I enjoyed Eternal Sonata quite a bit. Definitely one of the best video game sound tracks I've ever heard (which one should probably expect of a game based around music), and it certainly looks stunning. I started the encore, but have since been distracted by Halo 3.

The plot isn't exactly anything fantastic, though, which is one of my two main beefs with the game. It's fairly simplistic, which isn't really a problem, but I kept expecting something big to happen even though it never really did. A couple questions went unanswered toward the end as well, but there's not much to do about that.

My other complaint is that the script definitely tries to throw in too much shoddy philosophy into character monologue. The characters tend to babble ceaselessly during the latter half of the game, taking three times as long to say something as necessary. While the characters do tackle some important moral and philosophical issues, the manner in which the script treats these ideas hardly does them justice and it often comes off as a bit forced.

Otherwise, I really enjoy the game. The battle system was pretty sweet (although the game seriously lacked in variations of monster designs), and there's a lot in the game that's impossible to complete until the encore, which gives me a good reason to beat it again.

The 35 minute ending was a bit much, methinks.