Good Japanese RPG!

(another review from my homepage blog) Blue Dragon is classic Japanese RPG in the same fashion as Final Fantasy & others of that nature. Its a huge story and game spanning 3 DVD’s and I’m over 40 hours into it and only at the beginning of the third and final disc. The story is great (so far) and the characters are classic Japanese RPG characters. You have the one annoying one, the over zealous one, the brooding emo one, and the girl with a troubled past. The thing that I love about this that sets it apart from the others is that you dont have random, surprised encounters. You instead, see the enemies on the battle field and choose to attack or avoid. This is SUCH a welcomed addition since the old FF days in which you would walk 10 feet only to have it auto jump into battle. It would take 5-8 battles to make it across the screen sometimes, now I can walk a full screen without any encounter if I want. This game is so worth the money spent. Also, as a final note, I am FIRMLY against those big ole game guide books being as how they tend to have most info you can find in game with a little patience. However, in this game’s case, I have actually went out to get one due to numerous others whom have played this rave about it. They were dead on, the guide give so much background and help for the classes, skills, spells, monster weakness and such that you couldn’t possibly know! Plus finding it used for $10 was a blessing, it’s become invaluable!

Achievments

Hint by dtp11 on March 27, 2008  |  report this hint

Achievements
Do the following task to unlock the achievement and it's alloted gamerscore.
"Unlockable Achievement" followed by "How to Unlock"
Successful Back Attack (5) Successfully pull off a back attack
100 Back Attacks (30) Successfully pull off 100 back attacks
Successful Simultaneous Encounter (5) Successfully pull off a simultaneous encounter
Simultaneous Encounter, Over 10 Parties (30) Successfully pull off over 10 parties of simultaneous encounters and defeat all the monsters
100 Monster Fights (30) Set up over 100 monster fights
Rare Monster "Ousama Unchi-kun" (30) Defeat Ousama Unchikun
Rare Monster "Golden Unchi-Snake" (30) Defeat Golden Unchi-Snake
Rare Monster "Gold Mecha Robo" (30) Defeat Gold Mecha Robo
Mechat Shooting, ST1, Perfect (30) Clear Mechat shooting with no damage
Wagon Defense, Perfect (30) Clear wagon defense with no damage
Dragon, 1 Category Rank MAX (30) Max out the rank of one category for Dragon
Minotaur, 1 Category Rank MAX (30) Max out the rank of one category for Minotaur
Phoenix, 1 Category Rank MAX (30) Max out the rank of one category for Phoenix
Dragon, All Category Rank MAX (50) Max out the rank of all categories for Dragon
Minotaur, All Category Rank MAX (50) Max out the rank of all categories for Minotaur
Phoenix, All Category Rank MAX (50) Max out the rank of all categories for Phoenix
All Characters Level MAX (50) Get all characters to level 99
Rare Item "Ultimate Weapon Bracelet" (10) Find the rare item Ultimate Weapon Bracelet
Rare Item "Ultimate Conflict Necklace" (10) Find the rare item Ultimate Conflict Necklace
Rare Item "Dragon Bracelet" (10) Find the rare item Dragon Bracelet
All Warp Clip Set (25) Activate all warp monuments
All Barriers Released (25) Release all barriers
Monster Dictionary Complete (25) Complete all entries in the monster dictionary
Item Dictionary Complete (25) Complete all entries in the item dictionary
1,000,000 Gold Accumulated (25) Accumulate 1,000,000 gold