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This title was first released in , with its European release managed by Namco Bandai and developed by tri-Crescendo. The game itself manages to offer you a very interesting story built around an eccentric pianist from Poland named Frederic Chopin. As one of the most respected musicians of all-time, the game takes place in a fictional world that Chopin dreams up.

How good, though, is the game? Does it live up to the majesty of the mind of its inspiration? When you want to play an RPG like this, you might find it hard to notice a game with a direct comparison. While it takes ideas from many RPGs of the same era, especially the Final Fantasy series in many ways, Eternal Sonata is a game that really does play its own tune in more ways than one.

The games battle system revolves around musical concepts and bespoke character attacks. The games intriguing setup, character setting, and plot, though, very much make for an experience that is worth trying out and sharing. One of the main things to like about Eternal Sonata is that it tends to use the work of Stanislav Bunin. Bunin is a well-regarded pianist, but his work is composed and arranged by Motoi Sakuraba.

The game uses classical piano music and cutscenes loaded with real paintings and photography. In contrast to the cutesy cell-shading of the game world, this creates a really intriguing, interesting looking design that is easy to love.

The game was well-received critically upon release, with most remarking that it offered a game that was totally different to most RPGs on the market. Add in an emotional story and a very unique setting that moved away from the well-worn tropes of the era, and Eternal Sonata really did offer something a little bit different.

The visuals are gorgeous, the music is among the best in any RPG, and the battle system is innovative enough to keep you coming back for more. The game features a selection of Chopin's compositions played by pianist Stanislav Bunin, though the original compositions were composed and arranged by Motoi Sakuraba. It is notable for its use of classical piano pieces, educational cutscenes featuring real paintings and photographs in contrast to the cel-shading graphics of the game and lush landscape design.

Eternal Sonata follows many general conventions in a typical role-playing video game; the player controls a party of up to twelve characters to explore the world, talking with its inhabitants, buying and selling equipment at shops, and encountering monsters while in the field.

These encounters are visible, and the player can opt to avoid the encounter, if possible, as well as gaining an edge on the monsters by approaching them from behind. Experience points are awarded to all members of the party, though at a reduced rate for those not involved in combat, and characters will improve in various statistics with each experience level as well as learning special combat skills. Weapons, armor, and accessories can be used to improve these statistics, which can be purchased through money earned in combat, found in chests, or by selling both equipment and photographs which can be taken by the character Beat during battle.

The player may also find Score Pieces scattered about the world, which represent short musical phrases. Various NPCs in the game will offer to perform with the party, requiring the player to match a Score Piece to the phrase offered by the NPC, with the resulting composition being ranked. Discordant matches will result in no reward, but close or perfect matches will gain a bonus item from the NPC. While the main combat system is turn-based using only 3 characters within the party, it incorporates elements of an action game.

Each character's turn is preceded by 'Tactical Time', a period of time which the player can use to decide the course of action to take with that character. Once the player initiates an action or 'Tactical Time' expires a function of the Party Class Level , the player then has a limited amount of time denoted by an Action Gauge to move the character, attack the enemy, and use recovery skills or items.

Regular attacks are made at melee or ranged distances depending on the weapon choice of the character, and add a small quantity of time back to the Action Gauge, and additionally add to the party's 'Echoes' meter.

Special skills which can include both offensive attacks and recovery skills will consume whatever Echoes have been generated to that point, and will have a more powerful effect relative to that number. When a character defends against an attack, there is a short period before the attack strikes where the player can press a button to block some of the damage for the attack, or to possibly even counterattack the blow and interrupt the monster's turn.

Recovery and other one-time-use items are kept in a common pouch with a limited capacity; the player must 'set' items in the pouch so that they can be cycled through and triggered during battle. Light and dark areas on the battle field generated by the time of day, environment, and shadows of the characters and monsters will affect combat.

Each party character has one or more special skills that are active in lit areas, and a similar number but with very different effects in a dark area. Monsters themselves may have a dissimilar set of powers in the area of the battlefield they are in, while other monsters will actually change form when they move between lit and dark areas. The player can manipulate the nature of areas using special items, but this can also be affected by the monsters themselves, or through dynamic changes on the battlefield such as the shadow of a cloud moving across the ground.

As the player progresses through the game, they will increase their Party Class Level. Each improvement in level grants some bonuses while also imposing additional limits on combat. For example, one Party Class improvement increases the number of slots for special skills for each character, but at the same time, cuts down the amount of Tactical Time and time available in the Action Gauge.

This Level cannot be altered by the player in their first playthrough, but can be adjusted to the player's choice in Encore Mode. The game for the most part takes place within the dream world of Chopin, with brief segments in the real world, where Chopin is on his death bed. The story is divided into eight chapters, with each chapter being represented by one of Chopin's compositions, and being related to events within his historical life.

The story begins with a small group of characters wishing to meet with Count Waltz of Forte regarding the mineral powder, but eventually evolves into a far-reaching tale, with political espionage and rebellion being a commonly explored theme. Escapism is also a large theme in the game, one dealt with explicitly in the ending.

It starts with Polka, a young girl that has magic, which means she is going to die soon. One day, after being rejected by the citizens of Ritardando, because average people think the magic disease is contagious, she decides that she wants to do something with her life before it ends. The initial party wants to find out why the mineral powder is so cheap compared to the floral powder and to stop the mining of Mt.

Rock to acquire it because the mining damages Agogo Forest. As they progress, the party learns that the mineral powder has fatal side effects that would aid Forte's insurrection against its enemy, Baroque. Realising this, the party heads for Forte, but are stopped and taken into the Forte dungeon because Forte was alerted to the planned arrival of the rebellion group, Andantino.

Shortly after escaping, the party unites with Andantino and are spotted by the same Forte personnel south of Fort Fermata which is a short walk from Forte , and fall off a bridge into a river. Half of the party, along with Andantino, go through poisonous swamps to Andante, the hideout of Andantino. The other half of the party were saved by Prince Crescendo of Baroque, with his ship. They encounter pirates and defeat them shortly thereafter.

After getting safely into Baroque, the party discuss the situation. Forte is threatening a war, but Baroque wants peace. Crescendo thinks of the plan to assassinate Count Waltz of Forte, but the plan is quickly discarded.

The party discovers the history of Baroque and Forte.