I think it was free a little while ago so maybe most people that want it got it already but anyway, it's free on the Xbox marketplace for everyone for a limited time.

Edit:

• redeemable until the end of the year
• BC on Xbox One.

Thanks, duder!

I've been thinking about replaying it for some time. Some of those Thousand Years of Dreams stories really got to me emotionally, and the game itself was a very decent JRPG overall I thought.

Well that's a nice gift for the holidays.

Thanks for the heads up on this. Was actually looking at getting this again sometime soon anyways. Makes my decision much easier.

Good damn game. The dreams are some of the best short stories I've ever read. Made be cry like a little baby more than once

Thanks for the heads up on this. I'll probably never play it, but it always feels good to get a free game.

LOVE Lost Odyssey. Very underrated/over looked game IMO

Awesome. Looks like it's backwards compatible too. I have a couple weeks off at the end of this month, and I'm always looking to fill that with the longer/intense stuff I don't have time for most of the year.

Holy shit they actually did a digital version!

Since this was a multidisc game it was never on the digital store.

I wonder if you can play it on the 360?

Thanks for the info! Strangely out of the hundred overlay things on the xbox dashboard, none mention this.

@wikitoups: I believe you can. It weigh-in at around 20gb.

I've always been curious about this game. This is great.

Well, going to get that as soon as I get home.

Awesome, thanks! It'll be nice to have a digital copy along with the physical copy I already own.

The real FFXIII right here folks, don't be fooled by that bullshit Square put out. All the Thousand Years of Dreams stuff is the best written JRPG stories ever.

I missed this game when it came out, downloading it to my 360 right now.

I don't even have a way to play this right now but I'm totally picking this up. Such a great game.

Such a great game with some exceptional writing. I played the living hell out of it back on 360. Nice to see it get additional run on XB1.

Here is the link to the game so you can just download it from the website: https://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Lost-Odyssey/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d5307fa

Thanks. I already have it on disc, but it'd probably be a good idea to pick it up. I'm not sure how good a shape the discs are in, and since it was put on, we (as in, my brother) tried the first disc. On last-gen, in the 360, we could only install the first disc.

It's worth noting that Blue Dragon is also announced as backwards compatible (although not free). I never played either of them but they seem inextricably linked in my mind back when MS was trying to curry the favor of the Japanese market

Boy do I love this game. I ended putting like 40 hours into a rental copy of the game and managed to beat it in under a week. I wonder if I uploaded the save into the cloud at any point...

To be precise they have already announced the games as backwards compatible, this is just MS putting them up on the digital storefront, which is nice because the games were out of print and so you had to pick up a used copy (not that they were SUPER expensive.)

It's even nicer when you get Lost Odyssey for free.

As someone who cares about game preservation I really love this kind of thing. Lost Odyssey was a popular title so there were lots of them floating around out there, but now an old, beloved, game is easily accessible again.

Can anyone give me the elevator pitch on this game?

Traditional JRPG where you play an immortal guy who has lost his memory, but they are starting to resurface in a changing world. Beautiful graphics, memorable music, very cool side-stuff in the form of written stories you find around the world.

Think a high quality off-brand Final Fantasy type game from the PS2 era, but with Xbox 360 visuals, and I think you're not far from it.

@bigsocrates: That sounds incredible!

This game is amazing and I have been waiting for it to go BC! It's never been available digitally either so this is so rad! One of my favorite JRPGs of the last decade plus!!