Dilemma: Eternal Sonata vs Blue Dragon
I was following Blue Dragon pretty closely until I played the demo and ultimately felt like the gameplay was too repetitive. I really thought it’d be a big hit because of it’s sensational release in Japan but I guess it’s solely due to the character designs by Akira himself. Also known as the guy that made Dragon Ball. I think if the game had been released in the US closer to the time it was released in Japan I wouldn’t be having this problem.
Eternal Sonata on the other hand is also a well made RPG for the xbox 360 which turns out to be released within a month of the Blue Dragon release. I’ve played the demo and the battle system is active and in the end much more fun. The art style is different here but still very good.
The problem presents itself because I don’t want to buy both of these RPGs at the same moment. Of course I may end up owning both of them in the future but I’d rather just hold on to my money for now and play them separately. Some of you may already know that owning multiple new RPGs risks not finishing one of them or in the worst case not finishing any of them. Actually this is the case for any game but more so for RPGs because of the amount of time they consume.
I was happy to find out that both games offer the original Japanese voice acting along with the added English voice overs. Both games were rated around an 8.0 on IGN which doesn’t make anything easier. While I’m sure both games will satisfy me I’d like to know which one everyone else is buying so I’ll have something to talk about around the gamer watering holes.
