I played Lost Odyssey a short while after playing FF13 and the whiplash was pretty intense. After suffering through the overdesigned, overwrought and annoying nonsense that was FF13 playing a game that actually felt like Final Fantasy again brought a tear to my eye
Also, when it comes to Lost Odyssey being trapped on the 360, from what I hear it runs nicely on the Xenia emulator. Haven't tried it myself though but would recommend you do, just grab the rom from the links in the pinned emulation megathread- it's free!
I really liked the game's character designs, they didn't have generic anime faces or the creepy hyper realistic doll aesthetic Square Enix has been going for like 20 years
Series S or even an X1 model if you're looking for something cheaper. Preferable to Xenia because while technically playable beginning to end it has random crashes, and having to redo sections and keeping a list of workarounds sitting next to you that you need to flip back and forth based on the type of crash isn't the ideal way to play. Definitely better state than MGS4 which is genuinely trapped on the PS3 and emulation is pretty unstable for it as well.
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