Odin Sphere Leifthrasir Review | Backlog Battle 

Vanillaware is synonymous with a masterpiece.

Your reviews feel less like reviews, and more like a detailed essay explaining everything so well. This type of review is highly welcomed. You are amazing!

Odin Sphere/ Odin Sphere Leifthrasir is my favorite game of all time. Whenever I play this game or any other Vanillaware game, it is an experience I have never found in another video game. Truly an underrated masterpiece I believe everyone should give a look into. Backlog Battles should do the reviews for the other Vanillaware games.

This game looks gorgeous and the combat looks so slick and satisfying! Great review! Another game to add to the buy list

I played this game around 2008 and adored it..heck I even have my original ps2 copy still. When the remake came out a few years ago I knew some things were changed but never got the full picture of it. The explanations you did here about the combat, alchemy system and food are simple and easy to understand..something the reviews that I saw at the time failed to do so for me at the time.

I've subscribed to you since Sakura Wars review and I got to say that you put alot of detail into your videos! Including this one! In addition to that you take the time to read and respond to as much comments as you possibly can which is always appreciated. Odin Sphere was always something that interests so I willl get this one.

Such a good review, Alex! Gah, I love this game so much. This makes me really want to go back and play it again, despite all the other games I’m trying to focus on... I loved how unique and complex the story is. I did the same thing as you did with trying to follow that specific item’s path through the story, so I ended up taking some serious time out to rewatch all the cutscenes in chronological order. Also, just because I found the story so fascinating and wanted to know everything I could about each of the characters and how each event all tied together. It’s seriously on the same level as Game of Thrones in terms of weaving character storylines. I love it

Companies like Vaniliaware really show strength of 2D hard-drawn and sprite art. There games are timeless

Double dipped on both limited PS4 and Vita versions. It was worth it. This is one of the very few videogames I can say provided me with an experience beyond it's medium. Loved the story and gameplay can get addicting, much like Muramasa. This is overall my ideal kind of videogame. The fact that they even allow you to play the original PS2 version of you're curious, makes it even better. This is where collections and re released titles go wrong, they phase out the original and pretend it doesn't exist.

Having played the original I thought I could skip this. Guess not. Thanks a lot, Alex! The backlog grows again.

Great analysis and review, thanks for your work! I did not know FFT's ost creator was behind this, I think it is a bit more derivative than Tactics' but still good.

I just bought this game, wanting to get some history with Vanillaware before Unicorn Overlord. This review has me excited to play. I also bought 13SAR, so I have plenty to keep me busy.

We adore Vanillaware they do such amazing one of a kind games, wife and I adore this and Dragon's Crown so we wanted to see your take on the game, it did not disappoint :).

Great review dude. Man I really need to pick this up some time. I really wish they would bring out muramasa on PS4 or switch. It’s currently held back on Wii/Wii u and trapped on the vita.

Nice review, is Princess Crown also included in this game or is there a re-release for princess crown somehwere? I adore 2D spirtes more than anything.

For what it's worth, Odin Sphere Liefthrasir has the occasional frame drop on the Vita, but it's fairly rare, usually invoices a ton of stuff going on simultaneously, and is never very significant. To me, it just felt more like an occasional cinematic flare than performance issues.

Wow this review is very helpful and thorough. I have to play this game. I started of on the Vita but might as well play it on the PS4.

I’m currently playing Dragon’s Crown. Is this game different enough that I can move from Dragon’s Crown to this? Or am I gonna feel burnt out.

Game looks really cool but I cant stand games with damage numbers, is there a way to turn that off?

I didn't like the original PS2 game, thought the battle system was way to clunky and just not fun to play, this ruined the game for me back then cause I liked the rest but just couldn't stand the gameplay. And well this Remake put it simply does everything I wanted, the gameplay was much improve it went from a annoying to one of the most fun game I ever played, and thanks to that I could enjoy the rest which I already much more, and this game finally became rightfully one of my all time favorite.

So that’s how you pronounce Leifthrasir!!!

Still waiting on the pc port

They don't make games like this anymore.

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I've had the PS2 version on my shelf for what feels like a decade now, and though I've wanted time and time again to finally get around to it.... now there's the remake and I just can't settle for the PS2 version haha. Will get to it eventually. I love vanillaware.

To this Day Odin Sphere is my favorite Vanillaware game. It holds a special place in my heart due to it being a gift from my late mother who knew my tastes in games while also gripping me by my heartstrings when it came to drawing me into a world so beautifully handcrafted that it just brings me a sense of peace that escapism through video games can promote. I will never regret being introduced to this game and will continue to love it till my heart stops beating and my soul becomes the phozons that return to the earth. Thank you.

