RPG for fall break

Eternal Sonata over Blue Dragon.

Eternal Sonata

Pro's:

Good story and characters

Great Art

Great musical score, with solid voice acting

Con's:

Characters tend to ramble on to long in heavy handed monologues.

Combat although functional, leaves much to be desired for the veteran RPG player.

Blue Dragon:

Pro:

Strong Gameplay with plenty of freedom and strategy.

Longer then Eternal Sonata

Decent music. I loved it but some seem to hate it.

Cons:

Bad Story

Bad Art

Bad Characters

Keep in mind that I actually own Eternal Sonata, I only played the Demo of blue dragon and a 2 day rental so my opinion is much more slanted towards Eternal Sonata. But after my 2 day rental I had no desire to pick up blue dragon for the 60 dollar price tag.

Well i own and enjoyed both games alot.

WIth that being said i think Eternal Sonata is the better of the two

Blue Dragon was hugely underrated. The story is very weak, but if you like the old-school of JRPGs (the first few Dragon Warrior games, the first few Final Fantasy games, etc), that's the vein in which this game goes. It's far from a 10/10, but I'd say an 8/10 is more accurate

Eternal Sonata has better graphics... I don't actually own it so I can't really comment... I'm mainly here because people were bashing on Blue Dragon and I like playing Devil's Advocate, particularly when BD isn't a bad game. I heard Eternal Sonata was short too.

So, BD is longer and more like an old-school RPG.
Eternal Sonata is short, better looking and is more of an action RPG/turn-based hybrid.