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Game Information
- Platform: Xbox 360
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Description
On his deathbed, Chopin, the famous composer, drifts between this life and the next. In his dreams, happenstance encounters with a young girl facing a terrible destiny and the boy who will fight to save her, leads to Chopin’s discovery of the light that shines in each of us in this enduring tale of good and evil, love and betrayal.
With gorgeous next gen visuals and style, a unique battle system, and a captivating story, Eternal Sonata promises to give Xbox 360 fans the RPG they’ve been waiting for.
- The game has been Custom-Made for Next-Gen: Enjoy amazing, high-definition, anime style cel-shading and high quality textures shine to truly deliver an awesome next gen experience.
- There’s an innovative Battle System: Battle using a unique hybrid turn based/action RPG system that combines free-roam and turn-based action (up to three players during battle).
- Demonstrate strategic Use of Light and Darkness: Adjust your battle strategy in the ongoing struggle between light and darkness. Beware of enemies lurking in the shadows, as their stats – attacks and potency – will change, as will their physical form. Lure them out into the light or destroy them there in the cloak of darkness. Also, change your special attacks depending on whether you are in the light….or in the dark.
- Eternal Sonata features a Dramatic and Evolving Storyline: Experience a deeply moving story focusing on the enduring struggle between good and evil all while taking place in a dream during the final 3 hours of world-famous music composer Frederic Chopin’s life.
- Mesmerizing Music: Listen as world-renowned pianist Stanislav Bunin performs Chopin’s original compositions, which are a key element in the environ
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Fun:
I will admit to not being the biggest JRPG fan, having never seen a Final Fantasy game through to it's conclusion, but I know what I like, and I loved Eternal Sonata, so much so that it made me actively seek out other Japanese RPG's for more of the same.
Everything about this game is a hit; the visuals are simply gorgeous, the whole game is wonderfully imaginative, the combat is fully engaging and fun, the story is an absolute delight, and despite a linear storyline there are still plenty to be done in this rich and beautiful game. It's definitely a game with replay value and it's a game that's an immense amount of fun to play.
I got through the game in about 24 hours in total, which admittedly is a little short, especially considering that Lost Odyssey, the most recent Xbox 360 JRPG is 60 hours long, but I'd say I fully enyoyed at least 22 of them. I definitely intend to play it again just because it's such a wonderful experience. You will be sitting through some rather long cutscenes, and the story does get rather preachy, but these minor problems did nothing to dent my utter enjoyment of this game.
Considering that I got this game for less than £20 from good ol' Amazon, in retrospect if I had known how good it was I would have gladly paid £40, and at £15 you would be hard pressed to find a better game. Every Xbox owner who enjoys a good colourful game with some real nice combat has no excuse for not buying this simply amazing game. 9/10 (rounded up to 5 rather than down to 4)
Everything about this game is a hit; the visuals are simply gorgeous, the whole game is wonderfully imaginative, the combat is fully engaging and fun, the story is an absolute delight, and despite a linear storyline there are still plenty to be done in this rich and beautiful game. It's definitely a game with replay value and it's a game that's an immense amount of fun to play.
I got through the game in about 24 hours in total, which admittedly is a little short, especially considering that Lost Odyssey, the most recent Xbox 360 JRPG is 60 hours long, but I'd say I fully enyoyed at least 22 of them. I definitely intend to play it again just because it's such a wonderful experience. You will be sitting through some rather long cutscenes, and the story does get rather preachy, but these minor problems did nothing to dent my utter enjoyment of this game.
Considering that I got this game for less than £20 from good ol' Amazon, in retrospect if I had known how good it was I would have gladly paid £40, and at £15 you would be hard pressed to find a better game. Every Xbox owner who enjoys a good colourful game with some real nice combat has no excuse for not buying this simply amazing game. 9/10 (rounded up to 5 rather than down to 4)
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
So Chopin is on his deathbed and having a dream where he meets people and they go on a voyage through a music-inspired world. A bit weird but the result is still beautiful, so we'll play along. This game has plenty of things that could have been improved, but overall I liked playing it.
The bad:
- Linear story, you don't any important game/world-changing choices through the game. In fact, in one or two occasions you'll have to backtrack to find some things and it really won't be intuitive that you should do so, which is not very coherent with the whole game.
- While most enemies have different attacks and can morph between two types, effectively doubling the number of enemies available, there are still few per area of the game and many battles can feel exactly the same.
- Not easy to accurately position the characters, especially against larger enemies, and that might make their attacks miss completely.
- No in-game explanation of status properties of items and attacks.
- Some puzzles are too much trial and error with no hints on what to do, and so become tiresome and not fun.
