New On Kotaku: Looking For A Game That Is A Literary Masterpiece? Try Odin Sphere.

Odin Sphere is often overlooked in discussions of video game storytelling, despite it being a literary masterpiece.

In other words, Odin Sphere is a totally kickassingly good game with a freaking heart-breaking story and people need to stop saying, "Oh, oh Uncharted is the most amazing game with a story of all time, just like Bioshock and Alan Wake and Prince of Persia and Red Dead Redempdepcepmtion and a whole crap-ton of other Western games" because NO. Most of those are MEDIOCRE AT BEST. (*Ahem* From a writer's standpoint.) Odin Sphere is incredible, and should be hoisted up on shoulders as a shining example of video game storytelling. That is all.

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[Kotaku: Looking For A Game That Is A Literary Masterpiece? Try Odin Sphere.]

Author: Lisa Foiles