Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #229 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Atari
• Released on: 2007-10-19
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Xbox 360

Manufacturer's 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 environment and story of Eternal Sonata.

Eternal also features multiplayer action during battle for up to three players.

Customer Reviews

The best RPG on the Xbox 360 since Oblivion!
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)

Strange
I am a big fan of RPG's and it's a good thing that Microsoft are trying to bring more of them to the Xbox because it needs them BUT I was very dissappointed in this game.

Reading reviews about it you'd think it was some sort of magical experience but it's really not.

Graphically it's very colourful and pretty and the combat is pretty cool too but there really isn't that much to it as a story. The dialogue at points (the most important points usually) feels like it's horribly translated and makes little to no sense. What you end up doing is guessing what they're actually trying to say in relation to the story that develops. Even then it doesn't make sense.

The game itself is very linear and quite dull and I never really felt excited about any part of it especially not towards the end when you are just left sitting frowning at the screen as it pretentiously bombards you with bits from earlier in the game that STILL don't make any sense. How can a voice actor even read any of this stuff without saying "Hold on! This doesn't make any sense, let me show you what you need to say."

If you're an RPG fan you should give it a go just to see what you think for yourself but I really wouldn't recommend paying any more than around £20 for it.

aimed at children or fans of anime
Positives: i like the fact that it's trying to be original with it's story. Good graphics, decent battles.
Bad: First of all i felt it's far too easy. Same strategy for every battle. However the biggest problem i had was the cutscenes which were very slow and tedious to the point were I just skipped them everytime they came on. I had never done this before in a game but i found myself not caring at all about the story. In the end i couldnt be bothered finishing it. I'm sure other people would prefer to stick with it but i felt there so many better things i could be doing with my time. Maybe it's a cultural thing and japanese enjoy this sort of super cute animation and slow dialogue. Not for me.