I'm really enjoying this one. I typically dislike JRPGs. The dialoge is a bit cheesy at times but the voice talent actually manages to make most of it quite amusing. They owe the guy doing Jensen a lot. The story so far is engaging and entertaining. The dream books are well written for the most part and do a good job of giving you a connection to Kiam althoug I am begining to tire of reading some of them.
Combat is fun despite its use of random monster ecounters. The ring system achieves its purpose of making you feel involed in the combat not just watching it as an obsever. I do find the 3 camera angles and one liners while loading a bit anoying. The skill link system is interesting but I'd like more control over character developement. There is not much you can do to customize the mortals.
I'm not seeing the frame rate issues people keep mentioning. For the most part everyting I have seen so far has been smooth. Just started disc 2 about 3 hrs ago. I love the art style. Its a very beautiful game. The fixed camera is a bit irritating but I have not seen it cause any problems yet. I do wish your whole party was visible in the world not just combat. I also wish random monster encounters were a thing of the past.
I've enjoyed most of the cutsceens so far. Lost Oddesy is more like watching a movie than playing a game. I have about 13-14 hrs in it so far and it seems like almost half that was cutsceens.
This game has been a pleasant suprise for me. I went into it not expecting much other than eye candy. What I have gotten is a beautifully rendered, interesting, and engaging story with entertaing turn base gameplay.
