thefilthandthefury wrote: That was easy for me! No problem. I guess it depends on how you play the characters. |
Blue Dragon vs Lost Odyssey • Page 6
-
-
siro 1,869 posts
Seen 3 days ago
Registered 17 years agosquarejawhero wrote:
That city with the big dragon-like creature has three of them "awake" then approach them, you've got to go between all three and kill them, pausing one before moving onto another.
After some juggling I just gave up on it. It was almost as bad as the worm bosses at the start.
I really can't remember that. Also not the bosses from the second spoiler. I always felt that the game was quite easy as long as you played a dungeon as far as you were still leveling up quickly. I liked how they managed the levelling - basically no grinding needed.
There was one bit that annoyed the heck out of me: On that ice bridge you meet a group of dinosaurs which can call for backup, including a boss. I was quite low on health and didn't have the right items on the characters. No possibility to go shopping and no save game to get there again quickly.
LO was great, would have been much more enjoyable without the two kids though. -
Vice.Destroyer 7,437 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 15 years agoGamesConnoisseur wrote:
...but to be fair on second run through of LO recently I asked myself what did I found so interesting about it the first time around?!! ...
There was clearly more text in the original post, but this is the only line that really vindicates me. I felt that way during my first playthrough. LO is not a game that I enjoyed. And not a game I would feel comfortable endorsing. Blue Dragon, by a country mile. -
I think Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey are both great games, with LO having a slight edge because for me I found BD combat far too easy, which was particularly annoying as you can see the potential for depth and strategy in it, but very rarely did any of the bosses or creatures present a challenge. In fact, this thread has reminded me that one of the first things I was going to do after getting back on xboxlive was rebuy BD and download the Ultra Hard Mod (free) from the marketplace! Has anyone played BD with the UH mod, that can offer an opinion?
I'm with the Blue Dragon supporters here- lush graphics, polish and presentation, huge map, massive MQ 80+ hours of gameplay, lovely locations and great monster design, (except for the boss theme) very good background music, and (potentially) excellent combat. Great game imo. The negatives have already been mentioned, boss theme lol, and slightly wooden characters.
Blue Dragon > Fable anyway!
/hides -
siro 1,869 posts
Seen 3 days ago
Registered 17 years agoSo is it much too easy on normal? I really don't want to replay that hour I put in already. -
consignia 1,483 posts
Seen 5 days ago
Registered 15 years agosiro wrote:
So is it much too easy on normal? I really don't want to replay that hour I put in already.
It's not that bad. I got killed a few times on my play through. If you avoid grinding, the enemies can out pace you. -
Thing is once you get out in the world map type areas (going from distant memory here) there are so many enemies everywhere and you just want to fight them all! Plus levelling up your abilities is addictive to say the least so it's hard not to grind like crazy.
EDIT- I'm on about Blue Dragon. -
consignia 1,483 posts
Seen 5 days ago
Registered 15 years agoOne thing I like about Blue Dragon is, Shu always bleats on about he "won't run away" in the cliche style, but in a nice touch, his character is the only one who can't use the run from battle command. It's small, and most won't notice it, because of never really needing to escape battles. -
Vice.Destroyer 7,437 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 15 years agoYou'll have to confess what sort of a gamer you are. Personally speaking, I thought that the challenge was just on the right side of challenging. There are a handful of monsters that are so far above you in terms of strength and stamina, it is not worth attempting until you are at a hefty level 50. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
Seen 23 hours ago
Registered 15 years agoOn the normal mode it was pathetic. The only time I came up against any real challenge was when I stumbled across the optional bosses. -
Vice.Destroyer 7,437 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 15 years agoI hate to be as pedantic as a Tory, but I think that I'd be less inclined to carry a grudge for over 2 years, if you were to be careful how you word your displeasure. It wasn't a pathetic experience on normal. You just found it very easy and are clearly a gamer with a bit more skill than the average punter.
Having said that, I didn't continuously die neither, but that is actually a positive in my book. Lost Odyssey annoyed me because I seemed to find that there really was usually only one way to fight the baddies who were above grunt-status.
but to get back to my point, if you make it clear that you found it very easy, rather than it being very easy, we might just get along. -
Can we still get along even if I will never think BD is better than LO? 
-
Vice.Destroyer 7,437 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 15 years agoYou Lexx87? I am sorry, every RPG fan that has played both those games needs to have BD as their preferred choice as a prerequisite for getting along with me. -
But I liked the stories! 
-
creepylizard 786 posts
Seen 8 years ago
Registered 14 years agosiro wrote:
I remember that bit with the three monsters where you have to keep pausing one and racing in the boat to the other and thats exactly where I gave up on the game, sadly...
squarejawhero wrote:
That city with the big dragon-like creature has three of them "awake" then approach them, you've got to go between all three and kill them, pausing one before moving onto another.
