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2.98% of people buy Blue Dragon and Star Ocean: The Last Hope ~ Xbox 360.
U.S Version, region free.
Famed game producer Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker game studio and developer Artoon present the highly anticipated Xbox 360-exclusive Blue Dragon. Featuring the character design of Akira Toriyama, who designed Dragon Ball Z, and music by Nobuo Uematsu, the composer for Final Fantasy, Blue Dragon is an epic role-playing game (RPG) centered on a young boy named Shu and several of his friends. These unlikely heroes possess miraculous strength and magical power to control phantom shadows that mirror the actions of their masters.
Shu and company must use their shadows as weapons as they battle the evil Nene and an antiquated human race of people who command a magical power thought to have perished long ago. Shu and friends must wield their skills to save their world from impending doom.
Encountering various people on a planet with numerous ancient ruins, the characters and their shadows travel through a world full of mysteries and illusions, where the slightest touch can cause reactions of unparalleled magnitude.
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Having played through the Asian version of the game (Japanese voice acting, English text), I am happy to say that this game lives up to its pedigree. Quite simply this is the best Japanese console RPG to be released this year (yes it's even better than FFXII which is no small feat). The graphics are superb which is a given. Uematsu's music is great and should be familiar to Final Fantasy fans everywhere. The story whilst being traditional JRPG fare (little kids saving the world) is well executed with great character development and good dialogue. The Japanese voice acting is superb (not sure about the English voice acting off course) and the localization is good as well. The combat system is where this game really shines though. Firstly there are no random battles (yay). Secondly there are a number of cool ways you can interact with enemies in the field. Thirdly the Shadow job system is not only well executed but extremely flexible, allowing you to mix and match a selection of skills to meet your strategy. Couple this with a play time of at least 35 hours and you have a must have Xbox 360 or for that matter general gaming purchase. Don't miss out on this title amid all the higher profile releases this spring :).
Once you understand that Japanese RPGs have a completely different style from Western ones, you will love this game. If you expect Western style ultra-realistic graphics, you will be disappointed. If you expect Japanese style anime with the ability to plan your fights in depth and really build up fun characters, then you'll be happy parting with your money for this game.
The scene are great the creatures you have to defeat are out of this world. I am really enjoyin playin this game i know there other great games out there but this game is brillant, and it doesnt matter how old you are, everyone can play it and there are lessons to be learnt
This is a pretty fun RPG, with a great story and a fun battle mechanic. The biggest problem is that it gets repetitve quickly. If you enjoy jrpgs then you will definitely find some fun here.
Blue Dragon is a great anime RPG. Blue Dragon is turn based. You have a party of 5 characters, Jiro, Shu, Kluke, Zola and Marumaro.
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