A good RPG? Blue Dragon/Lost Odyssey?

ballybay_eh

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a good RPG to play. I've already played:

Fallout 3
Oblivion
Fable 2
and
Mass Effect

Was thinking about Blue Dragon or Lost Odyssey. They've got decent scores on Metacritic. Or maybe Eternal Sonata.

Has anyone played these or do you know of any other decent RPGs available on the 360?

Retr0gamer

You'll probably hate blue dragon, I didn't think too much of it. Lost odyssey is very good but takes a while to get into. Eternal Sonata is also very good.

If I were you however I'd wait until Tales of Vesperia is released which is meant to be brilliant.

Fringe

Lost Odyssey has a good storyline and premise but I felt that it became incredibly cheesy near the end. Eternal Sonata is brilliant. I'd recommend that.

Shryke

I was going to say Mass Effect when I saw the thread title but seeing as you've played that I'll recomend Lost Odyssey. Blue Dragon, disregard. Eternal Sonata I never got into but I didn't give it much of a chance.
It's already been mentioned but Tales of Vesperia will be out here in June! I'm looking forward to it's release for a while.

Mr. K

While I have yet to beat it, LO is very good indeed! There's a Tales of Vesperia demo available too, if you want to try before you buy.

Moiph

I'd go with Lost Odyssey, but as retr0gamer said it does take a while to get into. I'm only on disc 2 in it now and its very good

calex71

Blue dragon is average at best imo , but if you cant take the final fantasy style random encounters it will really grind on you. Had it for months before getting into and did enjoy it for a time but never finished it.

Guess i just cant take random encounters anymore and don't have the patience for that type of game, which surprised me as i was a big fan of that style of game for many years.

I suspect that this game isn't for you OP as all of the others you mention are more modern style action RPG's , Blue dragon is more the traditional final fantasy kind.

Xyo

I've cleared both blue dragon and lo and I thought both of em were good.

johnny_ultimate

Eternal Sonata is worth a play - its pretty short, but it has a great battle system and a really offbeat but interesting story. Art design is fantastic. Not the best JRPG around, but well worth the price you can get it for these days.

You could try the demos for all these games, but I've found with demos for RPGs (especially Tales of Vesperia) they kind of just throw you into the game at some random chapter and don't give you a chance to get to grips with the mechanics.

ballybay_eh

Thanks guys. Much appreciated. I think I'll give Eternal Sonata and/or Lost Odyssey a go if I can find them on the cheap.

I've only ever played one JRPG (Skies of Arcadia) which was excellent so maybe it's time to give them another stab.

thealltimelow

you can get lost odyssey and enternal for 10 euro new in extravivon

nonnah-semaj

Bioshock is an amazing rpg- its storyline is interesting and keeps u guessing and its gameplay is stunning!!!!

ballybay_eh

Actually gave Lost Odyssey a go. Load of ****e I thought. Spent so much bloody time on it too. F*cking waste of a summer.

nonnah-semaj

got it, played it for bout a week and gave up cos it takes soooo long to complete

EGriff

nonnah-semaj wrote: »

Bioshock is an amazing rpg- its storyline is interesting and keeps u guessing and its gameplay is stunning!!!!

Wouldn't call bioshock an RPG in fairness. Its more a shooter isn't it. I know there is upgrades in it but nothing near the kind of leveling stuff in oblivion or fallout 3, let alone one of those JRPGs.

nonnah-semaj

true it is a semi-rpg:D but its certainly worth a play!! i think fallout is a great game but is too drawn out at times, saying that the endless slaughter of splicers in bioshock is also very very monotenous!!