Lost Odyssey

Overview

Lost Odyssey is a role-playing game developed by Mistwalker and Feelplus and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It came out in 2007 in Japan and in 2008 in the West. The story follows Kaim, one of a small group of immortals who have lost their memories, as he faces threats created by the coming magical industrial revolution and the pain of his returning memories.

It plays like a classic Japanese role-playing game, with a world map, random encounters and turn-based battles. Actions can be delayed by speed and by being hit, and melee attacks use an Aim Ring system where you time a button release so two rings meet. Towns have inns, shops and save points, and the inns are where you read the Thousand Years of Dreams stories.

The world is in the middle of a Magic-Industrial Revolution, in which magic engines power lighting, cars, communication and robots. Two nations, the kingdom of Gohtza and the Republic of Uhra, are building new weapons, and the neutral Free Ocean State of Numara is falling into disarray. The game opens as Uhra fights Khent, a nation of beastmen, in the Highlands of Wohl.

Hironobu Sakaguchi, who created Final Fantasy, proposed the game to Microsoft, and discussions began in 2003. Development began in 2004 and lasted three and a half years, starting with ten people and reaching 150. Feelplus was brought in to build it after the early work ran into difficulties. Sakaguchi wrote the story with the novelist Kiyoshi Shigematsu, who wrote more than thirty short stories about Kaim's life, shown in the game in a style like a visual novel. Nobuo Uematsu composed the music, and most of the two hours of music was recorded with a live orchestra. The game runs on Unreal Engine 3.

It shipped on four dual-layer DVDs, which made it Microsoft's largest console game at the time. All the lip syncing was done for the English dialogue. Jay Rubin, known for translating Haruki Murakami, translated the Shigematsu stories. The game was added to the Xbox One backward compatibility list in September 2016, and was a free download to Xbox Live members from 14 to 31 December 2016.

Reviews were generally positive, with an aggregate of 78 out of 100 and 36 out of 40 from a Japanese magazine. Critics praised the story, the Thousand Years of Dreams stories and the production values, and many disliked the traditional design, the random battles and the loading times. It sold about 110,000 copies in Japan by April 2010 and debuted at number seven in North America in February 2008 with 203,000 copies.

Official trailer

Lost Odyssey Xbox 360 Trailer, E3 2007, IGN. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Lost Odyssey Gameplay (Xbox 360) No Commentary, Game Footage Archive. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Role-playing, Turn-based

Developer

Mistwalker, Feelplus

Publisher

Microsoft Game Studios

Engine

Unreal Engine 3

Composers

Nobuo Uematsu

Writers

Hironobu Sakaguchi, Kiyoshi Shigematsu

Producers

Takehiro Kaminagayoshi

Directors

Daisuke Fukugawa

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Achievements

Achievements42 (1,100G)

1000G possibleYes

Total

42

Gamerscore

1100

100% time

70 to 80 hours

Difficulty

8 out of 10

Playthroughs for 1000G

1

Playthroughs for 100%

1

1000G without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Online note

All 42 achievements are single-player.

DLC has trophies

Yes

1000G includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC still for sale

Yes

DLC note

Seeker of the Deep adds 6 achievements worth 100G and is US$1.00 on the Xbox store.

Missable trophies

5

Chapter select fixes a miss

No

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, Japanese

Region note

Asia got separate Japanese and English versions.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Players with 1000G

4.5%

Gamerscore, base game

1000

Gamerscore with DLC

1100

Missable trophies

• Spell Collector

Grind

• Every treasure for Treasure Trove
• Every skill on four of the main characters
• Every spell for Spell Collector

