Eternal Sonata/YMMV: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m update links |
m update links |
||
Line 3:
* [[Anvilicious]] - The game is not particularly subtle. During the credits, the characters break the fourth wall and impart their beliefs to the player..
* [[Cliché Storm]]
* [[Complete Monster]]: Count Waltz is definitely this considering the fact that he {{spoiler|willingly turned his whole country into a bunch of mindless slaves for his own ambitions.}}
** He also {{spoiler|ordered Legato to destroy the world with his last breaths}}, [[Kick the Dog|slapped Polka at one occasion]] and {{spoiler|[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|completely destroyed the protagonists in a political debate in the last encounter with him]] .}}
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] - As might be expected in a game revolving around music, there are many possible choices, but some of the stand-out themes are: The mediocrity sought out by everyone, A flicker which divides light and darkness, Leap the precipice, I bet my belief, and The boundary between snow and ice. Sakuraba really outdid himself for this game. And then, of course, there are the Chopin pieces themselves, which were performed by professional pianist Stanislav Bunin. "Heaven's Mirror" also qualifies for many fans.
Line 9:
* [[Designated Hero]] - Allegretto is the onscreen avatar, despite Frederic ostensibly being the main character.
* [[Designated Villain]] - Legato, who seems to be [[Only Sane Man|an actually reasonable person]] whose only real crime was [[Punch Clock Villain|serving Count Waltz]]. {{spoiler|Even after going [[One-Winged Angel]] he still remains a [[Designated Villain]], as all he does is run away to a distant tower in a desert on the moon where he can't really harm anyone.}} The [[PlayStation 3]] version makes it even clearer that Legato is just serving Waltz, who is the real villain.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] - Captain Dolce, leader of the [[Terrible Trio]] [[Goldfish Poop Gang]], has gained some popularity over on the [[
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Captain Dolce and Rondo, all the way.
* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]] - Chopin and Polka have better chemistry than the [[Official Couple]]...despite the fact A) she's analogous to his real-life [[Dead Little Sister]], and B) he's twenty-five years older. A lot of this depends on what version you're playing, though. The [[PlayStation 3]] [[Updated Rerelease]] goes a long way to improve the chemistry between Allegretto and Polka by adding a number of new interactions between them and compleltely altering others. One of the most notable is that in the [[Xbox 360]] release, Allegretto does not so much as mention Polka when Beat and Frederic first return to Ritardando. In the PS3 version, however, he most certainly does ask after her and then starts to head off to Tenuto to go after her before grudgingly agreeing to stay and give Frederic a tour of the town. Later, when he actually does slip away on his own, in the PS3 version he shows great concern for Polka's health, as well as frustration at the idea that she doesn't want to do things for herself. In the [[Xbox]] scene, he doesn't express any concern about her illness and instead of the sequence being about his feelings for Polka, it's just a lot of moralizing about the suspicious nature of human beings.
* [[Game Breaker]] - Harmony Chains at Party Level 6 can be exploited to greatly reduce almost all difficulty you may encounter after that point. Level up Polka to 48 (40 in the [[PlayStation]] 3 version) so that she learns Blossom Shower and, for her sake, since she is admittedly squishy, keep her as far away from the action as possible and in sunlight. Once you're able to consistently pull off a 5 or 6 Harmony Chain, Polka can use Blossom Shower to heal everyone for a sizable amount at infinite range every turn. It also works with Viola and her Heal Arrow, but the trade off is that while Viola can deal absolutely absurd damage from long-range, Heal Arrow isn't as powerful as Blossom Shower.
** Before that, selling photographs can net you ungodly sums of money early on, making a mockery of the cost of curatives and equipment for 99% of the game.
Line 29:
* [[That One Boss]]: Count Waltz definitely counts for this: Crazy fast, crazy strong, and positively brutal specials, if you don't block. Volcano Concussio can KO even [[Mighty Glacier|Jazz]]. {{spoiler|This is also when you have to fight Legato at the same time, who's been turned into a dragon thanks to the mineral powder.}}
** Tuba, mainly because the first time you fight him, Beat (if he's in the party) gets forced out. The second time, Beat is forced in. Either way, it can seriously screw up your formation from the start, [[Oh Crap|and if you haven't been levelling Beat for that second fight...]]
** Captain Dolce counts for this in your first fight with her due to the fact that the characters you have to fight her with are completely under-leveled and you don't have access to any good healing at the time. She also has strong and quick attacks, and has two minions who are both powerful and will revive each other if one is knocked out, meaning you have to kill both them quickly, all while holding off Captain Dolce.
** Also Fugue, who's capable of inflicting Stop? Check. Fast? Check. Gets two turns in a row? Check. Capable of killing [[Fragile Speedster|Salsa]] in a single round if you're unlucky? You bet your ass!
** And Rondo, due to the fact that she's VERY difficult to guard against, due to her speed. And she can inflict [[Standard Status Effects|status]], damn her. Plus {{spoiler|Falsetto}} gets forced into the third slot of your party moments before the fight, which can screw up your formation, [[Oh Crap|and if your healer gets kicked out...]]
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]] - One of the most original concepts for a game--the dying dream of Fredrick Francois Chopin--given one of the most [[Cliché Storm|unoriginal executions]] ever. That Chopin is mostly [[Out of Focus]] for the majority of the game (except for his not-so-subtle monologues that come out of nowhere) does not help either.
* [[Toy Ship]] - Beat and Salsa.
* [[What an Idiot!]] - Prince Crescendo's plan to {{spoiler|surrender himself to [[Card-Carrying Villain]] Count Waltz}} would, rather than ending the war peacefully, {{spoiler|have allowed Forte to invade a weakened and confused Baroque}}. Everyone else seems to understand this, and tells him so. Although that's nothing compared to what happens next: Count Waltz, {{spoiler|rather than ordering his men to fire and kill the heroes, instead decides to take them all on himself for 'fun', accompanied only by a dragon that's extremely easy to defeat. He is then brutally killed. Unless you're playing the [[[[[PlayStation 3]]]]] version, in which case he survives.}}
** {{spoiler|And for some reason the entire dragon ARMY that accompanied him is gone afterwards, without any explanation!}}
** And then {{spoiler|Waltz's advisor}} decides to drink the {{spoiler|super mineral powder}} and turn himself into a giant monster for no apparent reason, even though he knows ''it will eventually kill him'' even if the heroes didn't. {{spoiler|Unless you're playing the [[[[[PlayStation 3]]]]] version, in which case, it is Count Waltz who orders him to drink it.}}
| |||