Odin Sphere (2007)

Developer: Vanillaware
Publisher: Square Enix, Atlus, Sony Computer Entertainment
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 17 player ratings
Where to get it: Website

How it feels

A beautifully illustrated fairy-tale tragedy that feels like turning the pages of a doomed legend, rich with romance and sorrow as interwoven destinies march toward an inevitable end.

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About

The nation of Valentine was once a grand kingdom with powerful magic. With the power of a magical relic known as the "Cauldron," King Valentine subdued the neighboring nations and brought them under his control. His kingdom enjoyed a long period of prosperity... but a sudden disaster destroyed it overnight. War broke out between the Fairy Kingdom of Ringford and the warrior nation of Ragnanival over ownership of the now-abandoned Cauldron, and control of the wasteland that was once Valentine. With the battle growing fiercer by the day, Demon Lord Odin, King of Ragnanival, sets forth a plan to conquer Ringford and claim the Cauldron once and for all. Meanwhile, in the neutral realm of Titania, King Edmund had become a puppet king of his court sorcerer Urzur, who schemes to follow a forgotten prophecy and bring about the Armageddon; a prophecy stating that the world will be destroyed in five great disasters, but the survivors will become kings. As the nations struggle for control, the world steadily slips unknowingly toward its demise, and the prophecies become clear...

What players say

A stunningly hand-drawn, fairy-tale storybook action-RPG with a gorgeous art style and rich Norse-flavored mood; a forgotten PS2 gem held back by repetitive combat and the original's notorious slowdown.

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