You are always able to go back to the first one (where you have unlimited "tactical" time, lenient movement time and mucho attack time), but on the flip side you miss out on the advantages. As the game progresses you can "level up" your method of play. There's no mana to deal with (thank goodness) and the game starts straightforward. You can either do normal attacks or unleash more powerful special abilities (which can be higher damage, area attacks, or healing). You are given time to plan, time to move, and time to attack. So it's a good thing the underlying gameplay is really fun. Basically the gist is that you initiate battles by seeing an enemy on the field (like pretty much any JRPG that doesn't use random battles). Actually, whenever anybody opens their mouths I want to punch them. Attacks are flashy, translations are spotty, and the voice actors couldn't ham it up more if they tried.īeat's voice is the bane of my existence. You have melodrama aplenty and insanely dumb costumes. You have your 30 year old who is the "old" person. You have your main characters who are like 14-16 years old but look like they are 12. Unlike the Tales games, however, where co-op just turns into a massive mess, the co-op in Eternal Sonata actually works very well.
Considering how very few JRPGs implement co-op (the Tales games are the only others I can think of), this is a rare treat. Which means my wife always played the second player, while I did the first and the third. It has the option for up to two other people to be given control of whomever is in the second or third character slot. That's because the game is pretty damn good.īut let me add one more thing: I've only played this game co-op. Out of all three of these games, Eternal Sonata is the only one we still own after who knows how many trade-ins later. Now, for those who want to know: Infinite Undiscovery is awful, and while there are plenty of fans of Ninja Gaiden, I never got into it (I love Devil May Cry, God of War, and Bayonetta, but Ninja Gaiden never really took off for me). So, in an attempt to pick up games to best justify our next-gen purchase, we bought Ninja Gaiden 2, Infinite Undiscovery, and Eternal Sonata. When we picked up the system a Gamestop was having a "Buy 2 get 1 free" sale on all used games. My first entry into next-gen gaming was with the Xbox 360, and it happened a few months after I got married.
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