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Sometimes all a game needs is a second chance, and Odin Sphere got one with Odin Sphere Leifthrasir in 2016. A remake of the 2007 PlayStation 2 original, Leifthrasir improved on it in every way, with better combat and AI, more environments, and many redesigned systems that ironed out the game’s kinks and let its strengths shine through. Those strengths include a dramatic, twist-filled story, a plethora of playable characters, and, perhaps most of all, Vanillaware’s signature hand-drawn art style.
- “Leifthrasir” comes from Norse mythology’s Lif and Lífþrasir, the two humans who survive the apocalypse and repopulate the world.
- Creator George Kamitani wanted to remove several features in Leifthrasir from the original, like alchemy, but the team convinced him not to.