[Games] Eternal Sonata (PS3, XBOX360)

[† Shazi]

One of the most interesting RPGs I’ve played for a while. The game is centred on a world dreamt by famous pianist Frederick Chopin who was ill with tuberculosis it is full of beautiful music. This one is for both 360 and PS3, I played the PS3 version.

It has a very interesting battle system (one I had trouble with because of my PS3 controller being a little broken) where for the first half of the game the player has unlimited time to think about what they intend to do with their turn, so long as they don’t move their character. Which is REALLY handy when it comes to some enemies.The system also takes into account what kind of light the character is standing in, and adjusts their abilities accordingly. It also counts the number of successful attacks chained together to increase the power of special attacks which can make a boss battle end much quicker than originally though.

Quick tip: for the character Viola, the further away you are from an enemy, the more damage her bow will do, keep her far away and causing lots of damage!

The cell shading of Eternal Sonata is beautiful and I recommend you play it if you enjoy pretty RPGs because this is most definitely one of them.

I give it 4 out of 5 triangles

Edited November 11, 2012 by Emotional Outlet

[Legado]

yeah, i hear this game is great! Although i remember reading up on it and someone said that its pretty linear. For example after moving on to the next area you can't go back. Is this true?

[† Shazi]

depends on the area, there are certain places that you have to stay, but when you are on the road, you are able to travel as far back as you feel like doing, though i don't see a great deal of point in going backwards.

[rjike]

not that good

[kashem2]

i played this game on the 360. and i had alot of fun with it. tho it has that annoying char. you know the one you just want to die but never does and shows up in alot of JRPGs. but i was able to look past that a had a good time. i say this is defiantly worth a play. =)

[† Shazi]

not that good

it's not for everyone but it is better than a lot of RPGs you can get. as i said it is a very pretty RPG

[rue669]

It was okay. The story is too preachy for me though. The battle system is fun but gets boring very quickly. The colours and graphics were great. I wouldn't really recommend though unless you were starved for a JRPG.