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Blue Dragon (Xbox360) |OT|
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Okay the guy has played for about 90mins now and it's getting really horribly boring to watch. Aside from cutscenes and FMVs, watching other people play JRPGs = REALLY BORING. Especially if they play like I do, checking out everything, fiddling with the menus, etc. But clearly the guy is just playing the game so too bad for us I guess! :lol
The Good:
- Smooth graphics
- Nice charming world
- Great models
- Great music
- Everything feels very fast, from the movement on the field. to the attacks in battle, etc
- Areas are pretty big for exploration
- Like in FFXII and DQVIII there isn't a "world map" so to speak, but the entire world is the world map with you running from hub to hub
The Not-So-Good:
- There's still loading time from the TGS built, it's about a second or two going into battles and about three seconds or more between areas after after FMVs
- It doesn't seem to have the really awesome draw distance that FFXII and DQVIII have where entire areas are drawn beyond their hub lines, but this might be because of the nature of the areas so far... not sure yet but it isn't as impressive in terms of scope just yet
- No voice outside of cutscenes/FMVs, so all dialogue on the field is text only
- Some of the animations when examining/kicking/pushing stuff to get items could be smoother, looks a little rushed
- So far the areas just aren't very visually overwhelming, artwise many high-end PS2 RPGs still destroy it so far
The Bad:
- That goddamn voice that narrates every single action that happens in realtime "DETECTED", "LOST", "DEAD", "JOIN UP", "ITEM", "GOLD"....... ARGAHRGAHRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
The Good:
- Smooth graphics
- Nice charming world
- Great models
- Great music
- Everything feels very fast, from the movement on the field. to the attacks in battle, etc
- Areas are pretty big for exploration
- Like in FFXII and DQVIII there isn't a "world map" so to speak, but the entire world is the world map with you running from hub to hub
The Not-So-Good:
- There's still loading time from the TGS built, it's about a second or two going into battles and about three seconds or more between areas after after FMVs
- It doesn't seem to have the really awesome draw distance that FFXII and DQVIII have where entire areas are drawn beyond their hub lines, but this might be because of the nature of the areas so far... not sure yet but it isn't as impressive in terms of scope just yet
- No voice outside of cutscenes/FMVs, so all dialogue on the field is text only
- Some of the animations when examining/kicking/pushing stuff to get items could be smoother, looks a little rushed
- So far the areas just aren't very visually overwhelming, artwise many high-end PS2 RPGs still destroy it so far
The Bad:
- That goddamn voice that narrates every single action that happens in realtime "DETECTED", "LOST", "DEAD", "JOIN UP", "ITEM", "GOLD"....... ARGAHRGAHRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Alex
Member
Yay, the boss is actually hitting them hard and is soaking up a ton of damage, that's what I like to see.
I like the little subsystems and gauges too, what kind of customizaiton system does this game have? I remember hearing something about classes, which I am hoping is true, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Anyhow, looks good, like a souped up Dragon Quest, which I adore, I hope the localization doesn't take too long.
Oh man, look at that map and the exploration you can do, great stuff...
I like the little subsystems and gauges too, what kind of customizaiton system does this game have? I remember hearing something about classes, which I am hoping is true, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Anyhow, looks good, like a souped up Dragon Quest, which I adore, I hope the localization doesn't take too long.
Oh man, look at that map and the exploration you can do, great stuff...
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
duckroll said:
i dont like that at all...=[
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
duckroll said:
personally, i think its more from the vantage that this is supposed to be a next-gen rpg. ::shrug::
FateBreaker
Member
I really don't know how a lot of this technical stuff works, so I probably am an idiot asking this, but ...
can someone youtube it???
DD???
or, you know, make this a downloadable video or something?
can someone youtube it???
DD???or, you know, make this a downloadable video or something?
I didn't save the stream, so sorry I can't.FateBreaker said:I really don't know how a lot of this technical stuff works, so I probably am an idiot asking this, but ...
can someone youtube it???
or, you know, make this a downloadable video or something?
Guy stopped playing for 10 minutes, he's back now.
davepoobond said:
That's not what he said though.
