Thanks, Blake. As for the DVDs, I have only myself to blame for not checking the case when it arrived. But yeah, it was a dick move.
As for Lost Odyssey, I really enjoyed it. It's linear, but the story is good and the characters are interesting. Not the usual spiky-haired teeny-boppers, they're mostly older (the two little kids are the exceptions). Maybe my favorite RPG of the last generation. The dreams/memories part is amazing - part interactive novel, part incredible story telling. I also really liked the ring mechanic for battle - battle is turn-based, but you can equip rings that give you varied abilities, as long as you time the button press right as this circle is narrowing around the picture of a ring on screen. If you time it so that the circle matches up exactly, you do more damage (or the special ability is more sucessful, like the pickpocket ring which enables the "steal" ability, as long as you time it right). You can craft different rings as you find the various parts you need (usually dropped by monsters after a fight or found in chests, or sometimes you can buy them from merchants).
