Lost Odyssey for the 360 to span 4 DVD's

[Lega_c]

4 DVD's for Lost Odyssey

 

and for the lazy

 

Speaking to IGN in behind-closed-doors meeting at TGS, Hironobu Sakaguchi, head of Mistwalker, intimated that the upcoming RPG Lost Odyssey will span 4 DVDs. Considering Mistwalker's previous title, Blue DragonMass Effect managed to hit retail on 3 DVDs, this isn't exactly surprising. Still, in the dark circles of the internet, the announcement is still likely to spark up the Blu-Ray / DVD debate yet again. Note to 360 defenders: the galaxy-trekking Mass Effect fits quite nicely on one DVD.

 

In less flame-worthy news, Sakaguchi also announced that Lost Odyssey will ship with multiple language options including English and Japanese, though facial animations will be synced to the English dialogue. Sakaguchi explains that many western movies are shown in Japan and that English lip sync is more or less a sign of gratitude to the support of Mistwalker's western

[Statutory Ray]

And?

 

At least 360 is actually getting the game...

[Grandthefter]

No need to start a flame war people.

 

I think its a good thing that its on four discs, i've been waiting for this game since it was announced and to hear that its too big for one dvd (granted it's probably filled with CGI cutscenes etc) is great news to me. Swapping discs every 10 hours or so isn't going to be that big a deal.

[Exkabewbikadid]

If it means installing the game onto the 360's hard drive and only having one play disc, then who cares. I'd rather have as much of the game as possible installed on a much faster hard drive than have it be read from an optical disc.

 

Albeit uncommon, it's interesting to see developers using that much space.

[Creed Bratton]

360 should realy have that BluRay if they wanna stay alive. Cause without it, it ain`t gonna last for more then 2 years

[SIP YEK NOD]

its a 40-50 hour game.

 

this means switching a disk every 10-13 hours. if you are incapable of that, i pity you.

 

 

and who really needs CGI cutscenes in this day and age? with the in-game reaching almost the same levels as the CGI, what's the point?

[Supernautus]

as for the two years comment, that would mean it would be on the market for 4 years, almost the expected lifespan of a console which is realistic and doesn't have an unrealistic "10 year plan", by which time they're moving on to a much better system, and sony are left behind by their insisting on not making another system for ten years.

[TheDude5000]

360 should realy have that BluRay if they wanna stay alive. Cause without it, it ain`t gonna last for more then 2 years

Is that's why it's outselling the PS3 3 to 1 in the US alone? Spare me your Sony bullsh*t.

 

@topic: Who cares? Guess everyone forgot the tons of hit PS1/Gamecube games that also came on multiple discs. And I'll tell ya what, I'd rather have a good game on 4 discs, than crap like Lair on one.