You were right about this one. This could very well be the best game available on the PS2, and here's why:

A. Graphics and artstyle, given.

B. Story is amazing, amongst the best.

C. The Japanese voice acting and the fact that everything is voiced, and you can actually use the Japanese VA option, man, that's just another level of greatness right there. I haven't even heard the english VA, but honestly, they can kiss my ass.

D. Originality. Period.

This is my opinion:

I've been playing Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria and switched over to this just to try it, and I might never finish Silmeria, this game just blows it out of the water, and Silmeria is pretty good too, but this!

It's already tied with FFX and XII, both of which I absolutely loved, making it my number 3 PS2 game so far. Can it pass Disgaea 1 and MGS3? It's actually headed in that direction.

Better than:

Suikoden III

Tales of the Abyss

GrimGrimoire

Silmeria

Shadow Hearts: Covenant

Dragon Quest VIII

DMC1(yeah, it's that good)

Viewtiful Joe

Killer 7

Tekken Tag

ICO/SotC

Ninja Gaiden

KOTOR

Mass Effect

That's what I think of this game. Right up there with Radiant Dawn and Twilight Princess.

Vanillaware also makes another game, GrimGrimoire, I highly suggest owning it, if for nothing else, to support Vanillaware, my new AAA developer nominee, and it's actually a pretty good game, itself. Lets hope their new game comes out, I don't care what system is has to be on, I'll buy a 360 again to play it.

Odin Sphere has its flaws, but I can't stress this enough, they are nitpicks. The sloppy inventory management sucks, but it never interferes enough to actually cause me to deduct a point from the games score, it's just a quirk, something to fix in Odin Sphere 2. The slowdown, honestly is easily worth it, because the visuals are so magnificant, that I can't say I would rather have 60fps throughout and even one background changed. I give this game a 9.5 out of 10, because if the sequel fixed those issues, it still wouldn't live up to this game, due to the epic story, endearing characters, and the best Voice Acting you've ever heard in a game, if you've only ever heard english Voice Acting. Play it in Japanese, it's worth the read, I promise ya.

This is a must play PS2 game, and a console definer. If the PS3 had this game as an exclusive, it would be worth 599 US dollars. Games like this reinvigor my interest in gaming. That is all, carry on.

Best game on the PS2? Really?

I agree that everything but the gameplay is great but then you get to everything having to do with the gameplay and it is either decent/mediocre or just plain bad.

Naznatipz knows what he's talking about most of the time. I tend to trust his judgement unless it's Sonic we're talking about.

I can tell you right now, Naz ain't gonna like that, lol.

underrated gem, one of the few PS2 games i Pre-Ordered

That's just my opinion. I haven't completed it yet, I said it could be, but not that it certainly is. Right now, it's hovering just behind MGS3, Disgaea, FFX, and FFXII. Those are my top 4 PS2 games, if you disagree with those, we probably have different tastes.

I'll see if it stays up there once the freshness has worn off. I'm about 5 hours in, but the first impression made so far puts it near the top of the list of PS2 games, which are themselves reasonably flawed, but still great as I could ever hope for.

Nevermind. >_>

lol, I lie about my opinions for no man.

Whoops. I thought your other post was a response to me. >_>

*deletes* 

Have you played Dark Cloud 2? That's next on my list of purchases. Unless Okami and MGS4 hit before I get around to buying it.