Eternal Sonata - Ending (2/6)

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*Sigh* the ending could be divided in various parts and its a hit or miss to be honest, some parts of the ending bugged me while others I just loved it to the point of crying (and I cried).

To this part: it bugged me the lack of facial expression lol.

Mini-review:
I trully loved playing this game. It was a pretty unique experience since for once the concept was really original, I mean the dream of Chopin before his death? thats brilliant. Battle system is very easy to understand and fun to play, but saddly the battle system itself made the game really easy. Soundtrack is just magnificent, one of Sakuraba's best for sure (is in my top 3 of him alongside with both Baten Kaitos' OST). Also the art style is just amazing, tri-crescendo already showed me back in GC (with both Baten Kaitos games) how beautifull the graphics of a game can be and they really out-did themselves this time.

Of course the game is not perfect. 1st its too short, I would like an endless dream because this was just awesome to play, but saddly its really short, 30 hours at max and I would say 20 hours if you don't care about collecting stuff or fighting normal monsters. My second problem is that the game lose its focus in a lot of characters. For example at the begining we could say Polka is the main character, then Fred appears claiming this is his dream then Allegretto tags along and the focus is on him and Polka and they left Fred aside until the next chopin event happened. Later the focus is more in Andantino and Baroque and they totally forget about the rest of the cast. Polka had a minor role for half of the game until the 2nd Fugue battle and then lost the focus till the ending, same with Fred. Also I didn't like the lack of interest in the villians' deaths, I mean when they "killed" a bad guy nothing happens afterwards, its like they forgot about them, even with Waltz XD.

Oh well, those are just stuff I care about.

Final Score: 8.5/10
PS: later comes the extra dungeon
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System: Xbox 360 (and PS3)

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Eternal
• Sonata
• Polka
• Frederic
• Allegretto
• Beat
• Viola
• Salsa
• March
• Jazz
• Falsetto
• Claves
• gameplay
• omegaevolution

[thebladeofchaos]

So their basically saying that if you know something is a dream, then can you really know its a dream, right?

If so, then how do we know we don't live in a dream...how do we know that the world around won't just fade away

[omegaevolution]

no, they are basically saying the question you are asking.

Its like the Matrix in a way lol

[darkflame7899]

woah that was very deep man

[SplendidChimp]

Wonderful game, beautiful ending. I think this part, with the characters imparting their beliefs onto you, asking questions of the world, and ways of life. This is really interesting.

[thekingofhyrule532]

What Retto Said At 8:32 Gave My My Morale Back! He Is Right All I Can Do Is The Very Best I Can

[LuminousSymphony]

@polkunus I have to admit that I agree with you. Every time I watch this ending with my family they always make fun of Serenade's beliefs. xD

[MysteryEzekude]

I would definitely listen to this long speech on my MP3 playing whenever I need self-encouragement.

[Personaforever]

...I like how Viola...was right on top of Allgretto...He should just look up.

[Personaforever]

I like this more than the PS3 ending.-.-

[polkunus]

This is such a fruitless, awfully scripted, embarrassing ending. "oh god look at me, I'm spewing pseudo-philosophical bullshit; this is such a deep game."

[shadowg3]

"Trying is what life is all about"

[Royaniime]

Mmmmmm , i dont know if its cos i had the Jap audio on , but my cedits was all chopin talking your one has multiple silioques

[quezcatol]

I once dreamed and realised I was in a dream.. those that mean I Was in the dream world? AAAAAHHH!!

[Hamppsta]

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