UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" .

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QuezcatoL
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UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 12, 2006 20:24
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=151265

You gonna have to enter their site to read the review-.

But here is a small thing written from it.


Uppers
- Beautiful, dreamy visuals. Looks like warm milk
- Sounds like a classic FF game
- Finely balanced gameplay
- Huge challenge spread over three DVDs
- Downloadable items due in the coming months

Downers
- Not out in the UK just yet
- Not even announced for the UK yet

oh ps!


Blue Dragon runs in 1080p (if you have the pricey kit), but even in 720p (the not-quite-so-pricey kit we' re playing on) it looks good enough to give our retinas an anatomy-defying orgasm.




" Blue Dragon' s pedigree - Toriyama' s artwork, Sakaguchi' s design, and music from Nobuo Uematsu (aka Final Fantasy soundtrack composer extraordinaire) - is almost tangible. The game reeks of class."

" Blue Dragon finds the perfect balance between linearity and excessive freedom - it doesn' t embarrass you by holding your hand, and yet it doesn' t just leave you alone crying in the supermarket. Hironobu Sakaguchi (the FF creator and Blue Dragon mastermind) is as good a parent as Shigeru Miyamoto. "



I told you guys beofre they used 1080p cgi which made the game take 3 dvd disc.

BD is one of the first games basically to use 1080p for 360.

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RE: UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 13, 2006 00:00
Been listening to the soundtrack today.. very cool. Cant wait for the game to hit the UK next year.

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RE: UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 13, 2006 09:10
I' ll probably get it for the music alone.

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RE: UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 13, 2006 09:15
Nobuo lost it a loooooong time ago.

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RE: UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 13, 2006 09:20
Actually, he didn' t.


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RE: UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 13, 2006 21:38
Seriously, this is going to be over 3 discs? I know that happened back in the day, but was there even any multiple disc games for PS2 or Xbox?

And do you even need 3 discs when a game the size of Oblivion is on one? Or is because of all the CG cut-scenes?

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RE: UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 13, 2006 22:01

Or is because of all the CG cut-scenes?


Y~up!

They COULD have used the actual in-game engine more, considering most people can' t tell the differences between when the game is moving and when it' s a rendered cinema.

But you lose some of the punch in scenes when the characters are staring into space and hardly blinking

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RE: UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 13, 2006 22:15

But you lose some of the punch in scenes when the characters are staring into space and hardly blinking


Umm... So is the in game graphics good or bad? ' Cause that didn' t sound good.

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RE: UK gaming site gives BD 9/10 saying-" Blue Dragon is an instant classic of an RPG" . - Dec 13, 2006 22:36
No, I meant that you can' t expect a static ' sprite' animation to ' emote' unless you give it the animations to do so.

That might mean lots of redundant animations coded into the sprite animation, so a fully rendered cutscene is chosen.