- A few character voices can be a bit irritating and they always have their arms in an awkward position, they don't go down to the sides of the body.
- Some cutscenes are very long and not particularly interesting or logical.
- Easy to get money, even without selling photos (game meechanic).
- Equiped items don't reflect on your character's appearance.
- Characters are not balanced.
- Story has a lot of nonsense.
The good:
- Beautiful, great bright colors, pretty environments.
- Special attack chains are fun and impressive. Attacks in general are nicely done.
- The names of the worlds, characters, etc. are fun and everything is related to music.
- Camera behaves well for the most part.
- Good, beautiful music score.
- Battle system evolves, giving you more difficulty with more options and power, making you have to pay attention to battles and thus making them more of a challenge.
- Some of the characters are actually fun and it's nice watching them interact.
- Boss battles can be a real challenge.
- Shows facts on Chopin's life, although in a boring way.
- Has an Encore mode where the game becomes different (read about this, haven't tried it yet).
All in all, while not a great game, I don't regret buying it and when I finish some other games I'll do the Encore mode. Hope this was helpful.
The bad:
- Linear story, you don't any important game/world-changing choices through the game. In fact, in one or two occasions you'll have to backtrack to find some things and it really won't be intuitive that you should do so, which is not very coherent with the whole game.
- While most enemies have different attacks and can morph between two types, effectively doubling the number of enemies available, there are still few per area of the game and many battles can feel exactly the same.
- Not easy to accurately position the characters, especially against larger enemies, and that might make their attacks miss completely.
- No in-game explanation of status properties of items and attacks.
- Some puzzles are too much trial and error with no hints on what to do, and so become tiresome and not fun.
- A few character voices can be a bit irritating and they always have their arms in an awkward position, they don't go down to the sides of the body.
- Some cutscenes are very long and not particularly interesting or logical.
- Easy to get money, even without selling photos (game meechanic).
- Equiped items don't reflect on your character's appearance.
- Characters are not balanced.
- Story has a lot of nonsense.
The good:
- Beautiful, great bright colors, pretty environments.
- Special attack chains are fun and impressive. Attacks in general are nicely done.
- The names of the worlds, characters, etc. are fun and everything is related to music.
- Camera behaves well for the most part.
- Good, beautiful music score.
- Battle system evolves, giving you more difficulty with more options and power, making you have to pay attention to battles and thus making them more of a challenge.
- Some of the characters are actually fun and it's nice watching them interact.
- Boss battles can be a real challenge.
- Shows facts on Chopin's life, although in a boring way.
- Has an Encore mode where the game becomes different (read about this, haven't tried it yet).
All in all, while not a great game, I don't regret buying it and when I finish some other games I'll do the Encore mode. Hope this was helpful.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Eternal Sonata is one of those games that delivers a refreshing twist to an already-outdone genre. When I first read that it was a RPG set in the dreams of the dying composer Chopin, I almost laughed. Such a crazy idea would never play out well! Or, will it?
Firstly, I'm going to talk about the graphics. Eternal Sonata definitely impresses on just about every graphical level; the cutscenes rival the very best Disney movies, and the in game cell-shading in a real-time world is truly breathtaking. The atmosphere in this game is truly astounding, little details like light flourishes through tree canopies, and floating petals from flower fields...It truly comes together to make a spectacular, dreamy world to play in. A minor annoyance is that the camera is fixed, and thus there's no freedom to look over the dreamy landscapes, and it leaves you wondering what beauty lies just beyond the paths you are forced to walk. A quick note, although the camera is fixed, never once does it become awkward, or get in the way. The camera is done just perfectly, in my opinion. Another note, this game runs as smoothly as butter, and there's never any frame drops! I want to say this has been recorded at 60fps but don't quote me. It's just smooth.
The story revolves around Chopin, and his party of followers that he meets whilst in his dreams. The voice acting isn't terrible, and definitely gets better as the game progresses, but this is after all a Japanese RPG, so we can forgive that aspect. Characters are so vibrant, and the personalities are so real, for once there's an RPG where you actually care about the characters! I suppose this is almost playing a book, with Disney film style graphics, there's real depth and character, and real involvement on the player's behalf.
Music? The score to this game features music composed from Chopin, as well as some specially-performed tracks, and overall the music is absolutely stunning. It's graceful, elegant and definitely beautiful to listen to. This is just another aspect where this game excels!
There's no more random encounters, either! All enemies are present in the world, so you have the choice whether to fight or not. The levelling system isn't the best, either. Save for a few boss battles, you never really have any trouble with enemies, even with the weakest characters. The battles are done very well too, mixing traditional turn-based techniques with a clever time limit which promotes quick thinking and a little button bashing. Overall, I think its a very good system and it makes for fun play during the long long hours spent on this game!
