Eternal Sonata: Being Frederick Chopin
Having played the Eternal Sonata demo yesterday, I can honestly say it is one of the most beautiful games for the system to date. All the environments are rich and inviting. You could see less color sitting in a wading pool filled with melted crayons. Where does the world come from? What was the inspiration? Chopin... ?
In a recent interview with GameSpot, Tri-Crescendo's Hiroya Hatsushiba discussed exactly these questions, and more! This short but informative read includes all sorts of fun tid-bits. My favorite excerpt details how they came up with the concept.
People who play games and people who love classical music are not necessarily sharing [the] same type of interests. Most people in Japan know the name of Chopin; however, most of the people who know of Chopin think he is just some kind of a great music composer without knowing any more about him. Most of them have heard Chopin's music but not a lot could put his name to it immediately. By creating a colorful fantasy world in Chopin's dream, I was hoping that people would get into this game easily and also come to know how great Chopin's music is.
I don't think the concept of a action RPG romp through a dead composer's brain will ever get old. Lets just hope they apply this concept to other people. I'm looking at you Edgar-Allen Poe.
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 8 August 2007
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Asterik, I would recommend hunting down the excellent PC adventure game The Dark Eye. If you are a Poe fan, and enjoy stop-motion animation, here's the game for you.
I'm officially stoked about this game. The demo is gorgeous, the characters endearing. I'm definitley putting aside the cash for this game now. Its just too pretty to turn down.
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Guess I'd better check out that demo. If it's any good at all, it'll be worthy of switching over my reservation to it from Blue Dragon (the demo for that game totally killed any hope I had for it to be good.)
I was more impressed by this demo than any other demo in recent memory. I couldn't agree more with the author's thoughts on the graphics, so much so that I've decided to definitely pick this title up on release day, and not relegate it to the GameFly rental queue. I think it will turn out to be a surprise system seller.
I'm ALL for video game romps through ANY dead artist's brain. Poe would be an excellent choice, but a Shakespearian game would set my li'l English nerd heart aflutter. And since I'm also a regular nerd, how 'bout we bring some dead scientists into the game and play as a superscience-totin' Samus-esque Marie Curie?
Even though I no longer have to long for Viva Pinata (I can just anxiously anticipate the DS version), this game still makes me want a 360.