Demo: Eternal Sonata

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m0dm0use — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Xbox 101 with m0dm0use, yyeeaaa. this week its the NO Europe content goodies week where the good stuff is not shared to Europe spend more get less is the result and thats my Xbox 101 of the week.

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Dits — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

UK get nothing again :(

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Thepsilam — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:53:13 GMT

Just played the Demo of this and was really impressed. The visuals were beautiful- Anime style but very vibrant. I really dug the combat system as well. Semi- turn based, you have a clock that starts ticking down your turn as soon as you move your character. The clock only starts when you actually move, so you can take as much time on screen as you want to figure how you want to attack. Once you move, you can attack that enemy as much as you want in the allotted time. It works surprisingly well. Much better system then the old JRPG standard. I liked this gameplay better than Blue Dragon- may pick it up. Too many games already on my list-argh!

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Badboy5440 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:54:13 GMT

Wow how did Flamechu know stranglehold dropped today.

Eternal Sonata was a fantastic demo! The combat system is refreshing and exhilarating. I started off not really knowing what I was doing but by the end of the demo realized how deep the combat system is. The stars on the right can be powered by tapping A then unleashing a Y(special attack) at the right time. I hadn't really let it power up at all, but on the last guy I let my stars get to 24 and then did a Sun Slash with the main character. OMG, the animation was amazing. My jaw dropped. This game in my opinion blows away Blue Dragon, I'm sorry if this disappoints anyone but this game is instantly better then Blue. When placed next to Eternal, blue really shows its lack of creativity not only in the gameplay but the animations. Eternal's art is crisp and beautiful. I'm highly excited to see all these wonderful gems coming through the woodwork on top of all the main titles we were already expecting. I can't wait.

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inajeep — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:09:15 GMT

Can't wait to try this and I hope that Vampire Rain does come to the US eventually.

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ToddTheJackass — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:59:31 GMT

Do you guys really think that MS is intentionally trying to screw Europe? I'm sure it's just a PAL/NTSC issue or something like that. I'm sure you'll get this in a few days.

As per the demo itself, it seems like a pretty cool game. There are some odd framerate issues I had while just walking around the town, but the landscapes and the depth of detail were really cool and really stood out from similarly designed games on the PS2. The combat system is definitely different than anything that would be in a Square Enix game, which provides a nice change of pace but will probably take a little longer of a learning curve to really master.

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ps fan — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:21:27 GMT

is game coming for ps3 ?

yes or no

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EUROPGAMER — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:23:45 GMT

to all super cool posters with the "just create an us account" messages.

this is forbidden by MS rules, so stop posting this BS.

and btw, look at the flatout forums, there you see some people whinning why THEY have to wait for flatout to be relaeased ... just the same

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Flamechu — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:15:08 GMT

Sorry Major, BUT TEQUILA TIME TOMORROW!

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colinisgod — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:30:59 GMT

I havent been here in months but i see the brits are still whiney as ever. Thanx for the news major, the demo rocked.

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I KmaC I — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:30:20 GMT

Wow, this game is surprisingly good. Great, fun combat system, amazing graphics and visual/artistic style.

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caldera — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:26:31 GMT

For the millionth time, let's repost the same thing people keep not paying attention to: Microsoft doesn't just wake up in the morning and collectively agree to screw Europe over. There are tons of trade, copyright, and licensing issues that go into regional availability of content. And to repost another sensible person: "Most people that badly wanted to play this demo when it was made available for Japan downloaded it then and didn't cry that it wasn't available in THEIR own territory at that time.There was even an English language track available in the Japanese release of the demo.If the demo isn't available in your own territory officialy yet then why not suck it up and download it through a Canadian or English account as many likely already have instead of crying like a child." ....First it was only available in Japan. This iteration is only for the US. Geeze, I wonder what in the world they might do if this demo is coming to Europe? Oh I dunno, eventually release a Europe-only version of the demo? Ya think? Nnnnaaahhh... couldn't happen.

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Joergen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:45:31 GMT

If MS can still save a market it is Europe. Witholding demos of great titles like this while the PS3 hypemachine rolls on is not the way to do things. A superb JRPG featuring European classical music, I can see why you'd not want us to try it out. And I deleted my USA account because MS would not confirm whether or not they were banning people using fake accounts to dl content. The evil blood sucking corporate machine they are, silence always means yes.

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David2SLY — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:29:51 GMT

Odds are it isn't microsoft's call. Don't forget it's still the developers call in the end. Also if we waited til it was ok to release a demo globally then in some places the demo would come out 4-6 months after the retail version already hit stores there. Also just think back to how it was on original Xbox...no downloadable demos. So instead of complaining when you don't get something, be grateful for what you do get.

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obaid — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:21:39 GMT

stranglehold demo coming out wednesday on U.S. marketplace

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NO Rizzo — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:16:32 GMT

Seth said:

Damn people, you don't hear Americans complaining when Japan gets things first.

Use the search function and you`ll find them ;-)