So i'll have to find a physical copy? :O

Amazon has them used for a nice price! Not sure where you live though. 

If you buy used from Amazon just find a reliable seller. 

Just buy it, the best rpg i have played last gen (Excluding Mass Effect & Dark Souls Series)

One of the best stories i have seen on a jrpg.

P.S. play.com sells it used for 5 euros if you live in europe.

CBA to read through everyone elses impressions but on the whole I enjoyed it, and I generally don't get on with JRPGs.That said, I enjoyed it because it's a GOOD JRPG and I hadn't played one in years at that point.

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Characters are generally OK, although a few are whiny, and IMO some you don't get until too late in the game.

Story is complex, convuluted and doesn't make much sense; i.e. solid JRPG territory. If you enjoy FF stories, you'll get on with Lost Oddyssey.

Battle system is good, bit more involved than your standard turn based, but doesn't reinvent the wheel unnecessarily.

Graphics WERE pretty sweet, but probably haven't aged too well.

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Essentially if you like JRPGs you probably would enjoy it.

Xenoblade is also considered to be one of the best of last gen too (although I really couldn't get on with it, my partner adores it), if you have a Wii/Wii U and can find a copy.

Although it is a good game and the story seems really interesting at the start, it does lose steam eventually. Moreover the end game dungeons are quite dull, that coupled with high frequency of random encounters and confusing layouts can frustrate many players. Additionally the immortal characters are far superior technically, so your mortal characters are essentially feeding vessels, some balance would have been nice.

What i like most about the game were the towns, and interaction with the people there, the southern coastal town was the most charming of all. And it has a superb power levelling system, which if you are a completionist you would greatly enjoy.

If you like old school JRPGs, you will surely enjoy most parts, but I was very disappointed with the story arc which lacked depth and had started very strongly. (unlike FF13 which  had shallow characters but the plot setting and motivations of the antagonists managed to take it to another level).

After 92 hours spent with 100% completion, the game is a solid 7.5, the game could have been so much more and it makes me sad that Mistwalker was unable to realise the vision they had when they started it.

PS: Its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Blue Dragon, so thats a plus :D

i loved it. been a while since i played it but i've been meaning to play it again for a really long time. hope it's as good as i remember. battle system wasnt overly complicated, graphics were great (at the time) and story flowed quite nicely. there was a moment that almost made me cry back when but might be considered corny these days. hope you enjoy it. for me, it was definitely the best jrpg of last year.

Traditional gameplay is solid and very enjoyable.

The story is decent, the graphic is good and the 'thousand years of dreams' interludes (text-based story of the player's past) are some of the best stories I've ever seen in a JRPG. I really wish the main story had taken more inspiration from that.

I'd to put it in the top 3 JRPG of last gen. Definitely try it if you like the genre.

My honest input about the game:

· The story is good. I think what it really drags it down is a one-minded villain, but everything else excels at what it does; particulary when Sakaguchi decided to make a tribute to his previous games (you can notice the references to other FF games EVERYWHERE). Disc 3, in my opinion, was the very best part of the game. Also, you have those One Thousand Year Memories, which are short, clever-written stories about Kaim's adventures throughout his life. They're pretty moving, and they add a lot to the atmosphere.

· Gameplay-wise, the game is pretty traditional. You have turn-based system on which you first select what you want your characters to do, and once you've given a command to everyone, the attack phase will begin. Depending on which actions you chose, your characters will attack quicker or slower than the enemies. (An example: using an item is the fastest action in the game; whereas casting a powerful spell might take you few turns before the character finish doing the order).

This is pretty good, and in my opinion it is one of the finest turn-based RPGs you can find. My only gripe is that it is veeeeeeeeeeeery slow-paced. In fact, I'd say this is one of the slowest-paced JRPGs ever. I don't have a particulary problem with this, but I know people can't put up with the pace this game has. It is slow, for everything. Combat animations take forever (they're beautiful to look at, though), interactions within the world, climbing stairs, using elevators...just be patient.

Also, there's a small problem of balance within this game. I won't spoil nothing, but you have two types of characters from your roster: the first half of the game, you will depend upon one of these two types to succeed; after the second half of the game, this type of characters are useless in comparison to the other type, so you won't use them ever again, I'm afraid (as there's no point, unless something story-related happens).

The game, for the most part, is easy. Not too hard, not too easy either. But if you choose to grind and level up the team, you will obliterate everything; including final boss.

· Characters are a mixed bag. Remember that I said there are two types of characters? Those ones on which you'll depend for the first half of the game are the best. They're good developed, they have strong personalities (not that they're all brave or something like that. One of your members is a coward, but he's very funny), etc,etc... the problem comes with the other types, on which, excluding the very main character Kaim, (and, to some extent, another one), these group lacks personality. I can understand this from a story-point perspective, but they're just boring stereotipes.

· OST is pretty awesome. Nobuo Uematsu at his finest too.

· Longevity, overall, depends on how much you want to invest yourself here. I think you could even finish the game in 20 hours, if you merely focus on the main story; but since the game rewards you for exploration and pushes you to do some of its sidequests, I think you can invest up to 40-80 hours, depending on what you want and don't want to do. (I, for example, clocked at 82 hours with 95% of everything done).

I loved the game, by the way. I think you could pretty much enjoy it a lot :)

Valkyria Chronicles and Ni no Kuni.

Valkyria Chronicles is an SRPG so its hard to compare it to LO. But Ni no Kuni's gameplay is definitely inferior and I'd rank it lower overall.

I echo most of Wright's opinion, some of the characters are kinda imba by the end game but I love curb stomping so I was kinda ok with this. :D

I’d recommend it. For me it was like a spiritual successor to the early FF games. It was also tied as my favourite HD JRPG of last gen tied alongside blue dragon and tales of vesperia.