I finally did it. Even though all of my characters sucked and I sucked at Odin Sphere in general, I was able to overcome the five Armageddon bosses. In order to do that, I had to replay parts of each of the character’s chapters in order to make some items necessary for my own survival. I’m in awe of the person who beat the last boss without getting hit once. Now that I’m done with that, I can post impressions for the other characters’ stories.

Odin Sphere was the third RPG I beat this summer. My next while probably be either Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne or Pokemon Pearl (I had to take a bit of a hiatus ) Beating this many RPGs is very good for my backlog, since I’ll be acquiring Persona 3 and Grim Grimoire soon. Ugh, I can’t wait.

I’m ashamed to say this, but I’ve basically watched none of the “new” Spring 2007 anime, besides Gurren Lagann, that is. Since Spring started, I’ve watched 12 episodes of Gurren Lagann, one episode of Hitohira and one episode of Murder Princess. Yea, pretty pathetic. I do sort of plan on fixing it. I’m really looking at Lucky Star right now.

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I must start this post by saying that this is by far my favorite story so far, although I’ve only played the first three, so it really doesn’t much. Still, out of the three I’ve seen, “Valkyrie” reminded me of a play the most. My, if it had more irony (or any irony,) I would think it was Shakespearean (ok, not really, but you get the drift.)

“Valkyrie” is a love story, through and through. While there is certainly love in the the other stories, they are not quite as strong as the love in “Valkyrie” (and I’m willing to bet that “The Black Sword” has quite a bit as well.) Unlike the other characters, the Valkyrie’s actions are totally dictated by love. Please keep in mind that there are spoilers for the game. Just think of this as if this were an anime episode summary.

Image shamelessly taken from: アカラサマナ

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I just recently started playing a little game called Odin Sphere. Sad to say, I’ve become addicted. At the time that I started writing this post, I had already beaten the first two characters in the game playing a total of 15-16 hours. The funny thing is, I’ve only been playing it since late Saturday night (EST.) That, and I have work until 4 pm. I whole lot of my free time this week has been put into this game; that’s just how much I love it.

The way the game is set up, it’s almost like a play with each individual character starring their own little stories. Even the game refers to its scenes as ‘acts.’ Therefore, I decided to treat each character plot as its own play and give them separate impression posts. Below, you will find the links to each post with the title of their stories. There are some general impressions after the jump.

Story Impressions:
“Valkyrie”
“The Pooka Prince”
“Fairy Land”
“The Black Sword”
“Fate”