Blue Dragon™(360)

[bigmike8119]

Originally Posted by xbox.com

Famed game producer Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker and developer Artoon present the highly anticipated Xbox 360™ exclusive Blue Dragon. Featuring the character design of Akira Toriyama of Dragon Ball Z and music by Nobuo Uematsu of Final Fantasy, Blue Dragon is an epic role-playing game that centers on a young boy named Shu and several of his friends.These unlikely heroes possess the power to control phantom shadows that mirror the actions of their masters, giving Shu and his comrades miraculous strength and magical powers.
The warriors can create and develop their combat styles by utilizing different types of Shadow Change, including Sword, Assassin, and Power Magic. Shu and his friends must use the shadows as weapons and wield their skills to save their world from impending doom.
Encountering various people on a planet where numerous ancient ruins remain, the characters and their shadows travel through a world full of mysteries and illusions, where the slightest touch can cause reactions of unparalleled magnitude.

• Innovative RPG gameplay features: As their quest progresses, warriors can create original attack methods by utilizing several types of Shadow Change, including Sword, Assassin, and Power Magic. You can choose to focus the hero on certain areas of expertise. Shadows level up and gain new abilities associated with the job they are currently doing. Once gained, abilities are not lost and remain available to use when needed.
• Massive scope and engrossing environments: Shu and his companions battle their way through an immense world filled with vividly illustrated remnants of ancient civilizations long forgotten.
• Stunning graphics: Taking full advantage of the power of Xbox 360, Blue Dragon engages you in a world and characters that are brought to life with vibrant colors and detail, from Shu's wild hair to his martial arts-style garb, conveying the beautiful simplicity and sense of adventure found in this truly next-generation RPG.
• Dazzling character design and effects: Toriyama’s unique influence is evident in the design of the game’s anime style characters, as their actions are enhanced with next-gen blur effects. Additionally, the game’s algorithmic animation system adds heightened realism to character and creature movements.
• Famed developer: Mistwalker is a creative company founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the original developer of Final Fantasy. Operated by a handful of experts, the direction of new Mistwalker is influenced by Sakaguchi’s extensive industry experience. Artoon is a digital entertainment design, development, and production company with rich talent and experience. Centering on the design and development of original content, Artoon is mainly involved in the development of software through external cooperation, as well as the design and production of entertainment content in the mobile communication category.

I believe that this will one of the next RPG's that I'll check out. From what I hear it has a great following in Japan and caused many xbox 360 purchases. Lets Discuss!

[Negative Creep]

I've heard quite the opposite on this game's "following" (or lack thereof) in Japan... Japanese people are very picky when it comes to their RPG games. From what I heard, in the last issue of OXM, it's considered a dud.

I dunno... maybe I'll rent it, maybe I won't. I'm not such a huge fan of RPG games anymore... Knights of the Old Republic was the last good RPG that I've played in recent memory.

It's tough for other RPGs to hold a candle to a game like KOTOR.

[DanteTheLegend]

The Elderscrolls IV: Oblivion has completely dominated every RPG made to this day, and even future releases.

Blue Dragon looks good, its a Anime like RPG game and i might consider buying it.

[zero2000]

Originally Posted by DanteTheLegend

The Elderscrolls IV: Oblivion has completely dominated every RPG made to this day, and even future releases.

naw, morrowind was better. xD

I want blue dragon though. Looks like a great game, and there hasnt really been any good RPG games out lately. I am in the RPG mood right now.

[Negative Creep]

I played the hour long demo for Blue Dragon last night on the new OXM disc... this game reminded me very much of the good times that I spent playing previous Final Fantasy games.

People may b!tch and moan that the graphics are "too cartoony", but I thought they were friggin' awesome!! Besides, when it comes to video games, I am all about the gameplay... and the gameplay in this game seems like it will be top notch.

I found that there were some "delay" moments during the demo, where it seemed to take an extra second or two for certain animations to start... but I am fairly certain that should be taken care of once the retail version hits the stores.

This game just landed on my must play list... "very nice!"

(Can't wait until it's released next week.)

[Madam.Wolfenstein]

I'm 60 hours into Blue Dragon and I'm loving it. It really DOES have a FF feeling. I'm probably nearing the end. It has a pretty decent story and despite the cartoony look, it's still really enjoyable. There are some really good ideas packed into the game that keep it interesting throughout.

[Midnight_Walker]

I really liked Blue Dragon.I liked the graphics, and the story was pretty good too. I also really appreciated the lack of random battles! I just finished Lost Odyssey, Mistwalker's second 360 effort, and that's even better, despite the random battles(!), though it's very, very similar to Blue Dragon, so if you're considering picking it up, you may want to give it a while :)