Finally, the 360 gets the traditional JRPG experience it so richly deserves:
"It has been nearly two years since the debut of our cherished Xbox 360, and yet there is one genre of games that has been noticeably absent from its otherwise stellar library of titles: the Japanese role-playing game. Granted, a vast portion of 360 owners probably couldn't care less about this fact, content to play Gears of War, GRAW and Oblivion. Nobody can deny that those games are indeed awesome; however, for that slice of the 360 populace that craves a classic Final Fantasy-style experience (Final Fantasy XI, decent though it may be, does not count because it's an MMO), your prayers have finally been answered with Blue Dragon."
I had it all wrong...Blue Dragon is awesome!
Lost Odyssey is one of the best jrpgs of that era but got killed because it was bought up and released on the "wrong" console.
Great game. The 360 had some really good turn based games back in the day. Absolutely loved Lost Odyssey too. I think they are both Sakaguchi creations.
This game together with Lost Odyssey, The Last Remenant and Tales of Vesperia convinced me to buy a 360. This game made my 2007 which ended off with mass effect.
Honestly, a fantastic game, especially if you were a fan of old-school JRPGs. I hate that this genre rarely can come back to these roots.
Destructoid: I remember where I was when Blue Dragon was announced. Although I already had an Xbox 360 and was ready for it, some folks I knew bought one just for it given who was involved (Nobuo Uematsu, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Akira Toriyama): as Mistwalker and Microsoft Game Studios made a mad dash to put out more games from Japanese studios on the Xbox ecosystem.
Blue dragon was fantastic. Love that game. It was my biggest reason for getting a 360.
i wanted to play it, but ...
1. its on xbox
and 2. i missed it when it was on gamepass ha.
I thought it was pretty good but I personally I think Lost Odyssey is better
Also, I know a lot of JRPGs are cheesy but damn…this one was amped up to 11.
I really wish Mistwalker would remaster these games... they're too busy with mobile unfortunately.
The Summer Game Fest 2023 revealed a new Akira Toriyama game called Sand Land, and it has more potential for greatness than a new Blue Dragon would.
Imma call bs on this. Sorry a blue dragon sequel would be dope and much needed. While this one I'm sitting here trying to figure out if I'm interested. I'm kinda stuck on vehicular action. That's where it's losing me.
Why can’t we just get both? In this gamer world of ours, it seems like it’s always one or the other. Games like these seem like they would print money for these development studios if they released multiplatform.
Both anticipate dragon games (Lair & Blue Dragon) are getting lower than expected scores.
It doesn't seem like it's going to be a bad game. It's just more geared towards younger gamers
I hope Lost Odyssey does much better since its Sakagochi's real mature and deep game.
@mkred-i didnt think 4 out of 5 was bad?
-1 point for bestiality. Its very cruel to animals. just kidding(not the 2nd sentence). I lost interest after playing the demo, but I am sure hardcore JRPG fans(by that I mean people who have been playing FFVII and even older) will enjoy it.