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Eternal Poison
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Manufacturer: Atlus
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5

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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Atlus
EAN: 0730865530298
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Feature: Every copy of Eternal Poison is a special two-disk set which includes a soundtrack CD featuring 25 beautiful compositions from the games score
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Label: Atlus
Manufacturer: Atlus
Model: EP-53029-8
Platform: PlayStation2
Publisher: Atlus
Release Date: 2008-11-11
Studio: Atlus

Features
Every copy of Eternal Poison is a special two-disk set which includes a soundtrack CD featuring 25 beautiful compositions from the games score
Gorgeous dark fantasy world laden with gothic themes, a twisted fairy tale full of black magic,white magic and treasure
Walk the winding path of five different characters in this strategy RPG in search of legendary Eternal Poison
Capture and collect demons to work with you or add their skills to your arsenal

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Editorial Reviews:

The world descended into chaos the day the demonic realm of Besek appeared. Creatures known as the Majin emerged, wreaking havoc and destroying everyone's way of life. They captured the Princess of Valdia and imprisoned her in their lair. Now, brave adventurers throughout the land have set out to explore the Majin homeland. Some wish to rescue the princess; some seek fame and glory; some merely want revenge. However, there are those who look to harness the Majin's dark powers, for it is rumored that deep within Besek lies the Eternal Poison, a legendary treasure able to make your deepest desires come true. Travel the paths of some of these adventurers, and as their tales unfold, you will discover the true meanings of romance, heroism, madness, despair, and betrayal...




Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Beautiful graphics, somewhat clumbersome mechanics
Comment: Others have already gushed about the graphics, so I'll skip to the gameplay. Compared to many other RPGs, this one can feel very limited in what you can do. There's basically no actual exploration, you basically go through a series of dungeons and try to kill all the monsters present. There's a few branches where you can choose which dungeon to advance to next, but that's about it. While this basically means there isn't a "grind" per se, it does mean you might have trouble dealing with later enemies if you didn't level sufficiently in previous dungeons. There also isn't the usual menu most people expect in RPGs that let them set equipment and such. You also can't save in the middle of a dungeon. This and a few other small details can make the entire thing feel rather cumbersome, so it definitely isn't for everyone. However, that doesn't mean the game can't be fun. The battles do force you to be rather creative/conservative, especially after getting mobbed the third time and having your entire party slaughtered.

This game can be fun, just know what you're getting into.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: I love this game!
Comment: I love this game. It's refreshing, and exciting.

I'm only writing this to warning others about the 2 people giving this game a low score.

They complain about "cut scences" during battle. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CUT SCENCES. You can turn them off in options, and never seen them again.

I just wanted to let every know who is considering this game not to be turned off by their comments about cut scences.



Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: Ooh Man, why did I by this?
Comment: OK this game has some good art work, but it doesn't overwhelm you enough to forget about how long and drawn out the battles are. The battle maps are way too big for this style of game. Be prepared to spend 15 to 45 minutes per battle, there is way too much moving around, and the cut scene for every hit sucks. I just got to the point of hitting X as soon as it opened up to skip the attacks. I didn't care how much damage I did or got, it's just way to pointless to have this for every attack.

There isn't a whole lot of movie cut scenes most of it is like Wild Arms 4 where you have comic book style and a whole lot of dialogue. The few cuts scenes the where animated where fun to watch, very entertaining, but that's just about where the game leaves off. I got very bored of this game right away, and I love strategy games. I went back to playing Star Ocean while I am waiting for another game to come in.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: First Impression
Comment: As previous reviews have stated this is a very stylish game, but that is where my praise ends. There is a huge flaw in the actual gameplay, which makes wonder who launched this from the editing block. Every time you attack, and I mean -every- little melee attack, the game leaves the battle map to load a cut scene animation. I wouldn't mind this for special moves, but SRPG battles are time-consuming enough with the simple animations taking place on the map. It's distracting, boring, and renders the game unplayable for a person with limited free time.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: First thoughts on Eternal Poison
Comment: I'm sure everyone here can relate to the feeling of following a game, anticipating it's release, and then peeling back the plastic wrap to pop in a new game? Yeah? Well I pre ordered this game months ago, because I had been completely wrapped up in the art style and dark and twisted story line. Now, I'd also like to say that the whole strategy role playing game or tactical rpg or whatever aspects intimidated me. Because this is my first venture into this genre. So I was very weary, and overwhelmed with the notion and premise of the game play...

I'm kinda slow in the intelligents department, and organizing huge stratagies and attacks, well.. It's not really my thing, or so I thought. Eternal Poison is surprisingly user friendly, and the tutorial was much needed, and very helpful, so those who are a little turned off by the srpg genre, I say if you can find a copy of this game take a chance, it's worth it. The one complaint I have so far would have to be the battle animations, which if any of you have been following this game, know you can simply turn them off, and the battles are quick and engaging. And exploiting weaknesses is loads of fun, and combination attacks are so satisfactory when pulled off successfully.

What I know of the story so far is from Thage and Raki's pov, and it's the most appealing to me at this point. I'm sure once completing their tale I'll jump right back in with the other stories and find out all the ins and outs of Eternal Poison.

Last thoughts, I just wanted to give some praise to this game, and as the first review stated above, it's a gem, and worthy in any rpg collection, I for one do not regret in anyway picking this game up.

Dal.


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