thirdworldgamer

Recently Gamespy gave Lost Odyssey a 2.5/5.0 review score. Patrick Joynt, the person who wrote the review visited the NEOGAF forums to talk about the game, and inadvertently his inability to play the game properly was exposed by one of the gamers on NEOGAF. This is the forum thread with the exchange between Patrick Joynt, username "deadairis" and "Sennin". http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236182&page=4 (Before I continue, thanks to Sennin from NEOGAF forums for actually having the courage to take on the reviewer from Gamespy. Unfortunately I couldn't thank him myself, since NEOGAF has really strict account creation policies and I simply can't register because I don't have an e-mail account that fits their requirements. ) *warning, there are SPOILERS in this post....so if you don't want to get spoiled, don't read further* Gamespy Reviewer, Patrick Joynt : deadairis A gamer on Neogaf : sennin Deadairis: "I think I covered mos...

If you trust these guys for your game reviews, I seriously recommend that you rethink your position....these guys aren't gamers and they don't know how to play or appreciate games for what they are. From the IGN AU review: "The game favours spellcasters like this, you see. Their spells (all elemental and strong or weak against certain elemental creatures) can turn the direction of a battle – but you're screwed if they die and you can't revive them (or, if the cheap AI repeatedly knocks them out on the next turn with a hideous counter attack). The solution? Either backtracking and level grinding (oh god), or absolute strategic perfection that is far beyond your average player this early in the game. The AI is punishing at times; it loves nothing more than to kick you when you're down. Oh, and if you get past Bogimoray, there's a second one to fight immediately after the first, followed by another significant encounter with a small army. And no save point unt...