Quote Originally Posted by LunarWeaver View Post
Playing an RPG like this for under 2 hours isn't even playing it at all. These games are build-up titles that don't even kick in until 15 hours into it. 2 hours of an RPG is like playing 2 minutes of a first-person shooter and quitting because you don't have enough guns.
After playing an rpg for an hour, you get a pretty good idea of what it's gonna be like. I'm not gonna rent this game for 15 hours, it doesn't take 15 hours to "kick in". Yea 40 minutes isn't too long but it's long enough to get a great idea on all aspects of design. After playing 2 hours the review is more efficient, so I may go up to 2 hours in this game.

Did I miss something, I don't remember a title screen for this game. It started with a white screen that said Press Start, and then I chose the language, then the game started, and when it did, I had to move around before it showed "Blue Dragon" in big letters. I haven't loaded a game yet, I played only once. I may have time tonight, not sure though.

Also, how come the designers chose to make the first normal enemy a "Poo Snake"? That's strange to me. FF XII has soldiers and a machine, then some rats, then some wolves.

Who likes Final Fantasy XII more than Blue Dragon? Who prefers Blue Dragon over Final Fantasy XII? Also, who's interested in Lost Odyssey. After the release of Blue Dragon, I'm upset because now I'm wondering if Lost Odyssey is not gonna be good. I think Lost Odyssey will be pretty ultimate, like FF XII and FF XIII, it'll be more different than Blue Dragon and more like FF XII and FF XIII. I've seen a demo it looks great.

Last fall the dominant traditional Japanese console rpg's were: Xenosaga 3, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, Tales of the Abyss, and Final Fantasy XII. This fall the dominant traditional Japanese console rpg's will be: Persona 3, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, and Lost Odyssey.

A lot of people really like Persona 3, not sure if anybody really doesn't like it a lot. I recommend this game!! Blue Dragon people have mixed feelings of. I hear more mention of Eternal Sonata than Lost Odyssey. I'll rent Eternal Sonata!