Odin Sphere

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:39 pm

So I'm a dork, and heard about this mainly because it got written up on Penny-Arcade.

But wow. Just wow.

CupNoodle · Post by **CupNoodle** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:44 pm

Cool. Reminds me of those D&D hack-n-slash arcade games.

zero · Post by **zero** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:22 pm

Man that looks sweet.

I didn;t even know about this game, but now it's on my no 1 list to pick up

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politoe · Post by **politoe** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:33 pm

I couldn't find any good videos of this back a few months ago. I was a bit of a Atlus slut, so I knew about this title back.

Post by **melancholy** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:14 pm

Wow...

It's just too bad it appears to have the 'Tales of' combat style. I could never get into any Tales games due to the combat.

Yonke · Post by **Yonke** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:59 pm

in wich plataform in gonna come out?

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:21 pm

Yonke wrote:in wich plataform in gonna come out?

That sentence needs a major overhaul, but the answer is PS2

Post by **Specially Cork** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:14 am

This looks really good. Definitely another game to add to my to-watch list.

abydos1000 · Post by **abydos1000** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:35 am

melancholy wrote:Wow...

It's just too bad it appears to have the 'Tales of' combat style. I could never get into any Tales games due to the combat.

One either likes the Tales style or hates it. I personally liked the style of the one that was out for the Gameube. One os the PS2 ones (don't remember which) wasn't to shabby either.

However, from what little I have read, this appears to be more along the lines of an action RPG (looks like you play only one character at a time??), so it may not be quite as much "tales" style as we think.

It will be interesting to keep an eye on. Assuming it is what it appears to be, it's one of the reasons for keeping a PS2 around (niche genre). One of my concerns always has been will we see games like this in the 360/PS3/Wii era? Probably not on the 360, and it will be difficult for companies to justify a localization if the PS3 does poorly outside of Japan. Maybe the Wii is a viable platform for these kinds of games...they don't exactly require a ton of horse power.

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:34 pm

Very nice.

I wonder how they got this past Sony's "no 2D games ever" policy.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:10 am

BlackAura wrote:I wonder how they got this past Sony's "no 2D games ever" policy.

Simple. There isn't such a policy. There are many 2D games on PS1 and PS2, certainly more than any other home console in recent history (excluding retro download services). Regardless of whether there were policies in the past, they didn't last very long, and there is no need to stick a sly Sony dig in about it now.

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:40 am

Here is an interview with the localization team. It also includes a gameplay video and a number of screenshots:

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/15/joyst ... alexander/

Hrm. The guy on the right looks a little familiar:

Gmc · Post by **Gmc** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:17 pm

I've seen this game in motion, and the animation looks amazing...cant wait for this myself

mankrip · Post by **mankrip** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:28 pm

DaMadFiddler wrote:Hrm. The guy on the right looks a little familiar

Generic Huge Viking? It only reminds me of The Lost Vikings for SNES

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CupNoodle · Post by **CupNoodle** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:32 pm

Fragger wrote:
DaMadFiddler wrote:Hrm. The guy on the right looks a little familiar
Generic Huge Viking? It only reminds me of The Lost Vikings for SNES .

I hope I'm on the same page as Fiddler...

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:39 pm

Indeed. The numerous squared-off teeth, the huge reddish moustache, the deep, dark, glowing red eyes, the big pointed orange nose, the gigantic egg-shaped body...who else COULD it be?

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:48 pm

If Robotnik actually looked like that, Sonic would probably not be near as overconfident as he is.

S. Thompson · Post by **S. Thompson** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:47 pm

Graphics look pretty good. Animation is very impressive. Gameplay, however, does not seem like it's all that special.

- Fuzmeister

Post by **Specially Cork** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:10 pm

The gameplay looks awesome to me

Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:43 am

BoneyCork wrote:The gameplay looks awesome to me

Really? Looks clunky and slow to me. I'm willing to give it some slack at this point, but really..