Comments on: Reviews: Three Shadows, Lost Odyssey

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:41 +0000

Lost Odyssey…I’m playing that right now, and just a few hours into the game, I was messaging people on Live going “SO GOOD.”
It has some of the best storytelling in an RPG I have ever seen. I love how gorgeous everything was…except for the stupid hats…but other than that… :)

By: Bex

Bex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:43:51 +0000

I agree Shadow Hearts kicks much ass.

By: FastFoodSnob

FastFoodSnob — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:28:37 +0000

The first graphic novel I’d read from First Second was American Born Chinese, probably the best book I’ve read so far this year. ABC presents a meaningful look at the Asian experience growing up in America, surprisingly woven together with the legend of the Monkey King. I highly recommend it.

By: Blank Mage

Blank Mage — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:40:47 +0000

Never heard of Three Shadows, (really, I’ve never heard of any of these things, it seems like,) but I was surprised to see Lost Odyssey up here. I figured you were sticking to the obscure. I’m already on disc 4, and I friggen love this game. It’s like the X-2 that didn’t suck! It’s nice to have a return to turn-based gameplay, without FFXII’s Gambit crap or anything “innovative”. RPGs should be about plot, in my opinion. In regards to costumes, at least Gongora has a good one (at the expense of his hair and eyebrows, alas). Cid is pretty cool, too. Did I say Cid? I meant “Sed”. Yeah, no similarities there at all! Oh, and why bother with midriff armor if you can’t die? Well, aside from not wanting to get stabbed. Still hurts, I suppose.

By: Blank Mage

Blank Mage — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:22:07 +0000

When Nobou Uematsu is involved, there’s usually a soundtrack. I think I liked his work in FFX better though. In fact, the opening (”To Zanarkand”) is the reason I play piano now.

By: Ananth

Ananth — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:58:27 +0000

I fixed it and gave you credit! Thanks for letting me know - I looked inside the book and on the Amazon page and came up with nada … usually a quick trip to Wikipedia will do the trick, but Three Shadows doesn’t actually have an entry.

I really enjoyed it - it was moving. I’ll keep an eye out for the Ring Circus series, thanks for the heads up!

By: Ananth

Ananth — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:56:15 +0000

That’s good to hear! I’m enjoying it so far, and I can’t say there’s been a part of the game I’ve particularly hated as far as story and playing through is concerned - I’m just a visual guy so I sometimes get hung up on appearances in games.

The music has been great!

By: Ananth

Ananth — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:54:09 +0000

Yeah, I’m never under expectation for the designs to be realistic, and moreover, I don’t WANT them to be realistic, but that doesn’t mean I want bad character design either. Cloud’s Buster sword was totally impractical, but it was also iconic … at the risk of sounding superficial, it looked cool. The costumes in this game are like opera costumes or something … I don’t even know how to describe them.

By: Ananth

Ananth — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:51:01 +0000

Yeah, Ming has been a sore point for everyone I’ve talked to. The pirate is dressed more conservatively - it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

I use her too - can’t judge a book by it’s cover, after all.

By: darkwind

darkwind — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:47:42 +0000

Three Shadows is one of the best graphic novels I have read last year (I read it in its native language… which is French, not Spanish, don’t get tricked by the author name ;p ). I don’t know if his other works have been translated in English, but they are worth reading too, especially the Ring Circus series (scenario by David Chauvel).