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Lost Odyssey [FREE!] and Blue Dragon [$19] available for digital download!
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SenjutsuSage
Banned
People need to jump on this. This is, for people who like these sorts of games, an absolute megaton. This game being available digitally, much less free, is incredible. If people don't snap this up fast, and give it a serious play at some point in the future, you will regret it. And Blue Dragon is another fantastic game that people should give a shot. It's totally worth it, especially at such a great price.
Both titles are amazing in their own way, with their own special charm.
Both titles are amazing in their own way, with their own special charm.
Mattakuevan
Member
LO2? Lol...
Maybe not that but something a long those lines. MS did new Killer Instinct nothing is off the board IMO
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Lost Odyssey is mostly an amazing perform, but Blue Dragon, while it has many moments when it's flawless, has some moments that I immediately know will benefit from running on the Xbox One. I'm actually more excited to see the performance improvements on Blue Dragon. Anyone that has played it extensively will know that Kluke's Phoenix, whenever it attacks in any fashion, is usually a major culprit where performance is concerned. I know those moments, and some key scenes and battles in the game, will benefit greatly from BC on Xbox One.
don't do this to yourself
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Yep, that's exactly what I'm thinking, and will continue to think until Hironobu Sakaguchi shows up at my front door and tells me "Sorry, not happening."
Hell, I might even use the fact that he showed up at my house as proof that Microsoft are planning something, or else he wouldn't have showed up to my front door in the first place! lol.
Nocturno999
Member
Lord Sakaguchi's second coming.
orfax
Member
Nice.
I already own Lost Odyssey on disc, but will grab the digital copy. The big news for me though is Blue Dragon. Will buy this over the weekend on my 360.
I had been waiting for these games to be available digitally for ages. I caved with Lost Odyssey when the opportunity came up to grab a physical copy.
I already own Lost Odyssey on disc, but will grab the digital copy. The big news for me though is Blue Dragon. Will buy this over the weekend on my 360.
I had been waiting for these games to be available digitally for ages. I caved with Lost Odyssey when the opportunity came up to grab a physical copy.
Valkerionseven
Member
Pretty tempted to buy an Xbox just to replay this lol.
ForkNetwork
Banned
Quadruple Dip Mother Fucker
H...how? Like, how can you buy 4 times a game that released twice? Your post made me laugh a lot, so thanks for that.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Great, I wanted to play this. Xbox Live sure takes a while to download 16 GB though.
No, they've given away free BC games before.
No, they've given away free BC games before.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Where could it possibly lead? Their strategy of JRPG exclusives made some kind of sense at the beginning of last gen because it seemed like they were trying to make a legitimate push into Japan. They've thrown in the towel now. Not only would it be dumb for MS to invest in a JRPG at this point, the studio taking the money would be making a mistake because it would only hurt the health of the franchise.
This is just a really nice goodwill gesture to their fans.
Scalebound is JRPG tho.......
It came out much earlier in Japan, so maybe one of them is an import disc.
Monocle
Member
Nice. Lost Oddysey is a great game.
I kind of dropped it after Disc 1 but it's really good. I should go back and finish it now.
Zantetsuken
Member
I never thought I'd be playing these two games again. I'm highly satisfied. I loved Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon when they came out.
GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
The art in BD is better then the gameplay. In my opinion the art work still looks great today. Gameplay is solid but also easy.
CrichtonKicks
Member
50 hours or so. It's a big, old fashioned JRPG with all that entails.
gregor7777
Banned
I always marked BD as one of the best looking games of that gen. So clean and colorful and sharpe. Framerate wise it was a wreck but hopefully X1 takes care of that. Looks like it did from reviews.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Video of cryon reminded me how much i was looking forward to that game.... music is so beautifully sad
I hope ms and mistwalker try to make one more game.
I hope ms and mistwalker try to make one more game.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Yes this applies to 360 as well
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Lost Odyssey is a 360 game I never finished that I wanted to. Would play if it was on PC. Blue Dragon I ended up not caring too much for. I think I got to the end but didn't care to press forward.
Subtervotion
Member
Wow thanks for posting this.
Hahaha!
*loud sobbing*
I might be late to the party, but does this offer span to the pc xbox store as well? Never bothered to buy a mocrosoft product, so it'd be great if i could play it on pc.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Trail Guide
Member
Lost Odyssey will always be remembered by me for two things:
It killed my launch system at the final boss fight. Getting to that final moment and the screen goes black...waiting for a cut scene to start...waiting..waiting...oh shit this isn't good. Turn the system off then back on and get greeted by the red ring of death.
It's also the game that got me back into JRPGs after a decade long hiatus. Once I got a new 360 a few weeks later I was able to finish the game, then hungry for another JRPG picked up Blue Dragon. Then a few months later came Persona 4. That was such a great year.
I so want to play these again but I don't have time...I'll at least have to load them up and play for a bit now that I don't have a lazy excuse about having to unearth my 360 discs from the basement.
These are such good games. Thank you Santa Phil and your compatibility elves.
It killed my launch system at the final boss fight. Getting to that final moment and the screen goes black...waiting for a cut scene to start...waiting..waiting...oh shit this isn't good. Turn the system off then back on and get greeted by the red ring of death.
It's also the game that got me back into JRPGs after a decade long hiatus. Once I got a new 360 a few weeks later I was able to finish the game, then hungry for another JRPG picked up Blue Dragon. Then a few months later came Persona 4. That was such a great year.
I so want to play these again but I don't have time...I'll at least have to load them up and play for a bit now that I don't have a lazy excuse about having to unearth my 360 discs from the basement.
These are such good games. Thank you Santa Phil and your compatibility elves.
Vincent Grayson
Member
I guess now I just need to wait for another good XBO deal.
GHG
Gold Member
Scalebound is not a JRPG in the traditional sense. Its only so much of a JRPG in the fact that its an RPG made by a team of primarily Japanese developers.
Anyone seeking a JRPG experience in that game will end up majorly disappointed.
I wish LO being free would point towards something bigger in the future but I can't see it personally. The bean counters at microsoft would block it the moment its as much as mentioned.
I'd very much like to be proven wrong though because LO2/BD2 or even Cry On would be amazing.
ScientificPizza
Banned
thank you!
i'm glad they got these up on the digital store. i've always wanted to try blue dragon. it seemed like it could have been the dragon quest/final fantasy mash up i always wanted (no idea if it is though!)
i'm glad they got these up on the digital store. i've always wanted to try blue dragon. it seemed like it could have been the dragon quest/final fantasy mash up i always wanted (no idea if it is though!)
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
No, but you might as well claim it for free if you have an MS account
sensui-tomo
Member
it sucks that i cant buy a microsoft card and buy blue dragon (its fucking weird that this is still an issue)
Langdon Alger
Banned
Holy shit, that's awesome. I was praying they'd make LO playable without a disk and not only did make it fully digital, but they made it free!
LO:
Import
Release
Replacement (Release)
Replacement (Import)
BD:
Long after release
Replacement
Replacement (again, to show my ex)
Digital
I still have the last two of each.
I also have an u opened first press Japanese The Last Story (never played, but I will emulate one day).