Year of the RPG

The Xbox and the 360 are well known for their strong line of FPS games and a lack of RPGs.
That's set to change, with several RPGs being released this year exclusively for the 360.
The first is Blue Dragon, being developed by Mistwalker Studios. This game boasts the fact that it is being developed by the people who developed Chrono Trigger from the SNES - most notably Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series, Nobuo Uematsu, composer of the FF series and Akira Toriyama, artist behind Dragonball Z and the Dragon Quest series.

Next is Lost Odyssey, also being developed by Mistwalker Studios. Rather than the light tone behind Blue Dragon, Mistwalker decided to go with a dark, epic tone. You play as a man sentenced to live for a 1000 years, and assume his role taking him through several generations.

The last is Eternal Sonata, developed by Namco Bandai. This game boasts a battle system that resembles the Linear Motion Battle System used in the Tales of... franchise, but with a turn based element. It "rewards players for careful battle coordination".

I'm looking forward to these titles, and hope that more great titles are on the way.

I dont own a Xbox360 or Wii I feel sad now. I think I will go and cry in the corner