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I thought it was a pretty fair review. Seems like the good stuff is on the 3rd disc.
Is the payoff worth the time? Yes and no. By the end of the third disc, the world of Blue Dragon opens. The requisite airship is introduced and players are encouraged to go back and re-explore areas they've previously been to. The optional side quests at the end of the game are fun and present the only real challenges in the game. High level enemies can be found, new towns and islands become available to explore, and a good number of previously inaccessible chests holding goodies present enough new and fun reasons to delay the inevitable end of the game. Even the Corporeal attacks, Blue Dragon's version of summon spells in which the shadows take physical form for massive damage, don't appear until this latter portion of the game. This is what you've been waiting for.
The concept isn't new for RPGs, in fact it's almost quaint at this point, but Blue Dragon is traditional if nothing else. Though the first disc is a bore, as things open up and more challenges are offered, Blue Dragon becomes very enjoyable. Invest the time and you'll fiind a game worth playing to its conclusion.
Phaethon, the forum Spectre.
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Does it really look like LO will be releasing this Fall? These two games could possibly be competing with each other in the US if thats the case. I have a feeling LO will be pushed back to 2008.
Phaethon, the forum Spectre.
TXB= 8.5
I found the exploration and side quests extremely boring and tiresome (which obviously you don't need to do)
The 3rd disc is obviously the best disc because its the end of the game, the 2nd disc is basically full of FMV.
The dungeons on the 3rd disc are huge and this bored me a little also.
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i have made it my goal to finish this game by then or else the same thing will happen that happened to Fable, left in the dust.
I can't wait to explore the world!
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Yeah. So I think that I am just going to cancel my Blue Dragon pre-order, and move the money over to Eternal Sonata. And in the meantime while I am waiting for Eternal Sonata, get some AAA quasi-RPG/FPS action on with BioShock. And then if I beat that before Eternal Sonata, pick up Stranglehold as well.
But the IGN review is unnecessarily harsh.
I felt they reviewed with the intent on trashing than the intent on playing the game and enjoying it.
I think for anyone who finds the art design nice, they will get from this game. IGN just got up on the wrong side of the bed when they reviewed this.
TXB, review is very diff, on the important notes, they say this game is worth it, while IGN basically feels it was a waste of time. I feel like cheking their reviews of FF 8, 9 and 12to compare.
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I was just over at Metacritic checking out the reviews thus far on Blue Dragon, and it is shaping up to be one of those games where either you like it or you pass on it - I think it's mostly due to the fact the game is far too old school for long time players of jRPGs. Pacing issues seem to be raised in quite a few of these reviews as well; even in some of the favorable reviews.
Overall scorage is pointing at Blue Dragon just being an average game, which considering that it has long been billed as God's gift to jRPG fans, will come as a let down to everyone, I feel.
Ultimately, I feel that Phaethon360 nailed it on the head when he said the game is going to be a victim of bad scheduling. What we have in our hands is an average game at best. But it is besieged on all sides by truly excellent game titles of all ilk from too many competitors for the same $60 purchase. And that is just on the 360, Wii is bringing the love with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on the same day Blue Dragon lands, and PS3 has well . . . nothing really coming out in the same timeframe, unless you count the finally released GRAW 2 (which is a AAA title any day of the week). Multi-platform owners are covered with on all fronts with truly excellent software to purchase with the same money they would be expected to pay for Blue Dragon. Had Blue Dragon turned out to be a AAA title, say a true, next-generation ChronoTrigger, things would be very different indeed. But unfortunately as can be seen by the review scores, on the level of ChronoTrigger it is not. For every reviewer who walks away impressed with the title, another one walks away unimpressed. Neither ChronoTrigger, nor the lesser, ChronoCross, had to deal with this hot & cold issue. So for Blue Dragon, it comes back to timing. Had been released in June or July when there was simply nothing of worth to play at all on any game console, it may have scored higher and when all is said and done, it certainly would sell a helluva lot more copies.
From what I played I didn't find the earlier parts of the game boring at all really. Teamxbox's review was badly written. Seems to me IGN played the game a lot more.
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.
pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite
I guess I sorta expected this type of reaction to Blue Dragon by the general public, but people that love these things like myself will be viewing this as a great game and not by any means an average one. You call it an average game at best because you don't like this type of game unfettered.
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.
pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.
pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite
I'm just as confident about this game as I've always been though. Just as proud to say this is why I bought a 360 as I was when I first got it.
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.
pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite
They can't stand how traditional it is. They can't stand the turnbased combat. They can't stand the anime humor (they find marumaro annoying) they final all the characters annoying. They don't appreciate the visual style, they are annoyed by anime cliches in the story. They find playing through it boring and tedious I find it enjoyable. People found playing through final fantasy 7 boring and tedious too, but back then turn based was totally acceptable :)
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.
pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite
Lost Odyssey is really traditional too, but it atleast appeals to what western gamers like. A more mature, serious looking type of game and Blue Dragon isn't that.
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.
pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite
Lost Odyssey is really traditional too, but it atleast appeals to what western gamers like. A more mature, serious looking type of game and Blue Dragon isn't that.
The claim that BD is too deep for Western audiences seems like a poor attempt at damage control. Whereas....
endaround I'll judge that when i play both Persona 3 and Blue Dragon :)
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.
pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite