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Quote Originally Posted by Bahamut2000X View Post
Lost Odyssey is more of a Final Fantasy then most Final Fantasy's are anymore.

And don't talk about stale when SE has reused the same characters for games now, and been milking a game that came out 10 years ago for everything it's worth.

If anyone has gone stale it's SE.
I think Square have done a decent job with keeping the series fresh. Your grasping for straws by saying that reusing characters is making the series stale. Both XI and XII were vastly different from previous entries, and even if you didn't like them you hadn't played anything quite like them before in the series. And guess what, they were made after Sakaguchi had left.

XIII hasn't overly impressed me so far but its miles better than if they decided to return to turn based combat. If you want the series to remain relatively the same forever then go play Lost Odssey. I want something different so I'm happy we won't have anything like that in the Final Fantasy series anymore.
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I've been playing Lost Odyssey cause one of my friends said it was an amazing RPG... and it's fun and I'm enjoying it, but in no way does it stand out as something truly spectacular. I can only play the same thing for so long before I get sick of it.

I loved FFXII, I thought it was truly awesome and different. The new gameplay really made the game worth playing. Plus being able to make any character proficient at whatever i wanted allowed a bunch of customization. I am looking forward to XIII, to see what new things they can offer. The battle system already looks quite different and I'm hoping it is. even if it has "turn based" combat, if they add new things to vary it more, I will appreciate it greatly. The World Ends With You is one of the best games I've played in a long time, and that's because it was something NEW. While sometimes it is nice to go with something familiar and "safe" it can grow stale quite fast. SE is trying to do a balance of giving the fans of the old games more of what they love, while trying to branch out and add something new.

Now, I personally look at any RPG for any system with interest, so regardless of the Final Fantasy title, I'd look into this game... maybe not AS much, but I still would. But on that note, NO single game will ever sell a system for me. I'm only playing Lost Odyssey now because my new roommate owns a 360 and the game, otherwise I'd never have played it.

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