Now I'm gonna throw this out there just so there's no confusion. I'm not a huge RPG fan. There are a few though that I really enjoy. Final Fantasy X for example. I've been playing it for the past month and enjoy it thoroughly. Anyways after a few run throughs of the two Blue Dragon demo dungeons, I must say that Blue Dragon seems like and RPG that I could get into. I really like the battle system. When you pick an attack, you get a meter with a little chart of both your enemy's and ally's turn orders. When this pops up, you hold down the A button and it charges up the meter. From what I understand, depending where you stop the bar designates the turn when your attack is executed. For instance, I could just tap the button and instantly execute the attack. Or, I could fill up the bar and stop it just before the first enemy's turn, but after all of my other teamates turns. It's quite cool.

Another thing that I like is the enemy encounter method. It's not random like a lot of RPGs. Instead, you see the enemies on the world map and can either attack them, or try to avoid them. I know there are RPGs out there that use this method too, but Blue Dragon adds another level. While running around the dungeons and whatnot you can activate field skills. These a special skills that can help you avoid enemy encounters. For example, you can pop up a shield that instantly kills weak enemies rather than making you battle them. You can also throw bombs that stun the enemies allow you to avoid them easier.

There's a few things I don't like about the game, such as the main character's voice. He looks seven but sounds 15. I also don't like the weapons. The weapons of course are the entities that emerge from your characters whenever you battle. I'd rather just cut somebody's face off with a sword. It's stupid, I know, but I likes me some swords.

Alltogether, it seems like a pretty damn fine game. I'll most likely be picking up the full version when it hits US shores this August.