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Blue Dragon Review

Anticipation for this title has been huge, with pre-orders selling out across Japan. Now we see why - Twilight Princess isn't the only classic RPG released this Christmas. Here's why you should be excited for Blue Dragon's English-language release in 2007.

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marcusfenix7094d ago (Edited 7094d ago )

First 1080p game and it isn't basketball or tennis. It is a georgeous game that will actually tax the hardware. LOL The PS3 is weak. The first real next-gen game running in 1080p and it is on the 360, and it is a killer app. Has anyone seen the water effects in this game? By far the best I've seen beside in gears of war.

specialguest7094d ago

if you're gonna be a fanboy and bash the PS3, at least be a smart one...*ahem* like The Mart. Ridge Racer 7 runs at 1080p and 60FPS and it's been out since luanch. also, Lair is the first "real" game to be presented at 1080p.

marcusfenix7094d ago

Blue Dragon is released NOW! I will have it in January, when wil you have Lair? Beside RR7 isn't a graphical showcase anyway, it doesn't even look as good as PGR3. Lair probably won't be 1080p when it is released when it can;t even run NBA 2k7 at a decent framerate at 1080p.

TheMART7094d ago

You need to read better, special one, I expect more *ahem* from such a smart gamer. He says:

"The first REAL next gen game"

And that's what he's right about. RR7 was even worse then RR6 on 360 from a year ago. So that one doesn't count.

Liar isn't out yet.

THe 360 and Blue Dragon is the first next gen game combo doing 1080p like it should be.

If you want it. Not for me 720p is fine for most of us.

specialguest7094d ago (Edited 7094d ago )

RR7 is not a REAL next gen game? how do you measure what's real next gen and what's not? aside from the tennis and basketball game?

is it the size of the game? no one knows how big the game is. is it the texture? cus Blue Dragon doesn't have hardcore texture. tell me how do you decide?

so it has to be taxing on the hardware for it to be a REAL next-gen game huh? are you a developer? how do you know what's which game is taxing on the hardware or not. for all we know, BD could be either taxing or not so taxing. your arguement of whats a REAL game doesn't hold up.

Antan7094d ago

Come on Mart, thats a very childish thing to say, your better than that.

Anyway Ill defo pick this up when it lands in the UK! From a music point of view, and being a fellow composer myself also, its great to see Mr Uematsu getting some really positive comments. ANYONE who played FF7 (as an example)can appreicate what this guy can do. Very memorable melodies indeed. Looking forward greatly.

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marcusfenix7093d ago

And over 50+ hours of gameplay. It is getting high reviews in Japan. I guess since pc games are on multiple discs that makes them cheap and crappy? Get a life and a 360, maybe you will seem more mature.

Boink7093d ago

any game that scored lower than the crappy RR6 on the 360 LAST YEAR. cannot be considered a next gen game, regardless of what resolution it runs on.

Arkham7092d ago

I can't find any sources to confirm that this game is rendered natively 1080p rather than just being upscaled/outputted to 1080p. Can you give me a link?

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MicroGamer7094d ago

isn't as big as you think if you are sitting at normal tv viewing distance. Unless you have a really large screen and sit right up close, you probably won't notice a huge difference between the two. 720p is going to be good enough for most people and the tv's are cheaper.

InMyOpinion7094d ago

Most games look good on regular 480p as well, you don't HAVE TO play in Hd to experience the next gen graphics. Anyways...Does anyone know how long Blue Dragon lasts? Is it 50+ hrs or what? They never seem to mention this.

kewlkat0077094d ago

Final Fantasy 7 changed my views of JRPG's and I said I would never touch them, but after playing that game, which had a good story, graphics(for its time), and music, I was hooked. Even more so on RPG music Scores...with the likes of

Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy 7
Yasunori Mitsuda - Crono Trigger
Hideaki Kobayashi - Phantasy Star (dreamcast)
Koji Kondo - Legend of Zelda
Hitoshi Sakimoto - Breathe of Fire V

and Others.. So yeah I want this game.

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Blue Dragon Disc 1 Has Been Decompiled, Native PC Port Now Available

Disc 1 of Xbox Game Studios' 2006 role-playing game, Blue Dragon, has been decompiled, and a native PC port is now available.

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Pyrofire9580d ago

I've been wanted to revisit the game in the back of my mind for years and this is big. There's still a good handful of 360 games locked to the system I'd love to see now that the seal is broken on decompiling these games.

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Phil Spencer Wants To See The Revival Of Xbox's Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey & Crimson Skies

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer would like to see the revival of Xbox's Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey Crimson Skies, and more.

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Goodguy01226d ago

What these games need are remasters and to modern platforms. They're all unfortunately stuck on the 360.

MrBaskerville226d ago

They are available on series x as well. But would be nice to get them out even wider.

babadivad225d ago

You can play them on console. I have them loaded on my machine.

MrNinosan225d ago

Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and FFXIII Trilogy is actually the only reason I still have my Series X.

Terry_B226d ago

Hey Phil..Why didn't remasters and pc ports happen many years ago already?

ABizzel1225d ago

Because Phil and team seem to enjoy going to websites and forums to see what fans are discussing and wanting, to earn good faith points with post like this while they continue to offer the bare minimum.

TheEroica225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

Remastered and remake games are lame... A gigantic "we don't know how to evolve original thoughts" from dev teams cashing in on old ip.... Make new stuff or gtfo.

neutralgamer1992225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

no remasters and remakes provide those games to new audiences and improve the look/gameplay

Michiel1989225d ago

you can't revive what never lived

-Foxtrot226d ago

Then…remaster / remake them

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After renewed interest you can get Mistwalker to do a sequel to Lost Odyssey

jambola225d ago

Poor Microsoft could never scrape together funds to make that happen

babadivad225d ago

Is Mistwalker still a studio?

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I Used To Hate This Xbox 360 Exclusive JRPG, But Boy Was I Wrong

I had it all wrong...Blue Dragon is awesome!

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M0chit0981d ago

One of the best of that era. Great game, great adventure!

Kurisu981d ago

I bought this game a couple of days ago, along with Lost Odyssey, while they're on sale in the Xbox Store. I never had a 360 back in the day so I missed out on these games, so I'm glad that I'll finally be able to try them out soon on my Series S.

raWfodog981d ago

Yep, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and Gears of War were my favorite 360 games back when they first released.

Seraphim981d ago

no doubt. To this day it baffles me when this game gets hate. Sure it wasn't as epic as Lost Odyssey, but in it's own right it was a great game.

MrNinosan981d ago

Lost Odyssey is one of the best jrpgs of that era but got killed because it was bought up and released on the "wrong" console.

repsahj980d ago

Is there a chance that Lost Odyssey will be released on PS5? I really want to play it and Blue Dragon, too.

autobotdan980d ago

Both games are owned by Microsoft

andy85981d ago

Great game. The 360 had some really good turn based games back in the day. Absolutely loved Lost Odyssey too. I think they are both Sakaguchi creations.

ZwVw981d ago

Correction. Both Blue Dragon & Lost Odyssey (as well as Infinite Undiscovery) started off as in-house developed projects that went third party after MS killed off their Japanese development studios.

andy85981d ago

Doesn't really have anything to do with what I said though 😂 Sakaguchi wrote them both

Hofstaderman981d ago

This game together with Lost Odyssey, The Last Remenant and Tales of Vesperia convinced me to buy a 360. This game made my 2007 which ended off with mass effect.

CrimsonWing69981d ago

Honestly, a fantastic game, especially if you were a fan of old-school JRPGs. I hate that this genre rarely can come back to these roots.

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