@starcraft: God, i hope your right. I'm going to end up renting this game and anything over 10 seconds per battle is going to frustrate me, I couldn't finish TOA b/c of the dreadful load times (but then again that game wasn't so good) :( .
@SeriousWB: I'd hate to break it to you, but everyone besides you and starcraft has told me differently : *( . I'm hearing this from Press and Fans (from Gaf,IGN,etc.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0rR5aWF_ncU&feature=user - start of random encounter to first battle menu ~ 20-23 seconds.
http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42811
http://kotaku.com/gaming/lost-odyssey/is-lost-odyssey-a-complete-dogs-breakfast-331118.php
http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=763
http://codamon.com/2008/01/lost-odyssey-preview/
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/16/totilo-lost-odyssey-is-a-slow-paced-well-written-game/
Either way, I'm very certain that the load times will be reduced drastically by the time LO reaches the states.
BTW : Kaim RUNS really fast, was he ever an olympic sprinter sometime in his 1000 year old life? :P