Customization seems pretty deep, and the combat options in battle are nice. There are nice details too like when you cast a power down spell on an enemy with a weapon, the weapon gets disarmed while the spell is active. Some of the game elements are hard to tell from watching, so I'll only know for sure when I play the game myself...
Ginko said:
Huh? I think there's some misunderstanding. In all cutscenes, story scenes and FMVs, the game is fully voiced. But when you're running around and talking to NPCs there's no voice.
It's the same way FFXII and DQ8-US worked. I don't think there's every been a JRPG which is 100% voiced, unless there's very little text or dialogue in the entire game. It wouldn't even make sense. I was just listing it because as someone else mentioned, it would have really pushed it to OMG-NEXT-GEN levels but clearly it isn't very practical.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
duckroll said:
Ys: Ark of Napishtim did it.
Haha nice, there was a fire lizard and a water lizard in the same room, so that guy got detected by one and had it follow him. He then went to the other and started the fight. The 2 lizards attacked each other and canceled their powers so they were simple lizards with no special powers
I've recorded it, I'll put it online later.
I've recorded it, I'll put it online later.
Blimblim said:Haha nice, there was a fire lizard and a water lizard in the same room, so that guy got detected by one and had it follow him. He then went to the other and started the fight. The 2 lizards attacked each other and canceled their powers so they were simple lizards with no special powers
I've recorded it, I'll put it online later.
that sounds great
that sounds awesome. I hope it's indicitive that there's lots of that stuff in the game.Blimblim said:Haha nice, there was a fire lizard and a water lizard in the same room, so that guy got detected by one and had it follow him. He then went to the other and started the fight. The 2 lizards attacked each other and canceled their powers so they were simple lizards with no special powers
I've recorded it, I'll put it online later.
=GabrielKnight=
Member
duckroll said:
That's great if it's like DQVIII, but I think it's more like FFXII, which is different. There are loading times between areas and they are separate fields, with almost no connection among them, in term of landscape.
Wasn't there a Famitsu world map scan aniway?
duckroll said:
That's bad
I'm watching it (he's currently fighting a
), and it looks pretty cool, but as someone said it's incredibly boring watching someone else play this kind of game.
The music overall is awesome, but I have to say the boss music would drive me completely insane after a while. (it's the voice mostly... it's not that the singing itself is the problem, but hearing that entire song looped 5 times in a row makes me angry)
hydra boss
The music overall is awesome, but I have to say the boss music would drive me completely insane after a while. (it's the voice mostly... it's not that the singing itself is the problem, but hearing that entire song looped 5 times in a row makes me angry)
Well I don't want to realease a 500 MB wmv file...RebRab said:Cant u change the extension to .wmv ?? it should work no encoding just change it.
Thats what i was recording it in cause it wouldnt work as .asf
And i got a dodgey net connection so nothing i recorded was viewable.
I'm still struggling with this, but I'll find a way
btw the stream is working again, the new music is great
Ok, it's working.
I'll put the videos online as I reencode them, they will all be there:
http://www.xboxyde.com/news_3864_en.html
I'll put the videos online as I reencode them, they will all be there:
http://www.xboxyde.com/news_3864_en.html
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
duckroll said:
Man, for something designed so cutesy, the interface is SO DAMN SLICK.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
PhatSaqs said:
I was gonna say! "Oh HELL no you ain't runnin' away from that bear! You fight that shit!" Seriously sweet design on that thing.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
duckroll said:
Awesome. I just hope 360 fans buy it and don't complain becuase its not the usual 360 fan fodder.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Dr. Kitty Muffins said:
"What the heck! This game with a little kid and a dragon on the cover DOESN'T have bulked up he-men shooting things? MAAAANAAAAGEERRRRR."
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
BenjaminBirdie said:
"What the heck! This game with a little kid and a dragon on the cover DOESN'T have bulked up he-men shooting things? MAAAANAAAAGEERRRRR."
Apparently you haven't been to TXB.lol
I think someone over there once commented th ey was not interested in the Burger King games for that reason.