Not a doubt in my mind. Lost Odyssey took the stuff that Final Fantasy had already done and did them really well. It didn't break much new ground but it did what it did very good. Also, that one chick had this blue vein in on her boob that totally mesmerized me.
I think that, coming into this generation, the gaming media had all of these dreams about what they expected a 7th gen JRPG to be and Lost Odyssey was just a really gorgeous 6th gen JRPG. Of the ones that I've played, Lost Odyssey is easily the king of the mountain. I'd even go as far as to say that, if the exact same game was released today with nothing added except the performance improvements we got via patches, it would sell better and review better right now.
Expectations hurt Lost Odyssey. The reality of our current situation makes Lost Odyssey that much better. It's a big budget, engaging, traditional JRPG and that's exactly what many of us have been missing.