Play this game on Hard mode from the beginning and you're in for one absorbing and very balanced challenge. I can't even imagine playing on Normal. Hard mode isn't overly "hard" per se, but just challenging enough to add a nice layer of tension to proceedings.

Great Review as always! Another game that I would have overlooked without your review. Thanks for all the games you have shown me already.🤩

Amazing Review Alex! It was truly a unique game with beautiful graphics.

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I had this game on the PS2 and didn't manage to get into it... I was a different gamer back then (more turn based RPG purist) and I couldn't understand the story that much. But after seeing your review (especially the explanation on the fragmented story telling and the new timeline addition) I will put this game in my wishlist for the next time it will be on sale :) Great review as always!

i wish western companies would put half as much effort into their games presentation as the japanese do.

This game has such a calming and unique soundtrack, this game is the epitome of a work of art.

I have it on PS2 and PS4 and didn't play it yet. It'll be that time, I think, when I'll finish Xenoblade Chronicles Remastered. How many hours did it takes you to complete it ?

This is one of my favourite games to play on my Vita and always come back to it every now and then. Love to play as Mercedes as her gameplay is the most unique from the other characters, makes it kinda like an action-shooter. Great review!

Can grow sheep on trees, 10/10

Great review! I need to look for this game in the future!

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Its Kinda remebers me on 2d Version of Valkary Profile 2 from ps2, but the compat in that game is different

Not my type of game but it looks super interesting!

I wish this was available on switch but i may still pick it up on PS4. Looks like a decently good game and love the art.

You have great reviews man I had to sub !

i too still have to play this game. i wish they remastered muramasa too

Yeah, Odin Sphere when I first heard about it, I didn't think much of it until I thought about it deeper and deeper as time went on. Then I bought it after some careful thinking and going through Gwendolyn's story, I was intrigued and I was having a good amount of fun. But as I've mentioned a couple of times I didn't get that far in her story because some mechanics didn't really sit with me and level grinding in that 1 was just an absolute nightmare. So from that point, I didn't play the game anymore for many years until the remaster came out with a whisper and then once I saw that they actually improved on the original version plus the fact that the game still looks good, I was like screw it let's see how this version plays and bought it online for my PS3. Once the game came up and I turned it on I immediately was brought back to the time when I played the original and the minute I saw cute little Alice and small adorable Socrates, I was like must lift cute cat for about 2 minutes lol. After my whiplash of cute I jumped back into Gwendolyn's story and then I got farther much farther. I beat Gwendolyn's story than Cornelius's story followed by Mercedes's story and then finally Oswald's. From going to these four individual play throughs I quickly realized that I'm loving the cast the gameplay is a huge improvement over the original I enjoyed the food making mechanics a lot more now including the new portable restaurant the character building system is very much improved and the music is so good as every single song just feels fantastic including in some cases the new arrange songs. Currently I'm in velvets story arc now and I have been having a lot more fun with this version then the PS2 one and while the first version had some issues that did not stick with me, there is no denying that it's thanks to that version that I not only love the game even more now but I also love the story this one tells. Very fantastic swell job with the review as always though I am surprised that when you mentioned the taller bigger characters you did not mention the big boobs in some of the female characters as that is another Vanillaware staple as is the DELICIOUS food lol. But again fantastic job with the review and now I have the urge to play Odin Sphere Leif after this review...... And no I don't think I'll be able to pronounce the new name for the re master lol.

This is a great review 👏 I'm gonna subscribe 😃

Ah the game that made me late to my lunch date with my dad.....on the demo. Next payday I brought it immediately.

I wish this was released on PC, I'd rebuy in a heartbeat.

This version was also released on ps3

This game is currently on sale so I checked your channel first for a review. You'v definitely sold me on this game

Gotta pick this up while it's on sale for 128 hong kong dollars. (16.5 USD)

too bad they didn't release this on PC. i would love to play it.

Damn this game looks good but I wish you didn't have to replay the same sections multiple times.

Odin sphre is among my favorite all time game. I wish they could release all the game on steam one day. But i think it will never happen :/

11:05 this makes me depressed

Impeccable review, deserves more views. You gained a new subscriber.

Man, as much as I was enjoying this game I just couldn't bring myself to go through the same campaign... how many times?? 5?! nah

There is an option that allows you to combine all five narratives so you can actually view the entire story in chronological order. It's easier to understand the narrative once you put everything in order.

I just got through Gwendolyn’s story, but I’m just not sure if it’s worth playing all of the stories since it’s pretty much the same thing…