After some juggling I just gave up on it. It was almost as bad as the worm bosses at the start.
I really can't remember that. Also not the bosses from the second spoiler. I always felt that the game was quite easy as long as you played a dungeon as far as you were still leveling up quickly. I liked how they managed the levelling - basically no grinding needed.
There was one bit that annoyed the heck out of me: On that ice bridge you meet a group of dinosaurs which can call for backup, including a boss. I was quite low on health and didn't have the right items on the characters. No possibility to go shopping and no save game to get there again quickly.
LO was great, would have been much more enjoyable without the two kids though. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
Seen 23 hours ago
Registered 15 years agoVice.Destroyer wrote:
My apologies. How about I clarify?
but to get back to my point, if you make it clear that you found it very easy, rather than it being very easy, we might just get along.
It was very easy for anyone that has more skill than a slightly brain damaged hamster.
That should clear things up..gif)
-
Vice.Destroyer 7,437 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 15 years agoPsychotext wrote:
Vice.Destroyer wrote:
My apologies. How about I clarify?
but to get back to my point, if you make it clear that you found it very easy, rather than it being very easy, we might just get along.
It was very easy for anyone that has more skill than a slightly brain damaged hamster.
That should clear things up.
Son of a...
MODS!
Ban please. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
Seen 23 hours ago
Registered 15 years ago
-
lol! -
MrSensible 26,517 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 16 years agoLO is one of the finest games ever made. Play it! Play it now!
Having said that, it is achingly 'old school' so that might either entice you further or really put you off. -
Wait, did blize just say that Suikoden is one of the worst RPGs ever?
/prepares pitchfork -
MrSensible 26,517 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 16 years agoHis madness knows no bounds... -
Hypercube 976 posts
Seen 7 years ago
Registered 15 years agocreepylizard wrote:
siro wrote:
I remember that bit with the three monsters where you have to keep pausing one and racing in the boat to the other and thats exactly where I gave up on the game, sadly...
squarejawhero wrote:
That city with the big dragon-like creature has three of them "awake" then approach them, you've got to go between all three and kill them, pausing one before moving onto another.
After some juggling I just gave up on it. It was almost as bad as the worm bosses at the start.
I really can't remember that. Also not the bosses from the second spoiler. I always felt that the game was quite easy as long as you played a dungeon as far as you were still leveling up quickly. I liked how they managed the levelling - basically no grinding needed.
There was one bit that annoyed the heck out of me: On that ice bridge you meet a group of dinosaurs which can call for backup, including a boss. I was quite low on health and didn't have the right items on the characters. No possibility to go shopping and no save game to get there again quickly.
LO was great, would have been much more enjoyable without the two kids though.
It took me two attempts to work out how to do it, and on the third attempt it was pretty easy in all honesty. -
Just put them to sleep. -
/orders Blue Dragon.
Btw- comment above about the BD demo, the demo was awful, the full game is not. And it is easy lol! Has anyone tried it with the UH mod? -
siro 1,869 posts
Seen 3 days ago
Registered 17 years agocreepylizard wrote:
siro wrote:
I remember that bit with the three monsters where you have to keep pausing one and racing in the boat to the other and thats exactly where I gave up on the game, sadly...
squarejawhero wrote:
That city with the big dragon-like creature has three of them "awake" then approach them, you've got to go between all three and kill them, pausing one before moving onto another.
After some juggling I just gave up on it. It was almost as bad as the worm bosses at the start.
I really can't remember that. Also not the bosses from the second spoiler. I always felt that the game was quite easy as long as you played a dungeon as far as you were still leveling up quickly. I liked how they managed the levelling - basically no grinding needed.
There was one bit that annoyed the heck out of me: On that ice bridge you meet a group of dinosaurs which can call for backup, including a boss. I was quite low on health and didn't have the right items on the characters. No possibility to go shopping and no save game to get there again quickly.
LO was great, would have been much more enjoyable without the two kids though.
I remember that, and it seems there are strategies to it, but I've been lucky enough to just fight them and the game went on. In JRPG, I usually tend to pass supposed-to-be-hard parts easily, just to keep running into trouble where noone else even blinks. -
siro 1,869 posts
Seen 3 days ago
Registered 17 years agoTalking of demos, I gave the Tales of Vesperia one a spin and I found it to be excrutiatingly boring and pointless. Put me off from getting the game before it hits the extreme bargain bins. -
If you do what the game tells you to do it's easy
.gif)
Sometimes posts may contain links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. For more information, go here.