• Survived You have completed Disc 1. 125G 65.62% of players
• Out to Sea You have completed Disc 2. 125G 51.89% of players
• Surfacing You have completed Disc 3. 125G 44.7% of players
• The End You have completed Disc 4. 125G 28.29% of players
• Skill Linker Learned a skill by using Skill Link. 30G 86.91% of players
• Skill Master Kaim Kaim mastered all skills. 20G 9.61% of players
• Skill Master Seth Seth mastered all skills. 20G Hidden 9.53% of players
• Skill Master Ming Ming mastered all skills. 20G Hidden 9.36% of players
• Skill Master Sarah Sarah mastered all skills. 20G Hidden 9.36% of players
• Skill Master Jansen Jansen mastered all available skills. 20G Hidden 28.1% of players
• Skill Master Cooke Cooke mastered all available skills. 20G Hidden 26.34% of players
• Skill Master Mack Mack mastered all available skills. 20G Hidden 25.66% of players
• Skill Master Tolten Tolten mastered all available skills. 20G Hidden 28.53% of players
• Skill Master Sed Sed mastered all available skills. 20G Hidden 28.23% of players
• Spell Collector All spells have been obtained. 20G Hidden 13.78% of players
• Defeated Cave Worm You defeated Cave Worm at the Forgotten Cave. 10G Hidden 29.24% of players
• Defeated Persona You defeated Persona at the Old Sorceress' Mansion. 10G Hidden 30.07% of players
• Defeated Holy Beast You defeated Holy Beast at Numara Atoll. 10G Hidden 29.38% of players
• Defeated Blue Dragon You defeated Blue Dragon at the Snowfields of the Northernmost Land. 10G Hidden 29.48% of players
• Defeated King Kelolon You defeated King Kelolon at Kelolon Village 10G Hidden 29.38% of players
• Defeated Ghost of Eastern Ruins You defeated the Ancient Spirit Magician Fu at the Temple of Enlightenment. 10G Hidden 21.06% of players
• Defeated Golden Knight Deactivated all Royal Seals and defeated Golden Knight. 10G Hidden 24.61% of players
• The Dreamer Wakes Unlocked the first episode from A Thousand Years of Dreams. 20G 95.97% of players
• Big Dreamer Viewed all the episodes from A Thousand Years of Dreams. 10G 21.99% of players
• Ring Assembler Assembled a ring using Ring Assembly. 30G Hidden 93.51% of players
• Treasure Trove Obtained all of the Treasure Box items in the field. 20G 5.64% of players
• Perfect Three Achieved Perfect three consecutive times in battle. 30G 79.65% of players
• No One's This Perfect Achieved Perfect a total of 500 times in battle. 10G 37.06% of players
• Thanks a Million Inflicted a total of more than 1,000,000 damage points. 10G 37.13% of players
• True Warrior Defeated 1000 enemies in battle. 10G 34.69% of players
• Well Travelled Visited all the fields in the world. 10G 27.83% of players
• Light Class Master Met the secret requirement of the Light Class battle set and won. 10G 22.87% of players
• Middle Class Master Met the secret requirement of the Backyard Middle Class battle set and won. 10G Hidden 20.58% of players
• Heavy Class Master Met the secret requirement of the Backyard Heavy Class battle set and won. 10G Hidden 18.58% of players
• Super Heavy Class Master Met the secret requirement of the Backyard Super Heavy Class battle set and won. 10G Hidden 14.74% of players
• Champion Met the secret requirement of the Backyard last challenger and won. 10G Hidden 13.22% of players
• Reached Conference Area 5B Reached Conference Area 5B in Professor K's Dungeon. 10G 9.78% of players
• Reached Conference Area 10B Reached Conference Area 10B in Professor K's Dungeon. 10G Hidden 9.21% of players
• Reached Conference Area 15B Reached Conference Area 15B in Professor K's Dungeon. 10G Hidden 8.97% of players
• Reached Conference Area 20B Reached Conference Area 20B in Professor K's Dungeon. 10G Hidden 8.76% of players
• Reached Conference Area 25B Reached Conference Area 25B in Professor K's Dungeon. 10G Hidden 8.43% of players
• Defeated Killalon Defeated Killalon in Professor K's Dungeon. 50G Hidden 4.92% of players

Space and patches

Space needed24.0 GB

Update patchTitle update 1

The title updates on record for this game.

DLC

Two add-ons: an item pack and a bonus dungeon. The Xbox 360 Store closed on 29 July 2024, but both are still on the Xbox store for the backward compatible version on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

Items

Name	Adds	Price	Obtainable today
Triple Bonus Pack	Released 25 April 2008. The Memory Lamp for rewatching past scenes, the Shattered Bond antique that unlocks a forgotten dream, and the Killer Machine ring.	US$2.49	yes
Dungeon Pack: Seeker of the Deep!	Released 23 May 2008. Professor K's Dungeon, a destroyed research complex with new items and a new boss, plus 6 achievements worth 100G.	US$1.00	yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, and still on sale for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Lost Odyssey is a single-player game and needs no online service. The Xbox 360 Store closed on 29 July 2024.

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	Xbox 360	78	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Famitsu	36	40
IGN	8.2	10
GameSpot	7.5	10
Eurogamer	8	10
Game Informer	8.5	10
GameSpy	2.5	5
Destructoid	9	10
Edge	7	10
GameTrailers	8.8	10
GameZone	8.5	10
PALGN	8	10
X-Play	3	5

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Daisuke Fukugawa
Producer	Takehiro Kaminagayoshi
Writer	Hironobu Sakaguchi
Writer	Kiyoshi Shigematsu
Artist	Takamasa Ohsawa
Artist	Takehiko Inoue
Artist	Hideo Minaba
Composer	Nobuo Uematsu

Notes for collectors

• It shipped on four dual-layer DVDs, one more than Blue Dragon, and was Microsoft's largest console game at the time.
• A demo released in Japan in 2006 gave players a poor first impression of the battle system.
• All the lip syncing was done for the English dialogue, in every language version.
• A Japanese book of 31 of the 33 Thousand Years of Dreams stories came out on 21 November 2007.
• The Xbox 360 list has 42 achievements worth 1,100 gamerscore. The last six, worth 100, come from the Professor K's Dungeon add-on.
• A review copy with longer load times than the retail game led one outlet to amend its review on 19 February 2008, with the score unchanged.
• It was a free download for Xbox Live members from 14 to 31 December 2016.

Credits

Publisher

Microsoft Game Studios

Developer

Mistwalker, Feelplus

Director

Daisuke Fukugawa

Released

2008-02-12

Age rating

T (Teen)

Disc ID

4D5307FA

Region

US

Time to beat

about 50 hours

Copies in the shop

• Lost Odyssey (XBOX 360) CA$44.99