December 08, 2006
Blue Dragon
In honor of Mistwalker's first major RPG release, Hiroko and I decided to make the game's creator, Mr. Hironobu Sakaguchi, to keep the Wii warm while we're off playing his game on Xbox 360:
Not a whole lot to say yet on Blue Dragon, except that it got me hooked enough to take the Japanese 360 home for the weekend so I can keep playing. At about 6 hours in, I would say it's a very solid RPG; it's not Final Fantasy and it's not Dragon Quest, but it still shows a lot of promise. Great battle system, good character customization, beautiful visuals (especially if you're a fan of Akira Toriyama), and solid music. I'll try to chime in with more thoughts after I've played some more, but for the time being, I'm digging it. And the BD faceplate they packed in with the limited edition Premium Pack in Japan is possibly the hottest freebie I've ever seen:
I couldn't bring myself to buy another Xbox 360 just to get this faceplate, but I've got other plans in the works, and hopefully one of them will lead to that thing being on my 360 very soon...
Posted by john tv at December 8, 2006 08:19 PM