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This week not only marks my first time visiting New York City since being a child, but my initiation into “What We’re NOT Playing,” as well.

Being hundreds of miles away from my apartment is a bit of a hurdle to my game playing, but that didn’t stop Jason Cipriano and I from discussing what I wouldn’t have been playing even if I had been home.

Mostly, we discussed why the latest Hironobu Sakaguchi epic, “Lost Odyssey,” isn’t appealing to us because of the time sink involved in actually finishing it.

JasonCipriano: "Lost Odyssey" is probably the biggest name being released this week, why pass on that?
PatrickKlepek: Two reasons. One, it's an RPG and I'm already playing through "Kingdom Hearts 2." I don't know how I found the time to play 70 hours of "Final Fantasy VII" when I was in high school, but never again. Two, everything I've read says it involves lots of reading. Reading is for books, not games
JasonCipriano: Yeah. You'd think on four discs they would encourage them to have less text
PatrickKlepek: Is it four? Jeez. At that point, I don't even know where I'd put the box. I live in San Francisco, for crying out loud! Maybe I'll play the demo. I'm curiously interested in Hironobu Sakaguchi's work, I just don't have the time

Readers, do you find that to be a problem, too? Would you like to play an RPG, but can’t justify the $60 price tag knowing that you’ll never actually finish the adventure? Is the need for a new "Final Fantasy" that important to you?

Oh, and for once, Multiplayer doesn’t bring up "Endless Ocean." Read on for more.

[Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox]

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