After a few months of playing it, and after two or three week long breaks, I finally beat Lost Odyssey. I was trying to get most of the side quests done beforehand, but I didn't realize how much that entailed. With my immortals in the upper seventies, and my playtime around 65 hours I still had a good bit left to do. Up to the end I was still surprised at how much I like this game. I didn't expect too much after Blue Dragon's overall meh-ness, but I really enjoyed the story. I can't remember the last game that punched me in the face so many times with the concept of mortality. And when a good story is mixed with what is essentially an SNES RPG with pretty graphics, I am a very happy person. I just wish the book containing all of the "Thousand Years of Dreams" short stories would be released in the US.

So am I late to this party or was everyone overwhelmed by the length of this game as well?