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[SinDelta]

10/10 Game. Up there with Ocarina of Time as one of the best games I have ever played.

Has a scale of story and grandeur I have rarely seen pulled off with success in any medium.
Artwork and detail is amazing.
Food and codex deserve special mention.
Combat can get crazy.
Edit - OST is god tier.

Spoiler: Massive Spoilers

Spoiler thoughts-

Velvets Pooka form is cute.

Everyone got various degress of fucked even in the true ending. In hindsight unfortunately not surprising given its Ragnarok.

Fire people and fairy people both get removed from existence because King Onyx is a giant fucking asshole. King Valentine (though he clearly had extreme mental issues), King Gallon, the three wise men are also giant fucking assholes. Odin also, even if he thought he was doing the right thing.

Mercedes. Jesus Christ her fate was a kick in the nuts, especially after her entire story arch.

 

[Ailynn]

Loved this game! ♥

 

[poodaddy]

I've owned this game for years, I need to get around to playing it at some point.

 

[Danjin44]

It's a fantastic game.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I have to play it again.

Actually im playing vía ps2 emulator. But im looking to get the ps4 version.

 

[Labadal]

The game is great, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's probably a 9/10 for me. The story is underappreciated. That art and music are great. Combat is fluid and fun. Its issue is the repetitiveness of levels and boss encounters. Vanillaware nailed it with this game, and I want more side scrolling action from them.

If anyone intends to play it, I recommend the PS4 version over the PS2 version. Basically all of my complaints were alleviated.

 

[Amiga]

10/10 Game. Up there with Ocarina of Time as one of the best games I have ever played.

Has a scale of story and grandeur I have rarely seen pulled off with success in any medium.
Artwork and detail is amazing.
Food and codex deserve special mention.
Combat can get crazy.

Spoiler: Massive Spoilers

Spoiler thoughts-

Velvets Pooka form is cute.

Everyone got various degress of fucked even in the true ending. In hindsight unfortunately not surprising given its Ragnarok.

Fire people and fairy people both get removed from existence because King Onyx is a giant fucking asshole. King Valentine (though he clearly had extreme mental issues), King Gallon, the three wise men are also giant fucking assholes. Odin also, even if he thought he was doing the right thing.

Mercedes. Jesus Christ her fate was a kick in the nuts, especially after her entire story arch.

the soundtrack is awesome

 

[SinDelta]

the soundtrack is awesome

This also. Soundtrack gives me chills.

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

I have to play it again.

Actually im playing vía ps2 emulator. But im looking to get the ps4 version.

Avoid the PS2 version it's very obsolete by this point and speaking as one who finished both versions, go with the Leifthrasir version (PS3/PS4/VITA) the improvements to the gameplay is so substantial it's not even funny (or fun) to go back to the simplistic and frankly very repetitive PS2 version, and Leifthrasir is often on sale especially on the big in Japan sales.

 

[The Cartographer]

Hey OP, favorite playable character?
Mine is probably Oswald.

 

[Sintoid]

Avoid the PS2 version it's very obsolete by this point and speaking as one who finished both versions, go with the Leifthrasir version (PS3/PS4/VITA) the improvements to the gameplay is so substantial it's not even funny (or fun) to go back to the simplistic and frankly very repetitive PS2 version, and Leifthrasir is often on sale especially on the big in Japan sales.

And it also contains original version

 

[Danjin44]

Hey OP, favorite playable character?
Mine is probably Oswald.

Mine is Velvet.

 

[Fake]

Glad you like.

 

[Amiga]

Vanillaware's previous game, Grim Grimoire, is also great. only on PS2 AFAIK.

 

[SinDelta]

Hey OP, favorite playable character?
Mine is probably Oswald.

Mercedes.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Her story was a fantastic heroes journey from a princess who is not prepared to rule, learning how to rule, putting down a rebellion, to waging total war against her mother's killer Odin and winning. Until she and her kingdom died horribly because King Onyx is a giant fucking asshole.

All of the characters and stories were exceptional in their own way.

 

[The Cartographer]

Mine is Velvet.

She has my favorite weapon in the game but somehow I prefer Oswald's fighting style.

Mercedes.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Her story was a fantastic heroes journey from a princess who is not prepared to rule, learning how to rule, putting down a rebellion, to waging total war against her mother's killer Odin and winning. Until she and her kingdom died horribly because King Onyx is a giant fucking asshole.

All of the characters and stories were exceptional in their own way.

Exceptional is certainly the most fitting word here because everything about Odin Sphere is unparalleled (unless you count other Vanillaware titles).

 

[Danjin44]

She has my favorite weapon in the game but somehow I prefer Oswald's fighting style.

I like her weapon and fighting style and also like her fire magic attacks.