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First-person fantasy shooter doesn't live up to PS2 promise

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 22 / 26
Date: November 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm a huge RPG fan, and got this immediately for the PS2. You are Cain, son of a noble father who wishes to help the King. A typical beginning, and unfortunately the first-person shooter graphics are also of Playstation-One quality, hardly taking advantage of the speed and power of the PS2.

The cut scenes are uninspiring, with mouths moving much longer than it takes to get through the text. The monsters, like tadpoles and wasps, will drop water gems and feather gems for you to collect. The graphics are reasonable, but not up to some of the other PS2 game levels. Really, though, what you seek are the rings.

There are tons of rings in the game, and by equipping combinations of them you can create yourself a great number of spells or powers. Gameplay in this sense is quite intriguing - you can easily get caught up in gathering rings, figuring out which items work best for your style of gameplay, and fight to the end. Combat is reasonably interesting.

In general, though, I play RPG and action games not just to shoot hordes of monsters, but to really get involved with the characters. I just can't care about Cain - he has no personality, and it often seems like just a dungeon crawl (i.e. killing anything in your path) instead of a real game. I think they might have rushed this one to get out in time for the PS2 release, and hope that their next release will spend more time in development.

What were some of you people blinded by?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What can I say about this game... well, lets start with the facts. I bought it off the bargain shelf, figured it will be okay. So I put it in my PS2 and well, it starts. I watch the opening cinema like *hey this looks cool* so I go into this dungeon and I start to play. I am instantly in shock. First person? WHAT?! WHO THE HECK EVER HEARD OF A FIRST PERSON RPG? Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself, just cause it's first person doesn't mean its bad. So I'm walking through this cave and I think... hmm, the walls and rooms all look the same... there's no map... how do I know where I'm going? So after a few minutes of cycling through the same rooms (at least i THINK they were) I end up in the room with an enemy. Then I think "where is the health bar? And how do I use magic and stuff?" Oh well lets see what the sword can do. So I walk up to it and stab it. well, the sword is a little stick that simply seems to poke out of your chest. Yeah, its the only move in the game, bummer. And its impossible to see where the point of that sword is going! You can only tell if you hit an enemy if it gets a light red color. By the way, the enemies just stand in front of you, they dont seem to care if you stab em... so I stab it, it dies, and I'm thinking "that was lame." Now in this other room, I see a bunch of enemies. One bat comes up to me *now i cant stab it because the sword seems to stab only in front of me, not above OR below.* the bat bites me a few times and all im doing is pressing the sword button. I die. Then what happens? After 15 minutes of wandering uselessly around what looks like the same room, I have to start all over, and get lost in whatever this game thinks is "fun". Ill give it this: the cutscene graphics are good but that is truly not enough to save this piece of junk. If you buy this game, please prepare to make a sign on your wall with a target that says "BANG HEAD HERE"

not bad... not great.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

if i could've given this game 2.5 stars, i would have, because i feel like that's the perfect rating for it: 50%, average, middle of the road, etc... i went ahead and gave it three stars because of it's teen rating, i think i would've loved this game when i was 14 or so.

i've always loved action rpgs, and this game had some elements that i really enjoyed. i particularly liked the ring making process; i loved throwing some stones together with a ring and sayin', "hm... i wonder what this'll do...". however, the "action" portion of the game was lacking a bit; sword use and animation was rather dull, while the spell casting was a little bit more fancy. and, though they would've been way better as analog, the digital controls were very easy to get used to.

also, one of my favorite parts of most actions rpgs is the puzzles, and this game was severely lacking in that category, with most things being so blatently obvious that i spent a lot of time tryig to figure out what the real puzzle was, only to find out that there was none.

the graphics, contrary to what others might say, are better than PSOne, but they're not as good as other PS2 offerings (for example, unreal tournament) and the backgrounds are indeed very repetative. but the motion was super smooth, never a flicker, no matter how many things were attacking me at once.

i am not one who generally cares too much about the story of the games so much as the gameplay itself, but for those of you who enjoy a robust storyline in your rpgs, this title is pretty much not for you. the story is vague and only really touches on the game occaisionally... at least that's the way i felt about it...

the game itself was altogether too short (in saying that i guess i show that i did like the game), i couldn't believe it was over when it ended. but while it lasted i did enjoy playing it; it wasn't awfully hard, it wasn't a perfect piece of cake, but it was a fairly fun way to spend a couple of nights on the PS2.

since you can easily beat it in a few nights worth of dedicated play, and there's almost no replay value, i say rent this over a three day weekend and go buy unreal tournament with the rest of your money.

rent it don't buy it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 13
Date: December 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I decided to rent this game and see if it was any good. I beat the thing in four days. I was very dissapointed in the end boss and the ending. The talking sequences sucked. The only thing i liked about the game is the fact that it is a rpg. So my recomendation is walk don't run to the video store and if you are really bored and love frustration, rent this game.

Fast Play, Great Graphics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: October 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Although this game is not out in the U.S. I have had the opportunity to see it in person, one of the privileges of being military overseas. This game has great graphics and is quick to keep up with your fingers. Countless game scenes with several characters to fight. You will be in your set for long hours trying to beat this game and if your not in your set your at the eye doctor trying to correct your vision from hours of intense visual stimulation.

This game sucks bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: April 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I had a lot of high expectations for what to expect when the PS2 first came out. This was one of the first games I had bought with the console. It is by far the worst game I own. The characters move slow the dialog does not match with the characters mouth or motions. It obviously was intended to be used on a PC platform and Agetec rushed it out for the PS2. The puzzles are simple the game is slow and the character and the controls are clumsy. This game is a big mistake, I will not buy any other games from Agetec until I know for certain that it is a good game.

NiCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEE!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: October 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, the graffics are so realistic and the game play is fun, this is a good game to buy. Once you start playing you won't be able to put that controler down...buy the game, you will be pleased

Great game, just a few problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Personally I don't see why all you computer geek jerks have to rate a game lousy because it isn't what you would call Shenmue or Final Fantasy. For regular people like me, a game like this is just perfect if you're in a good mood and if you like to get hooked on things. I bought this game at a store for 29.99 and I was proud to add this one to my Playstation 2 archive of games. This game has some of the most creative concepts of an RPG that I have ever seen. Characters have smooth movements and detailed bodies. Backgrounds aren't the best I've ever seen, but they are good. The game runs on a steady 60 frames per second. Sure, it needs analog control, but other than that, it is very fun to play and the controls are easy to learn. The puzzles are somewhat obvious but they are still fun to figure out. If you still don't want to spend the money on this game just yet, rent it first. See if you like it. If you don't, then that's okay. Just don't be a snotty jackass about it.

Kings Field for the PS2!!.....kinda

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: September 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you have enjoyed the King's Field series of games then you'll enjoy Eternal Ring, if not then you probably won't; which is why the rating probably suffers on this site. Creating the rings can be tricky, but after you READ (just the ring creation part) the manual and make a few rings you'll grasp the formulae. NOTE: save before creating rings. Rich environments, detailed monsters(some huge)and pretty cool spell effects. King's Field is the key..if you thought it was cool this is.........SWEET !! All others give it a try ....even though it is an acquired taste.

Please don't buy this game :(

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game was made by the same people who brought you the dismal Ever Grace and features a thin plot, poor controls, graphics and playability on top of what was originally a good idea. An example of the poor coding in this game?--monsters can hit you with projectiles THROUGH WALLS (and you could hit them only if you knew where they were)! Talk about bad coding :(

Zakarius

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