The state of Xbox 360 RPGs

[Ritchie Nolasco]

Check these latest articles out!

"The Importance of Blue Dragon"
http://thirdworldgamer.blogspot.com/

"Xbox 360: RPGaming Haven"
http://community.teamxbox.com/xbox/1750/Xbox-360-RPGaming-Haven/p1/

[Cuddly Knife]

I tell you what, after seeing the videos that were released for X06, I'm super-pumped for Blue Dragon and Lost Odessey. FMV's eat up disc space, so can these games be multi-discers?

I'd still like to get Enchanted Arms, even though it got not-too-great scores. The only problems people mention are cliches, and I can deal with those if everything overall is solid.

[Ritchie Nolasco]

I tell you what, after seeing the videos that were released for X06, I'm super-pumped for Blue Dragon and Lost Odessey. FMV's eat up disc space, so can these games be multi-discers?

I'd still like to get Enchanted Arms, even though it got not-too-great scores. The only problems people mention are cliches, and I can deal with those if everything overall is solid.

Sakaguchi's Xbox 360 games are the ones I want most. Enchanted Arms is standard but very enjoyable overall.

Even without the likes of Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire, Suikoden and the like, Xbox 360 can still be a great RPG console.

[Glockstar]

It seems like Blue Dragon is the one that most people are excited about, but I'm more interested in Lost Odyssey. While I respect Toriyama's work (character design), it's too "kiddie" and "ghey" for my personal tastes.

http://xbox360media.gamespy.com/xbox360/image/article/734/734784/blue-dragon-20060922090041129.jpg
Blue Dragon


http://xbox360media.gamespy.com/xbox360/image/article/733/733746/lost-odyssey-20060920113629134.jpg
Lost Odyssey

[Cuddly Knife]

The trailer for Lost Odessey was as impressive as the intro video for Onimusha 3, which IMO is one of the best FMVs I've seen.

[Rogue Bounty Hunter]

It seems like Blue Dragon is the one that most people are excited about, but I'm more interested in Lost Odyssey. While I respect Toriyama's work (character design), it's too "kiddie" and "ghey" for my personal tastes.

http://xbox360media.gamespy.com/xbox360/image/article/734/734784/blue-dragon-20060922090041129.jpg
Blue Dragon


Didn't this guy do DragonBall Z and Dragon Quest? If so, he really needs to start changing his character design a bit.

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As far as Lost Odyssey, I'm still not a big fan of turn-based, but I haven't written this game off yet. I just hope if offers something that feels next-gen instead of the same old style of turn-based.

One RPG that I'm looking forward to is the new Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom. They are doing away with the RTS stuff for this one, and making it an action/rpg.

[Cuddly Knife]

Have you seen the actual turn-based gameplay style that Lost Odessey has? There are a few videos around(IGN is where I went) that show the in-game action, and while it looks like most turn-based as far as the enemy moving and then your guy moving, the cinematic camera keeps things flowing much more that what turn-based games flow. It looks great. I put this on my must-haves after watching the gameplay..

[Rogue Bounty Hunter]

I haven't seen any footage of Lost Odyssey yet. If this game is to be a big hit on Japan, I have a feeling the devs aren't going to change things much. I haven't completely shut the door on this one, though. Hopefully, this game will come out when there's nothing else coming out, so it will actually have a chance to really get my attention.