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QSF5.com - Eternal Sonata PS3 Demo Impressions

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QSF5.com writes:

"In 2007, Xbox 360 owners received a few games which PS3 only gamers were not invited to. Two them included 2K Games' BioShock and Namco Bandai's Eternal Sonata. A year later, those two games are no longer exclusive. I've already taken a look at BioShock's PS3 demo and now it's Eternal Sonata's turn. Will the PS3 demo finally convince me to pick up this JRPG?"
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timmyrulz - 456 days 21 hours ago
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If i had a ps3 i wouldnt buy this game at full price, its really not that good, unless you're a fan of chopin and you're interested in his biography, the combat is ok but the story is a bit too gay for my liking and I dont find girls fighting giant mushrooms with an umberella very appealing
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Steven Colbert - 456 days 20 hours ago
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Really? I liked Eternal Sonata.Sort of,the game looks like someone poured a factory of paint all over it.But the music was phenomenal and for people that like classical music and JRPGs,I recommend this anyday
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xg-ei8ht - 456 days 19 hours ago
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All jrpg's are gay.

That's the nature of it.

Little boys with funky hair do's.

Is that all japan can come up with for it's characters.

I'll spank you with a spell, ZZZzzZZzz. Nearly as boring as oblivion.
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Chronopath - 456 days 16 hours ago
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1.3 - i.q.
will I ever go one day without hearing the word "gay" or "f*g". This world is seriously turning into an idiocracy. C'mon people grow some brain cells there are more than 200,000 words in the english dictionary.
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SaiyanFury - 456 days 10 hours ago
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I like the gameplay, and the story is interesting. Of course, the big thing about the game is music. My favourite composer, Motoi Sakuraba who works on the Star Ocean games did the music for the game, so for me this one is a no brainer. I'm glad that Namco-Bandai took the time and trouble to make the game as visually pleasing on the PS3 as well as the 360. Some game companies have a habit of being lazy in the graphics department when it comes to ports. I'm looking at you Enchanted Arms.
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slave2Dcontroller - 456 days 20 hours ago
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2 - Sweet.
I'm actually excited about ES. I think its a pretty cool RPG and Lord knows my PS3 has been RPG deprived so its definantly going to be a welcome addition to my library. My cousin had this on 360 and I liked it rite off the bat.

I just dont know where its gonna fit in because I'm gonna be busy with Wipeout HD and LBP for some time to come. Then theres R2 but I will set aside a day week to focus on ES I suppose. Sony is really pumpin out the goodness these days. Happy Happy HAPPY! XD
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swinesucker - 456 days 18 hours ago
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hahaha at xg but I have to disagree a little bit

if we had better translators and such.....

eternal sonata actually looks decent

that is of course unless we are getting a bioshock port
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xg-ei8ht - 456 days 17 hours ago
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Just a bit of fun:)

I've never been into those types of games.:)
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Delive - 456 days 17 hours ago
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4 - My take.
This demo represents the way NOT to sell a game. For someone not familiar with the game (myself), the battles with the larger beast resulted in quick death. Some of the mechanics were cool, but the character design was not interesting at all and the demo just did not impress. This is a Pass for me.
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Scarfy - 456 days 16 hours ago
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Yep. And that guard system was a little weird too.
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azurechaos - 456 days 16 hours ago
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5 - oh jeez...
gay? really? come on...i think you should find other ways of advertising your massive intellect.

anyway, on to the game. I thought the demo was beautiful and the game seemed pretty interesting. The second time I tried to play-through the monsters turned to their big forms quickly and wiped out my entire party, so it's a bit on the difficult side as someone stated above. I'll probably get it though, I'll actually be able to save before I die in the full-version.
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Homicide - 456 days 14 hours ago
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The game has great visuals and music, but a mediocre battle system. I'm skipping it.
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pain777pas - 456 days 13 hours ago
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I'm skipping this for now because there are too many other games I want. But based on the demo this is an exact port with absolutely no graphical drop off, in other words it's gorgeous. This i how a port should be handled and I am looking at you R*.
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DanteLinkX - 456 days 13 hours ago
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8 - I tried the demo.....
And I definitely had some framerate issues specially while walking around in the forest, has anyone experienced this also? is 360 version like this too? I don't think this game is such a powerhouse to have problems with framerate and the only thing that can keep me away from a game is framerate, give me choppy textures, give me low resolution but never give me inconsistent framerate. It hurts my eyes. The game does seem a lil bit interesting though, but I guess my hunger for RPG will keep being feed on the PSP and DS.
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PirateThom - 456 days 13 hours ago
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I have to say, I didn't notice any dips in the frame rate. All felt pretty solid to me.
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