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Blue Dragon (Xbox360) |OT|
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sephiroth6
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Congrats on beating the game and how about a full review?Jonnyram said:All done.
Man, the music in that last dungeon was ****ing amazing. Not to mention the cutscenes
I'm pretty depressed that it's over actually. One of the best games I've played in a long time and really satisfying. 104hrs on the clock in the end.
The Hori pad has an excellent d-pad. That was the first reason for buying it, but the auto-fire helps a lot in Blue Dragon too. I thank Troidal for the recommendation on both accounts.
Since when does the OXM, any of them, do import reviews? Especially for such a profile game that's been confirmed for released outside Japan? I call bullshit.
Anyway, I've played a bit more this afternoon. I love flying around with the Mechat.
Some of the things at the yellow points are really strong. I got killed in 2 hits by the
, ouch. I finished the
, there wasn't much there in fact or I missed something. I actived all seven things and opened all the chests, but that's it. Is there something more there? The point is now yellow and orange.
My characters are now between levels 48 and 50, with their shadows at mostly the same level. I don't really feel strong, except Kluke when she doesn't get killed instantly, and Zola thanks to her 2 hit combo. Marumaro is the most useless of the bunch for me, his charge attacks are too long to be effective.
Anyway, I've played a bit more this afternoon. I love flying around with the Mechat.
Some of the things at the yellow points are really strong. I got killed in 2 hits by the
other tree boss
ruin forest
My characters are now between levels 48 and 50, with their shadows at mostly the same level. I don't really feel strong, except Kluke when she doesn't get killed instantly, and Zola thanks to her 2 hit combo. Marumaro is the most useless of the bunch for me, his charge attacks are too long to be effective.
Blimblim said:
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Or you could always just continue the story part and see how that goes... some of the stuff in the last dungeon gives really good exp, and you can come back at any time before the final boss, in spite of what it says.
I'm still dying to get my hands on this. 
Why oh why do you insist on region locks, Microsoft?!? That alone has me rooting for Sony all the more as I play so many Japanese games these days.
What's the current price on a Japanese 360? If there are enough Japanese titles on the machine, I might consider grabbing one just to avoid this whole ordeal in the future. I'd much rather play the Japanese release than the English version, so it might be my only option.
Was the game interesting throughout, by the way? 104 hours seems like a rather legnthy game (almost too long for me right now, unfortunately). I'm hoping there aren't a lot of dead zones in there.
Why oh why do you insist on region locks, Microsoft?!? That alone has me rooting for Sony all the more as I play so many Japanese games these days.
What's the current price on a Japanese 360? If there are enough Japanese titles on the machine, I might consider grabbing one just to avoid this whole ordeal in the future. I'd much rather play the Japanese release than the English version, so it might be my only option.
Was the game interesting throughout, by the way? 104 hours seems like a rather legnthy game (almost too long for me right now, unfortunately). I'm hoping there aren't a lot of dead zones in there.
dark10x said:
I'd grab the Blue Dragon bundle (~$300) and then just move your hard drive back and forth when you switch to the JPN machine for a JPN game.
That way you can also play Trusty Bell in a few months (probably late march) and then LO (assuming it turns out ok), and the Tri-Ace game (which you know will be visually amazing), without waiting 3-12 months for localizations.
dark10x said:
Senko no Ronde is interesting, though it's more of a "buy at 2000yen" game. EDF3 is great, though the US version is march and $40. Lost Planet...well that's out in the US tomorrow. Tengai Makyou Zirai is not very good. All the Idea Factory games are terrible. Culdcept is a good game, and supposedly they fixed the online (besides a spell card that crashes online games on two maps), but the single player is not as good as the PS2/DC ones because the animations are slow and unskippable. There's also Project Sylpheed, which Jonnyram and Blimblim really liked but TheTrin hated (I'm still waiting for it to drop to $30 at P-A).
Hmm...so yeah, there's nothing else I'd really run out and get. If you don't have anything to play and have a friend who can play co-op with you I'd definitely recommend EDF3 because in co-op it really is a great game.
Yeah it was really really easy indeed. The boss didn't even have time to touch my characters onceJonnyram said:That was OPTIONAL!? I had no idea... After I ran through the small forest area before that village, it wouldn't let me turn back, so I thought I had to do that first.. I imagine it's absurdly easy when you're level 50
It depends if there will be any major DLC for Japanese games in the future. If so, it's probably worth having a HDD on both machines. They're $99 which is only double the price of the memory card. Unfortunately, I think you need the memory card to use your profile on two machines, don't you? At least that's the smoothest solution.john tv said:
I dunno how big the next Blue Dragon download will be, but they're supposedly adding new dungeons and monsters at some stage. If the data is not on the disc already, it could be a chunky download.
sephiroth6
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Beautiful pictures blim,the level of detail is just incredible.
sephiroth6
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Better late than never and if you passed the game i have a question about the credits-how many people worked on the game(try a specific number)?Blimblim said:
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Blimblim while those pictures are pretty, you should post the prettier places too! I've seen more awesome looking stuff than what you posted on your site's last Blue Dragon post.
I haven't finished it yet (working on optional stuff), but there credit are also in the booklet, and they are crazy long.sephiroth6 said:
Main credits: 32 people (also credited elsewhere for the most part)
Voice actors: 39
Microsoft: 18 (marketing and also audio/art/game design)
Mistwalker: 9 (marketing/vp)
Artoon: ~300 (that's crazy!)
Music: 15
Recording: 7
Sound: 8
CG (Robot) : 3
Story Unit ufo table: 5
CG Unit Shirogomi Inc: 45
Jet Studio: 7
Live Company LTD: 9
Sunny Gapen LTD: 3
Print: 3
Test: 13
Microsoft Games Studio: 39
Microsoft: 11
Microsoft tests: ~60
sephiroth6
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OMG that is alot of people but then again i think it shows beautifuly and considering how this game has incredible modeling i belive a huge number of people at artoon are modelers and tnx blimBlimblim said:
.sephiroth6
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WOW and tnx a 100 times blimBlimblim said:
.sephiroth6
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Blue dragon was in pre-production for a year with only mistwalker(a couple of people) and then they hired artoon to do the work(for a year and half i think) while mistwalker had full control over the game(gameplay,story,design...).dark10x said:
scorpian007
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Thanks BlimBlim, those pictures are absolutely beautiful. Can't wait for this game to come out here
Square Edge
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An actual airship?! I haven't used one of those since FFIX (of course I only actually play the Squaresoft RPGS). I wasn't thinking much of this game until I came into this thread, and now I've been anticipating it crazily. Is there a US release date?
I haven't used one of those since FFIX (of course I only actually play the Squaresoft RPGS). I wasn't thinking much of this game until I came into this thread, and now I've been anticipating it crazily. Is there a US release date?sephiroth6
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There isnt an official date but june is my guess.Square Edge said:An actual airship?!
I found this video showing the physics of bd in a interesting way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TDPTWhmc7I :lol .