Xbox 360 Fanboy

I actually picked up September's OXM that has a demo for Beautiful Katamari packed in. Same old stuff, even graphically... although the crispness HD lends the environment and all the goofy rainbows and artwork does help.

I still think it's super fun though, despite you only getting 3 damn minutes to play it...

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Oh vampire rain...i was thinking of downloading it cuz its a vampire game and i love those...but then when i clicked the metacritic link and saw it didnt even hit 40/100...then it became a "no download."

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OOOOO! I just played through Eternal Sonata, f'n awesome, I was blown away. The graphics, battle system, music, everything. I had played the Blue Dragon demo a bit ago and didn't become nearly as excited as I am for this game. This is the JRPG i've been waiting for to come out on the box since I played Tales of Symphonia on Gamecube.

If you've got a subwoofer in the house, crank it up, it gave me chills to end the lives of those little bastards. Great game so far.

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Oh theres also vampire rain. ooo that hurts eternal sonata ill try over a friends house.

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There's a new OXM out? Wonder if I got it in the mail today...

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I played the Eternal Sonata demo off the OXM disc. It's an amazingly beautiful game with an interesting take on turn-based combat and I'm really looking forward to it's release.

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eh

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VR sucks big time, ES was ok, nothing special though.

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just got finished playing Eternal Sonata....eh. I actually liked it for what it was, but it felt to much like a button smasher rpg. Run around, fight monsters, hit the a button until the end of your attack, then hit the Y button. I imagine thatd get very boring very quickly in the full game. Think I'll go with Lost Oddysey but it was fun while it lasted.

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"We were beginning to get mighty angry about that, but then we remembered it was Vampire Rain" So did you actually play the game through? While I admit it will never be a top rated game, it actually isn't that bad of a single player storyline and worth a second look.

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Just Dl'ed Eternal but VR wasnt there.

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The Vampire Rain demo was already out in the US/Canada... unless I imagined playing it.

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Wait, wait.. weren't these demos on the marketplace ages ago?

I swear I remember playing (especially how bad VR was) them.

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I d/l VR and ES off my Japanese GT some months ago. I am very much looking forward to Eternal Sonata, however VR just plain sucks-imho.

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Just trying out the combat system and a little bit of the menu system, ES wasn't too bad. It was interesting enough for me to keep it in my pre-order queue at Amazon, especially with what I've read in previews for it. The beginning combat system is pretty basic, but I guess it gets more involved as the game progresses.

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i played this game 3 months ago after downloading it from the "japanese friend account"... and am still playing it till this day until it comes out. I expected better from Blue Dragon, and am sticking to this instead.

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Vampire Rain still isn't there.

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CCC it's not available in the US.

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I played the ES demo a while ago with my Japanese GT. I liked it then and I like it now.

I have to agree with some others on here that Blue Dragon let me down. After playing that demo I lost all of the anticipation I had for it and was left thinking "I dont want to deal with all this screaming metal guitar and long as hell dragon animations."

I still like ES.

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Fucking loved this demo! Highly anticipating the game... I think it's because I came more from the JRPG background than most 360 users... that's the thing about the 360, it's popularity and variety of games is larger than the xbox, so the 360 should be treated as more than just a console for shooters and sports games. There are plenty of fantastic games for 360 that I'm looking at on my shelf right now, and that's why I chose it over the PS3 and will continue to.

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