Blue dragon vs Lost Odyssey and Cry on

[Zim]

As a Jrpg Blue dragon is pretty great. All the reviews from western sites so far seem to take issue more with the genre than the game. It reminds me of the PA strip. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/09/05

It seems strange to let people who don't like the genre review the game. Would you get someone who doesn't like american football or sports games to review madden?

Most of the reviews I played basically seemed like they were saying ''Why isn't it oblivion? Turn based is stupid, why is it linear? Why can't I customise my character.'' It just seemed more like they took issue with the genre rather than the game.

Bd does some things really nicely. Being able to make opposing monsters fight each other. The leveling system is fantastic, it really rewards you for mixing classes, as opposed to often where if you try multiple classes you just end up being weak in all of them. I think if people like traditional jrpgs they will love BD. If you expect it to be like oblivion then of course you will be dissappointed. It's more like the dragon quest series.