Microsoft Lost Odyssey

The second of two epic RPG projects for Microsoft by Mistwalker, the studio founded by Square-Enix's Hironobu Sakaguchi. You play as Kaim, a man who's been sentenced to live for 1,000 years. The game's storyline takes you through Kaim's life as he lives through multiple generations, becomes a part of many families, falls in and out of love and gets into conflicts. All this is set in a world that is on the verge of a "mystical industrial revolution," where mankind has attained dark powers. In Lost Odyssey you play as Kaim, an immortal who's lived for a thousand years. Here's the kicker: Kaim's lost his memory. As you progress through Lost Odyssey, you'll unlock many secrets of Kaim's past. Some are crucial to the overall storyline and are told through cut-scenes. Others, however, don't impact the story, but give a greater sense of Kaim and his world. These are handled quite differently with Lost Odyssey's A Thousand Years of Dreams feature. There are more than 30 dreams to unlock as you play Lost Odyssey. Most are stories of Kaim, though a few tell the backstory of the other immortals you meet on your journey. Each dream is told through text, with music and sound effects to punctuate some of the emotional moments. While text stories may sound boring to the modern gamer, we've found them to be excellent reads. In fact, many of the dreams are as fascinating as the main tale.