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Eternal Sonata ... The Review
Reviewed by daddyloml on May 28, 2008 | report this review
Eternal Sonata is a beautiful game, that's for sure. It's an RPG with a fun twist on the turn based battle system. During a battle, you have a timer that counts down during your turn. As a result, there is a bit more of an action feel than a traditional turn based game. You can attack multiple times during your turn and build up your energy prior to using your special attacks, which makes them do more damage. Certainly adds a fun hack and slash element to the game.
The adventure is fun. There are some areas that present a puzzle feel as you have to think in order to solve a particular part of the game (more or less making decisions about which way to go as some areas find you having to turn switches on and off or travel through a variety of rooms or climbing up and down vines. Good stuff).
I have one gripe about the game. In battles, you earn a meager pittance of gold for each victory. However, one of your character (Beat) can take photos of enemies and sell them. The amount of gold you can receive for selling your pictures is huge. This seems to cause an imbalance and make the gold you earn for fighting seem inconsequential. Kind of strange if you ask me. It's great for collecting a lot of gold, but I think it damages the integrity of the economic system.
So, I'm only about 20% through the game and have already put in 15 hours. I seem to take my time, but my guess is that the average player will be involved for at least 30 hours. I certainly recommend the game and plan to play it through until the end. At that point, you'll see it available for trade!
**Yawn**
Reviewed by Anastasia on June 01, 2008 | report this review
I played this game for four or five hours (at the most) and I was thoroughly bored the entire time. I only held out as long as I did because I like RPG's and I kept hpoing it would get better....
... Maybe it does. Maybe ten hours in, you finally get to the good stuff! I just couldn't hold out that long. The lengthy cut scenes, childish storyline and the slow, drawn out combat sequences were putting me to sleep!
I only reccomend this game if you are six years old and new to RPG's. If you're a grownup with any sense of reality, this is gonna be tough to plough through. It's not worth the points on your gamerscore!
I had to put this away and play Mass Effect! :D
Decent gameplay with beautiful music.
Reviewed by kasuga on June 16, 2008 | report this review
When purchasing this game, I was expecting decent RPG. After playing the game, I learned it was based on the musician Frederick Chopin.
Game play: The game fits into a turn based RPG. The battle system isn't exactly the most in depth. A party consists of 3 characters at a time. Depending on the character's speed that character will go first.
Story: Chopin died during his coma. The game takes place during his a coma. Chopin believes that the world he is in is all a dream.
Music. The best part of the game is probably the music. Much of the music is Chopin's work. My favorite song from the game is Nocturne. It's a such a beautiful song.
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