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Videogame review: 'Eternal Sonata' joins classical music and fantasy fun
Platform: Xbox 360
Studio: Bandi Namco Games
Rating: T-for teen
Scores: 8 out of 10
THE REVIEW
Gameplay: A triumph of graphic artistry, "Eternal Sonata" is sure to impress any player with its beautiful and intricate scenery, musical score and endearing historical fiction-based characters.
This classic role-playing game takes you back to 19th-century Paris, where you are absorbed into the final dream of dying composer Frederic Francois Chopin.
This mysterious game is filled with stimulating visual and audio effects, which will draw players deeper into the game and help to establish a lasting affection for the characters, and their self-sacrifice for others.
Enemies are not too difficult to defeat, but with each level they become more challenging (detailed tutorials are provided to help players learn how to battle with each character). The more enemies you defeat, the more experience your character earns, improving his overall status in the game.
The majority of controls are easy to use although controls to master guarding oneself against enemies during an attack take practice to master.
While the overall game is engaging, it can get lost in too many extra details; by taking photos of enemies and selling them, players are able to make lots of money. Players also get the opportunity to try their hand at playing bits of actual Chopin pieces with townspeople, but other than the music's relevance to the historical figure, it doesn't play much of a role.
Lengthy plot-building scenes become exhaustive and the inability to change camera views can become irritating. While the game has spectacular visual effects, it doesn't allow players to enjoy all of the surroundings because characters are kept on a set path.
But the excellent graphics, musical score and story are enough to keep anyone playing for hours.
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