IGN Blue Dragon preview

June 4, 2007 - We here at IGN recently got our hands on a copy of an English subtitled copy of Blue Dragon. While it doesn't have the English voice acting that the US version will sport (along with the option to listen to the original Japanese dialogue), reading subtitles was enough for us to dive right in and start our coverage. Now that we've made it about 20 hours into the epic, we're back with more impressions and info.

[ngg12345]

They really hated this game it seems. I mean they had nothing good to say about the game besides that it looked pretty. Was a really harsh preview.

[TruthHurts]

all i gotta say.
after that preview wait for a review before considering buying that game. i haven`t heard that "bad sounding" of a preview in a while.

[Odion]

well considering it got like a 48/50 in Japan i am not worried I am buying this day one to have a little old school fun

[Honeal2g]

some people dont appreciate games like this (or its just not there thing w.e the case may be) i will admitt that this style of game may be boring to many but i love turn based battle systems and world map traviling and i wish they never changed that in Final Fantasy ...i mean look at ff12 some ppl say its a good game once u get into it but look at its sales compared to like ffx (which owned btw) but still its all opinion and i cant wait for this game.

[drtysouf21]

so i rent all games at gamefly before i decide to purchase but this is the game i've been looking forward to on my 360 i'm a big fan of RPG games so i really hope it doesn't disappoint.

[TruthHurts]

if a game gets a 1-3/10 you most likely would even check it out.
i know what your sayin but in some cases, a bad game is a bad game.
i`m not sayin its like that for this.

[DarkestHour00]

I have ALWAYS felt IGN is rough on alot of 360 things(not flaming just how I feel) but I am looking very forward to this game.

[IBLEEDBLU]

13hrs in and the disc ended - without a side quest or huge battle lol

its bad enough its on 4 disc but that is just retarded

the true power of the 360 - only possible in 4 disc lol <<WAKE the FACK up u sheep..4 FACKEN disc are u serious..one of the many SIGNS that 360 is just a waste of money

LOL!!! that is sooooooooooooo PS1

game looks like a$$ and the idiot that is gonna buy it day one is properly the only one hahahahahaa

[Xi]

you complain gears is 10 hours, and then you complain blue dragon is around 60. WTF man, make up you psthreetarded mind.

[marionz]

the only people that seem to care how many discs this game comes on is ps3 fanboys
at the end of the day i dont mind changing a disc, its hardly a big chore and if the game loads faster then a blu-ray and you dont have to rely on saveing a chunk of the game to the hard drive just to make it run at a decent speed then im happy

i bought VF on ps3 and its rediculos how it had to save a chunk to the HD when i put it in, waiting to play the game was painfull
not that i can play it anymore after the laser blew and left a horroble squarish scorch mark on the disk

blue dragon looks like a awesome game and i cant wait to play it

[Honeal2g]

Look how angry he is(lmao) .....u speak with such anger as if someone provoked you lmao what makes you so mad that u have to curse about Blue Dragon..could it be built up anger seeing that u spent 599/499 too early(i said to ealry ps3 will own lata on i admitt that much) and u have to vent in this forum? or is it because u told all ur friends u got a blu ray player but they dont care.... or could it be u lost some really good exclusives ... apparantly u are pissed off about a game that doesnt affect you

[BIadestarX]

Do you have any idea how stupid you sound when you said, "13hrs in and the disc ended" this translate to 20 hours to me, since I like talking my time with RPG games. I would take me weeks to move on to the next disk. Do you actually think I will not open the console tray to insert another game during that time? If you have a problem changing the disk for this game after 20 hours... you should have a problem changing the disk to play another game? You should call Sony and ask them to come up with a blu-ray disk that can whole Sony entire library so you don't have to switch a disk in your entire life.... mmm.. wait... wouldn't digital distribution eventually do that?

[SuperSaiyan4]

I already own the Japanese version just for the sake of owning the game!! It obviously does not work on my UK Xbox 360 but I knew that I just had to have Blue Dragon! Mines the silver cover anyone know the difference with the blue cover?

[OneBubbleBastard]

Better stick to crappy FPS's..

Hear me out my 180 friends.. want to play real games? come to the dark side...

conversions on weekends, PM me ..

[CrazzyMan]

or this really will be just another 7-8,5 points game..

[Xi]

motor storm? or like resistance. Kinda sucks your killer aps don't break the 90's.

[_insane_cobra]

I don't doubt the game will do very well. Some have already reviewed the Japanese version and opinions so far are overwhelmingly positive:

http://www.metacritic.com/g...
http://www.next-gen.biz/ind...

[Bloodmask]

this game does look pretty interesting. This is basicly the 360s answer to Dragon Quest. I used to lean toward Japanenese style RPGs but after playing Bioware's RPGs on the first XBOX, I am looking foward to Mass Effect more than this title. I'll still pick it up bc I am a big fan of the RPG genre....

PS:Can someone please give my my bubble back.....Thx

[Arkham]

Bub for you because you asked so nicely. ;)

[WIIIS1]

Priceless to see how PS fools malign the father of their one and only beloved FF series - just like how a bit(h bites the hand that feeds it. The fanboys can't deal with the fact that in this genre of games, Xbox360 will have Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey and Final Fantasy while PS3 will only have their 1-trick pony Final Fantasy that isn't developed by Phony anyway. Go cry a river already!

[PhilHarrison]

I'm not impressed, looks like poop

[BIadestarX]

I don't need IGN to review this game for me. If it pass the Japanse bias and anti-american test and yet reseived a great rating, Why should I care what IGN has to say about it. We are not talking about a new game...but a proven IP in the last where the 360 is not popular and RPG games are king.

[BIadestarX]

(WOW) My first double post.

[Gh0stDrag0n]

Can't wait for some old school rpg. How can anyone hate this game?

[Odion]

who cares what you think?

Like Honestly you support the PS3 why would anyone here care about your opinion, its like a Ford supporter going to a GM convention and being like dam i don't like any of these cars, why the hell would we care what you think its not targetting at impressing you

I am talking to Phil up there

[Gh0stDrag0n]

Who exactly are you replying to? Bladestar? He owns a 360 look at his profile, plays quite a bit. Guess what I own a PS3 too. Does that make me a PS3 fanboy?

[Odion]

Talking to Phil Harrison up there

[Gh0stDrag0n]

Sry, my bad.