Monday, February 4, 2008

My 360 is back with a Blue Dragon attack!

I just get back my precious Xbox 360. They said some component on motherboard loosen. Fuuuh.... thanks to 3 years warranty. Please no more red ring of death. 

Almost a month play nothing, I just pickup game tittle Blue Dragon. Now I'm on 2nd DVD out of 3 and just wasted about 34 hours 17 minute 22 second of my precious time :-) 

Blue Dragon is an RPG just for the Xbox 360 video game console. It was developed by Mistwalker and Artoon, based on a design by Final Fantasy series originator Hironobu Sakaguchi. 

Game play almost similar to Final Fantasy but a little bit simple. Blue Dragon got magic, spell, accessories and shadows (similar to guardian force in Final Fantasy) and tons of items . What Blue Dragon don't have compared to Final Fantasy is a weapon.

Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Z creator is responsible to Blue Dragon character design. Most of character on Blue Dragon cute like Dragon Ball Z, but with more characteristic. You can see their believe on their face an action. The background details for every scene also excellent in showing culture for every ethnics exist in this game. 

Nobuo Uematsu is a producer and composer for Blue Dragon soundtrack. Uematsu is the guy who also responsible for Final Fantasy music.  

So far I'm half way on finishing this game, I will say Blue Dragon is fun as Final Fantasy but in their own way. It's feel like you playing RPG and at the same time also watching anime. It's might slow story line at the beginning, but, excellent graphics and outstanding musics made this game shining.

Blue Dragon trailer. Just watch it and feel it.

You can get more on game story, characters and shadow details, game videos and pictures at Blue Dragon Official Site. Below listed rating given to Blue Dragon by most game reviewer:
  • Gamepro.com: 4.4/5 
  • Famitsu: 37/40
  • GameSpy.com: 4/5 
  • Game Informer: 9/10
  • IGN.com: 7.9/10 
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly: 6.83/10
  • 1up: 6.5 /10
  • Eurogamer: 5 /10 
  • Gamespot: 6.0/10 
  • GameTrailers: 7.5 /10
  • X-Play: 3/5
  • Hyper: 88/100
  • Xbox World Australia: 81/100
  • Xbox 360 Achievements: 90/100

My Rating: 
  • Game Story: 3/5
  • Game Music: 4/5
  • Game Graphic: 4/5
  • Game Play: 4/5
  • Fun Level: 4/5 

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