Lost Odyssey was first released in Japan for the Xbox 360 on December 6, 2007 by the developer Mistwalker. It was later released worldwide in February 2008. It is a turn-based RPG, based heavily on old-school RPG gameplay, but with several modifications that keep the player more involved in gameplay.
Considering the limited popularity of JRPGs in the United States, its strange that roughly half of Lost Odyssey's sales came from America. At the same time, turn-based RPGs tend to be quite popular in Japan, and yet sales numbered fewer than 105,000 copies. Compared to similar games, this dearth of sales couldn't be covered by the exceptional American sales, and profits were relatively low.
The only real complaints about Lost Odyssey were about how outdated the combat was. More and more RPGs are stepping away from the old tradition of characters lining up and actions determined by turns. Even with that as a framework, Lost Odyssey involved timed button presses and other unique twists that made it stand apart from other titles. Evidently, this wasn't enough of a change for potential buyers. Unsurprisingly, the incredibly detailed graphics did gather widespread acclaim, but that wasn't enough to bring in more sales.
Lost Odyssey is also one of the few Xbox 360 that had a total of four disks, so if you try to find the game used, you may run into a problem finding a full set of useable disks. Eventually, a downloadable version was added to the Xbox Live Arcade.
Until next time.
Sources:
(2013). Lost Odyssey. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.vgchartz.com/game/7637/lost-odyssey/. [Last Accessed April 27, 2013].
Lost Odyssey. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Odyssey. [Last Accessed April 27, 2013].
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