to get the animals to stop stealing and when you complete it they give you all your stuff back.

I play RPGs for both story and gameplay so if one isn't good then I probably wouldn't like it.

I'd heard that the story in LO was really good.

i liked the songs from GH II better than 3.......

Lost Odyssey has got to be one of the most overrated games in gamers minds I have ever seen. They all say the critics got it wrong (which, I'm one of those critics) and I think the ratings are right where they need to be (78% on gamerankings).

Max: Yeah, I'd be inclined to agree with everything you say about LO, right down to the score. Thanks for the tip, too.

_Mana_: I'm too lazy to write a review. As Max suggested, it's decent enough but isn't special in any way.

Teresa: Glad I was finally able to steer you down the path to enlightenment.

Maz: Well given that I'd list Slayer as one of my favourite bands, I think I can safely say that the prospect of singing along to Bonnie Tyler and Cindi Lauper isn't really one that appeals to me.

Nel: I suppose it's quite possible that LO could end up on the PC, though I've no idea whether a PC version is in the works or not. As for a "Rocks the 70s" edition of GH, well horses for courses, I guess.

Cecil: Yeah, I tend to dip in and out of the GH games. I'll play them for a week or two, and then I'll take a break from them for several months. I'm not one of these nutcases that takes them very seriously.
As for LO, well I didn't say it was bad, just uninspired. It's a solid enough RPG, but unremarkable in every way.

legend_cloud: I wish I had the time to play them. Good to hear that you're enjoying Guitar Hero III.

Balthier: Ahhh, you really should give one a try: It took a fair amount of persuasion to get me to try it too and now I have, I really enjoy it.

Rikku: It sounds like we play Guitar Hero to a similar standard: I play mostly on Hard and I'm trying to get to grips with Expert. One of my friends is pretty good at it though and he's getting close to finishing Guitar Hero III on Expert.
As I've said elsewhere, I thought LO was reasonably good, but I can understand why you were put off having seen it.

Celes: Wow, that's high praise indeed. To be honest, I've toyed with the idea in the past, but I know that I'd soon get bored of writing them. It possible that I may decide to write mini-reviews in the future, though.

Kain: Yeah, I thought Mass Effect was a much better game. It also has its flaws, but it's also very ambitious and very well executed for the most part.

Stefan: Thanks. I've just got to the start of disk 3 and to be honest, I think I'm beginning to tire of it. Two of my best friends have also stopped playing it: One at a similar point to me and the other was on disk 4.

Kris: I really can't understand why so many people rate the story so highly. I honestly believe that the main story is badly shown up by the short stories that make up "The Thousand Years of Dreams", but as Blace said, these also ruin the pacing of the game.
You really should try out a Guitar Hero game: I was sceptical at first but I found that I really enjoy them.

Blace_07: Yeah, I read your review on LO and I'd agree with it wholeheartedly, even down to the score you gave it. And yeah, that's the exact part of the game I'm at. Thanks for the advice.

Half-Ghost: Well I don't think much of the story on LO. The gameplay is prefectly fine (if unoriginal), though. Whether you'll like it, I don't know. Don't expect it to be Game of the Year, at any rate.

Freya: I honestly felt that it was pretty uninspired. As I've said elsewhere, the short stories that make up the "Thousand Years of Dreams" are very well done, but the main story is rather bland and uninteresting, much like the protagonists.

Edge: Yeah, most of my friends in real life would agree, too.

Blace_07: I'd agree with every word of that. I can't really add anything to that without repeating myself, so I'll leave it at that for now.

Wondering if its enlightenment or something else

Feel like I joined a cult XDDDD

I've never played any GH games but I really need the third game. Unfortunately, 90$ is too much for someone lazy without a job like me.

You're talking about that stupid little rat thing in the Ice Canyon area aren't you? The bastard stole my Level 5 Black-White magic accessory!

Teresa: ...And now you've joined us, there's no tuning back. Mwahahahahaha!

Locke: Well I don't know what I can possibly say in response to that.

Ron: Yeah, I know the feeling. I was constantly turning the game off and on whenever I lost something valuable, until I got the good advice off both Max and Blace_07.

Hmmm, more and more people who play through LO categorize it as mediocre, that's too bad. Oh well, I'll still have to play it and see for myself, I tried it after I bought it and love the music which is a big deal to me. Plus, most people I've heard from actually like the story despite the many cliches that plagues it, so I'll have to try it and see for myself. I also hate stealing enemies, I'm already dreading that part of the game .

Ok since my last post here I have since talked to my brother, and well he had a very different opinion of the game. He is in love with it lol. Playing all night long leveling up his characters just to fight some extra boss. true he has never beat a FF game or even played any of the old ones. he is also a die hard Oblivion fan that plays that game way to long in my opinion lol. I have yet to play oblivion just because I can't see myself likening it. Well now I am on a way different subject so I'll stop now lol.

Jeff: Well I hope you do enjoy it. I did say in my blog that I was enjoying it, but it does have it's fair share of flaws. Lost Odyssey is the sort of game that is well made, but is instantly forgettable: I very much doubt that anyone will be talking about it 12 months down the line.

Stefan: Well I never meant to suggest that Lost Odyssey is a bad game. Far from it, in fact: It's actually quite good. There's nothing new here at all, but the gameplay is very well crafted. However, it is deficient in others areas (most notably in the story and the characters) and it does feel somewhat "old hat", if you're familiar with that particular expression.
By the way, I love Oblivion and I strongly urge you to at least give it a try before you decide whether you like it or not. And you're also free to go as far off-topic as you wish here as far as I'm concerned.

Whoa...enemies...that steal important things?? I dont think I've ever had a case where they stole somethin serious. Maybe just an inexpensive potion or somethin. That really sucks...Kinda a shame that LO is a let down in some regards. I was sorta...envious of 360 owners because the game looked pretty great, esp. with the story.
Oh, and yes, Guitar Hero is tooooooo cool!

I have not played GH and really i don't have much time to play all the games that i have bought recently (Lost Odyssey, Fable: its old but its interesting to play it, Dark Sector & Condemned2) .
So, have fun S_Jake ...

Reno: Yeah, you've got to love Guitar Hero.
I had pretty high hopes for Lost Odyssey, so I do feel a little let down. It'd probably seem like a better game if one was to approach it with lower expectations. It's definitely not worth buying an X360 for, though.

hhh34c: Thanks, I will: Even if I do tire of Lost Odyssey, I still have plenty of choice.
I'm interested to see that you're playing Fable; I bought it when it was first released over here and I loved it (despite how short it was). What version are you playing: The original or The Lost Chapters?

A couple of months ago I bought GH3 and that's the only game that everyone in my family enjoys playing, even my wife that doesn't play any other videogames. So I eventually bought GH2 as well, and though graphically it's not as good as GH3 I do like more of the songs on it. LO will be a future purchse for me, though I may just wait until down the road when the $ comes down, it's not looking like a game I'll want to pay full price for.

Yeah, that sounds like a fair call on Lost Odyssey. Yeah, Guitar Hero is one of those wonderful games that can appeal to both gamers and non-gamers alike. I actually bought the third one on the Wii for my sister at Christmas.

The Original one ...

Cool, the original one comes in a far prettier box. I have both, though.

I was supposed to stop reading and go buy a Guitar Hero game? nah... I think I'm good thanks *winks*

You may think you are, but I know otherwise.