When Blue Dragon first came out on the Xbox 360 the main character, Shu, and his gang of diverse friends traveled in their cubed-shaped world to stop the evil Nene from taking over the world. After defeating him, everybody thought he was finally dead. Now a year after those events, Shu and his friends, which include Zola and King Jibral, find out that Nene is reborn. They also find out that cube world is infested with ticking bombs that will blow up unless stopped. You then control different groups of characters trying to find as many bombs as possible. It is an interesting story where, after you figure out what is going on (for those who never played the 360 version), you will have no problem getting emotionally close to the colorful characters.
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When Ignition picked up the rights for Blue Dragon Plus back in 2008, it wouldn't be far wrong to admit a few eyebrows were raised across the gaming scene. Not only had the aesthetically pleasing 360 original Blue Dragon failed to launch the JRPG genre on the new hardware, there was little indication that a sequel would be making an appearance so soon, especially on the smaller screens of the DS, and in the form of an RPG/RTS hybrid.
RWM writes: "Blue Dragon is a strange series. Decent game ideas but nothing new or innovative. Enjoyable game play with unbelievably irritating characters. The shadow ranks are interesting but only need to be levelled to around 36 in the 360 version - making any further advancement pointless beyond the achievements gained. Why do that? Why not reward people for slaving away at your game for hours? Where's my ultimate shadow skill for hitting rank 99? I'll do it for the right reward…I bred Chocobos for DAYS to get Knights of the Round. Reward me for my dedication damn you! These and other frustrations led to me getting very close to the end of Blue Dragon, but never finishing it."
Sweet review. The game is awesome.