Le Big Dragon

[alazif]

I can't remember when I last stayed up until six or seven in the morning playing a console RPG, but it happened for the first time in a very long time today with Blue Dragon.  Of course, I'm paying for it at work today but it was worth it.  I'm not one-hundred percent sold on the Toriyama character designs, but the gameplay is solidly addictive and

Comments

[macgrrl]

I'm waiting for my turn to play now. It's one of the downsides to dating a fellow gamer. :(

[alazif]

This sounds like a problem that is easily solved by a simple and direct application of physical violence!

[dave_the_turnip]

I must admit i am intrigued by the old school looking nature of Blue Dragon (The combat system also looks spiffy). I'll have to see if i can get it here for below $110 - $120 (what they charge us for new releases these days down under).

[alazif]

The charge-time system of the game is actually really nice. It adds a tactical component to the game but doesn't add a real-time component, it actually makes it a mix of timing and strategy. Also, I love the character-building in the game, it's pretty much lifted right out of Final Fantasy Tactics -- a game which I wished was a man, so I could fly to Sweden to become a woman and eventually have his babies.

[wsreaves]

I must admit I am intrigued by the idea of a action-RTS-CCG-RPG-dating-sim-foot-massager.

"We require additional pylons. And massage oil. And you have a date. Creation on Don Juan unit: complete."

[alazif]

Spawn more Overlords!

[mcmartin]

Speaking of obsessively playing single-genre games, the 1995 platformer Ristar has been owning my soul all week.

[alazif]

Oh, I remember that game! I have a hard time going back and playing old platform games, normally becauase I don't want to spend the necessary time to get insanely good at them again to beat them.

[mcmartin]

Yeah, I'd missed this one the first time around, despite being a Genesis kid, so there's no "again" there for me.