Overall, the game is stunning. Great visuals, stunning musical score, and a gripping story. There's fairly limited replayability, though. As once you know the plot and how the game ends, there's very little reason to go back other than to witness the sheer splendour of the environments once more. Definitely an RPG worth having.
Firstly, I'm going to talk about the graphics. Eternal Sonata definitely impresses on just about every graphical level; the cutscenes rival the very best Disney movies, and the in game cell-shading in a real-time world is truly breathtaking. The atmosphere in this game is truly astounding, little details like light flourishes through tree canopies, and floating petals from flower fields...It truly comes together to make a spectacular, dreamy world to play in. A minor annoyance is that the camera is fixed, and thus there's no freedom to look over the dreamy landscapes, and it leaves you wondering what beauty lies just beyond the paths you are forced to walk. A quick note, although the camera is fixed, never once does it become awkward, or get in the way. The camera is done just perfectly, in my opinion. Another note, this game runs as smoothly as butter, and there's never any frame drops! I want to say this has been recorded at 60fps but don't quote me. It's just smooth.
The story revolves around Chopin, and his party of followers that he meets whilst in his dreams. The voice acting isn't terrible, and definitely gets better as the game progresses, but this is after all a Japanese RPG, so we can forgive that aspect. Characters are so vibrant, and the personalities are so real, for once there's an RPG where you actually care about the characters! I suppose this is almost playing a book, with Disney film style graphics, there's real depth and character, and real involvement on the player's behalf.
Music? The score to this game features music composed from Chopin, as well as some specially-performed tracks, and overall the music is absolutely stunning. It's graceful, elegant and definitely beautiful to listen to. This is just another aspect where this game excels!
There's no more random encounters, either! All enemies are present in the world, so you have the choice whether to fight or not. The levelling system isn't the best, either. Save for a few boss battles, you never really have any trouble with enemies, even with the weakest characters. The battles are done very well too, mixing traditional turn-based techniques with a clever time limit which promotes quick thinking and a little button bashing. Overall, I think its a very good system and it makes for fun play during the long long hours spent on this game!
Overall, the game is stunning. Great visuals, stunning musical score, and a gripping story. There's fairly limited replayability, though. As once you know the plot and how the game ends, there's very little reason to go back other than to witness the sheer splendour of the environments once more. Definitely an RPG worth having.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Strong, original RPG: Worth your attention if you like this kind of...
Eternal Sonata is a good, consistent JRPG, with its real strength lying in its artwork, concept and story. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tone
A beautiful Painting
As said the art is just amazing in this game nice gameplay nice music. nice story. the characters voice is a bit annoying but it can be changed to the original voices if you like
Published 4 months ago by Petros
Great!
I was delighted with this product! It arrived within 4 days, which I wasn't expecting since it was dispatch between 3 and 20. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Fraoch 1
Ignore the haters!
This is one of the finest RPG's available on the 360. Stunning graphics, great battle system and a unique story. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Richard Price
It's a winner!
If you love japanese rpgs this is definately for you.
It's a BEAUTIFUL game, everything is so nice to look at. The characters are rich and beautifully designed. Read more
It's a BEAUTIFUL game, everything is so nice to look at. The characters are rich and beautifully designed. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by Louisa Brooks
Awesome game XD
One of the best rpg games for the xbox 360 with quite an original storyline, one many can enjoy.
Highly recommended for the average rpg/adventure game player, if not any... Read more
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Published on 27 Nov 2009 by Absolute Zero
I really wanted to like this game, so much that ive bought it...
Who knew that a game based on Chopin's life/death could be so dull and childish. The graphics and art style in this game are really beautiful but with fixed camera angles your not... Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2009 by P. Richardson
Short, but sweet.
Story: 6.5/10 (A unique, simple concept, but not exactly memorable...)
Character: 6.5/10 (All are likable, but none lovable)
Gameplay: 9/10 (I found it genuinely... Read more
Character: 6.5/10 (All are likable, but none lovable)
Gameplay: 9/10 (I found it genuinely... Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2009 by Judy G
not very impressed with the game at all
its nowhere near as good as other RPG i have played, I got about 30mins into the game and stopped playing because I was bored and the quality of looking around the game isnt that... Read more
Published on 31 July 2009 by Ms. R. Fairclough
GREAT ACTION RPG
It's challenging and funny. With great graphics (awesome artistic work) and a story a bit different (without surprises, you know, it's a Japan RPG)
About 20 hours of game,... Read more
About 20 hours of game,... Read more
Published on 23 July 2009 by jlucles
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