Eternal Sonata is incredible!!! Rate it!! :)

[Dragonsoul]

I got my rental of Eternal Sonata last night. I had interest in the game but I wasn't sure if I would like it. I put it on and was awestruck! This is an amazing game!! I ended up playing for two and a half hours last night and I'm pretty sure that I'm going to buy the game and strategy guide and beat this game. It helps that this game is not too long, which means I have time for it. Here's a short review...

Eternal Sonata quick review
Graphics - 10/10[PERFECT!!!] - Movies, backgrounds, characters, monsters, special effects, menus, everything
Sound - 10/10[PERFECT!!!] - The music is great, it is remixes of Chopins music plus some new stuff right?
Controls - 9.5/10 - Great although I would prefer to manually rotate the camera to see locations/items better on the field screen.
Story - 9/10 - Great although I'm not sure yet if it has the extra spark to make it a legendary.
Characters - 9/10 - Great although I'm not sure yet if they have the extra sparks to make them legendary.
Battle System - 7/10 - This section needs some improvements. The battles are easy except for the bosses. Also you can guard attacks too easily by repeatedly pressing the guard button. Sometimes also the enemies walk around in their turn instead of attacking you. In general this innovative battle system is great but needs some more refinements.
Overall - 9/10
*Also, I read on the Rpgamer review that the game is too short, 25-35 hours. Also, the game has a music player in the menu that lets you listen to any song from the game as soon as you've heard it! There are extra bonus features in the menu also.

The game is great! I like it more than all the other rpg's I've played since I bought a Playstation 2 in November last year, except for Final Fantasy XII. Let's see Eternal Sonata fares against Final Fantasy XII! I'm going to play it more!