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Albert Odyssey Review
User Submitted Albert Odyssey Reviews
Date: 2005-04-07
Pure RPG gold!
Man do I love this game! Both the game and soundtrack are as rare as dinosaur fossils and you'd best congratulate yourself if you ever get your hands on either. I was first drawn to this RPG through old 1990's magazine editions of EGM and GamePlayer. I mostly had my eyes on how unique the party members were since it's composed of an interesting cast of heroes:
Pike: A silent young man with a magical talking sword
Eka: A dancer girl with a sharp tongue and great magic skills
Leos: A shinto priestess with great strength and mystical powers
Gryzz: My all time favorite character, a godly powerful humanoid dragon samurai with just about every dragon breath weapon known to dragonkind
Amon: A humanoid bird with exceptional speed and spearfighting abilities
Kia: A cute and powerful spellcasting girl with a kind heart and an amusing wit
What a crew! The game's battle system, though simple, has that old school feel many of us remember from the old days. The spells in this game have amazing animations for one of the older games of its time and the boss battles are VERY challenging. Even power leveling in this RPGs does not make any boss fight easier. Most bosses in this game have absurd amounts of HP and pretty much force you to throw everything you've got at them to win. One boss in particular kept me going for over an hour in battle and he was a dangerous one I might add. The music is pretty good too (a theme for just about every situation in the game), especially considering no one's remotely heard of Naoki Kodaka.
I only wish, after playing this great game, that Working Designs would sequel it already. I know there were two AOs before this one but they are completely different in gameplay in comparison to this one.
Note: An interesting bit of info about this AO's story. This game is actually a side story you hear about in one of the previous AO games, heard from a villager who simply mentions he saw "a young man leading an interesting band of allies somewhere."
Date: 2003-02-09
The way RPG's were meant to be!!
This RPG's is what RPG's are about.. Offers great graphics for it's age and the story is unbelieveable, it's about a 25-30 hour game even for us veteran RPG players. It's not a rewritten story used again and again like the FF (Final Fantasy) series and it's a great play, but we seen better and worse games but this one offer something I believe all RPG's try to bring forth, that would be FUN to play. But like all good things not everyone will agree. I would recommand this game to anyone that calls themselfs a RPG fan. It's not #1 but it isn't #10 either.
Date: 2002-03-25
Fantastic RPG!!!
I played this game years ago and trust me-it's great!! It's really hard for me to get into an RPG but I had no problems with this one. The one thing I'll never forget about this RPG is it has the most beautiful and haunting music I've ever heard from a video game! Like the other reviewer said, it's worth it to track down a Saturn just to play this game! Of course, you'll also have to find a copy of Albert Odyssey (which is a quest in itself-good luck!) I only wish someone would rerelease this game on a new system!
Date: 2001-07-11
This is a great RPG for experts and beginners alike
I was at a local video store looking for a game to rent when my dad told me to rent albrt odyssey. I was kind of reluctant at the time, but now I know to trust my father's judgement.Albert Odyssey is a great game. You start off with a cinematic and somewhat hokey scene of you as a baby and yur village is getting attacked by goblins. Your parents are brutally killed and you are left to die by their side. However, a beautiful Harpy named Laia comes and rescues you. Eventually, 10 years pass, and you are all grown up. Laia asks you to do a favor, and when you go to do it, an evil man named Belnard comes and steals the village's sacred crystal. Laia comes to rescue you, but Belnard shoots a beam at you and Laia, turning both of you to stone. You shake off the effects of the beam because you are a human, but Laia is stuck in her stone form. You then go on a quest to kill Belnard, restore Laia and also kill something called Radoria. You get characters to join your party, and it gets really fun. The gameplay in Albert Odyssey is great. The learning curve is abiut 1 hour, and it gets really fun as your battles get harder. The graphics and music aren't the best, but the excellent gameplay make up for it. This game is the sequel to the Super Famicon games ALBERT ODYSSEY abd ALBERT ODYSSEY 2 released only in Japan. I would definitely recommend that you buy a Sega Saturn just for this game.
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