I finally got around to finishing Odin Sphere. Playing on Hard Mode and choosing not to use items or Psypher Heal during boss battles really extended the game’s length and difficulty for me. I didn’t really see the point of playing Hard Mode if you still had access to items and what not during boss battles. You could just save up so many kinds of useful potions and/or grind out Psypher and HP levels beyond the norm and go crazy if you wanted to, but where’s the challenge in that?

Looking back, in addition to the problems I’ve mentioned before, I feel like the game was a bit too repetitive. You go through most of the same areas with each character over and over, and for the most part fight the same bosses as well. How many times do I have to kill General Brigan? Apparently every character except Mercedes needs a shot at the dumb brute, which is part of the reason why I love her.

I’ve still got a few things I’d like to do in there such as get Heroic Mode unlocked and get all the cutscenes, but I’ll work on it over time. I probably won’t have the motivation to do any Heroic videos if all it is is not being able to increase your HP. That’s pretty much how I tried to play it from Cornelius onward if you take into account that I beat most bosses from that point on with minimal to no damage.

I’ll add a bit more ranting later…

Oh, I should mention that the Odin Sphere soundtrack rip from the game will be put up soon enough. I haven’t got around to naming the tracks, and I don’t feel like putting it up with “Track 01″ and other such names. I’ve been slacking on getting videos up here, it’ll be a while before everything is up and ready.