I finally got the game. I'm only just past the first boss, but I'm really enjoying it. I didn't find the first boss very hard, really. I died the first time, then went in the second knowing exactly what to do. I figure these bosses are like the Digital Devil Saga bosses: Die once, figure out what skills to set, go in and rule the world.

What is all the reports of "Slow story at the start that's not that interesting"? I found this game totally enthralling from second one of cutscene one.

The gameplay is basic but still very fun. I'm liking this game more than I even expected, and I did, on some level, expect to enjoy it. The loading times were a worry for me, and they are bad but not as bad as I thought. And besides, with the sprint button and the very well spaced random encounters, it all adds to about the same sitting around as most RPGs.

How Blue Dragon scored a higher accumulated score on Metacritic and higher score in Famitsu is quite frankly bewildering.