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Lost Odyssey Info Revealed It's been revealed that Lost Odyssey, the Hironobu Sakaguchi RPG, is being developed at a company called Feel Plus which consists of both ex-Sega and ex-Square employees and was created by Microsoft just for this title. Approximately 100 employees are currently working on the game's development and more of the key staff have been unveiled which include Daisuke Fukugawa, who worked with Sakaguchi on past Final Fantasy titles when the two were still with Square. Speaking with Dengeki XB360, a one-time launch publication, Fukugawa said that battles and fields are now connected and that Sakaguchi is currently checking how the game actually plays on Xbox 360 hardware. The other staff member revealed was Takamasa Ohsawa, the game's art director, who is best know for his work on the Shadow Hearts series. With Lost Odyssey, he is currently focusing on the art for the world's design, though he has helped with character designs as well. Ohsawa mentioned that with the new hardware power comes greater capabilities in expressions and that he is doing his best to match the style of the game's world with the characters themselves, which were designed by comic artist Takehiro Inoue. Lost Odyssey will be utilize Epic's Unreal 3 graphics engine. As for the story, Lost Odyssey follows Kaim who has lived for 1000 years, seemingly having lost the ability to die. The only other character revealed so far is a blue haired girl named Sess who is believed to be the game's heroine, although no official details about her have been revealed Sakaguchi also told Dengeki XB360 that Kaim has actually grown up both physically and mentally during those 1000 years and that part of his story will be recalled through dreams of his past. According to Sakaguchi, the past is the key to understanding the mystery behind Kaim's eternal life. Source: RPgamer

Editor: SaberBlade, Posted: 6 Dec 2005 | Views: 1366