A very solid JRPG that shouldnt be judged by its cover. You've got to play to believe!
Blue Dragon has characters designed by Akira Toriyama ( Dragon Ball Z , Chrono Trigger). I didnt like his character desihn at first but I love it now. I didnt think that the characters were cool looking, I didnt think this game looked ... well good. SOme thing told me I had to try it though ...So I popped it in my 360.
Im so glad I did!
I was really surprised how well the battle flowed and how,even though it is turn based, the actions seemed to happen as soon as you hit the button. Very good thing. Also, another good thing is the fact that there is no random battles. You can avoid almost everyone! And you can open up this big circle and combine a bunch of enemies into one fight and take out a whole area. And if they are different types of monsters then they fight each other. Thats pretty sweet. Also the enemies arent constantly regenerating. Love it!
The story is pretty ok. Its what you'd expect. Mean bad guy does bad stuff and you and your buddies go on a loooooong journey to get him. But its good enough to keep you interested.
I say long because this is probably the lengthiest JRPG on the 360. Seriously, one quick run through takes at least 40 hours.
One negative thing I gotta say about it is the hidden items through out the land. You can practicly click on everything and get something like gold, items and experience. You might be wondering why thats bad? Well, Its super sweet at first and then it just is annoying knowing that you gotta spend so much time in an area clicking on EVERYTHING!! Ugh. But then you find out that the nothings are something ... Its true. PLay and see!
Like I said earlier, I wasnt too big on the characters. Zola is super awesome. One of my favorite RPG characters to date!
Its true the 360 is lacking in the JRPG department, but this one will not let a true fan down!