True Conversations

All right, so I'm finally done with this semester and my freshman year. I've been out for a couple weeks now, and I've basically been doing nothing.

I finally got my hands on Lost Odyssey. I was a bit wary of it at first (like I am of all RPGs), but word that the story was amazing eventually pulled me in. I'm on the 3rd disc and I have to say I'm not disappointed. It's got your basic RPG story elements of a silent warrior with no past, a government conspiracy with an oblivious ruler, and a group of ragtag adventurers trying to save the world. But it goes much deeper than that, helped along by Kaim's dreams.

Plus there's just the likability of the characters. The reason I never finished Final Fantasy X was because I didn't like any of the characters enough to keep playing. While the characters in Lost Odyssey all fit into certain roles, they stand out by not being cookie-cutters. You have the strong female in Seth, but she's not overly annoying like most characters in her role -- she's strong, but she doesn't shove it in your face every five minutes, tough without the bitch factor. And then there's Jansen, dear, dear Jansen. He's a mage, but he's not some scholarly, stuck up snob who devotes the majority of his time studying his art. He's a womanizing, philandering coward who's in it for the money. Plus, he's hilarious.

Hmmm...I've seemed to have run out of things to say about the game. I'll probably have something more once I finish it. Hopefully the story won't go downhill in the second half like it did in Rogue Galaxy.