Anyone else playing Blue Dragon?

[Lost tears of Kain]

friedtofu said:

The reviews seemed harsh, however I bought it anyway.

My normally-non-gaming fiance is now completely hooked on this game, so time is currently split between BD and Bioshock (which creeps her out).

When I first downloaded the demo I thought it was a bit simple, but the full game has totally changed my impressions from the demo. The combat system, classes and skillsets, they are all very customizable and add depth to the game mechanics.

This game is simply brilliant. Graphics, music, charming story.

I know alot of people have become jaded to this style of rpg over the years (they havent evolved much), however anyone who still loves that classic Japanese rpg format owes it to themselves to check this out.

Those who did buy it, what do you think so far? 

 

I was planning to buy it anyways (trade in God of war 2, isnt working ont he ps2, get 40 bucks back 20 dollar difference)

Its really that great? so the demo was NOT at all a good impression?

And i will never go by reviews for rpgs, unless its from ign, game informer, game trailers, or a rpg site. Mostly because alot of people dont like jrpgs, even if the game is fantastic, they just dont like them =/

And from those 3 sites, ign 7.9 (decent score, almsot a good one)

gametrailers 7.5 (again they said if you like classic jrpgs you will like blue dragon alot, just the casual gamer wont)

game informer gave it a 9 and both the reviewers admitted they loved jrpgs, so kinda tells you something