Last night I FINALLY finished Blue Dragon for the 360. It was 3 discs long and it took me just over 35 hours. I've played a good number of Western RPGs w/The Elder Scrolls series, Lionhead Studios and pretty much anything that BioWare puts out, but this was my first, played from beginning to end, JRPG and I couldn't be more proud of the game I picked to be my "1st."
Unlike many games over recent years when I beat Blue Dragon I had a genuine feeling of triumph that I rarely get from video games anymore. I think I attribute this to the amount of interest I vested into the characters and their well being. The world and atmosphere of the game are beautiful and the bad guy is truly just an asshole. No other motives than just liking to see people suffer. Also, the final bosses were very difficult. Sure I could have done the typical "grinding" to level 100, but then I would have just walked all over them. I beat the game with all my characters around level 66.
The only other games I've been bummed to finish are Morrowind and Oblivion (and I'm afraid to finish Fallout 3 for the same reason). It feels like getting to the end of a great book and wanting to see what the characters do next.
I guess my bottom line is that it was a truly awesome experience and one YOU ALL SHOULD TAKE since JRPGs are slowly going the way of the buffalo since us westerners are making a killing nowadays with action rpgs.
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The end of the Fallout 3 was a let down UNLESS you have Broken Steel... Broken Steel continues it and the end of Broken Steel was great...
ReplyDeleteWell I do have Broken Steel and had it before I beat the main story so it continued just fine, but I am saving Broken Steel as my final quest.
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