I just want to say that i'm very excited that Nobuo Uematsu is creating the soundtrack. He did a great job with the final fantasies, and that'll help this game as well.
It's nice to see they are going the more realistic route on Lost Odyssey. I always preferred these depictions like Final Fantasy XII and X over the cartoony ones like Blue Dragon and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
I also think the more realistic ones sell better, though I have not analyzed this deeply across the genre.
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