2013-01-15, 12:32 AM
(2013-01-14, 12:49 AM)Guyra link Wrote: Eternal Ring was a let down in my opinion. It felt rushed, and it probably was as well, to make sure they'd make the deadline for having a launch title for the PS2.
The Moonlight Sword easter eggs are really nice, and I just had to use the swords in both Souls games. ;)
I always assumed Eternal Ring was a Dreamcast exclusive, though I definitely remember playing with it in a store and having/getting the impression that it would not be very good. That said it came out in 2000 which was the year I graduated... there is a big chunk of my life when I was not paying attention to popular media because I was all rearing to take on the world as a young adult the way college age kids are told they are supposed to. It took me a few years to figure out that the world wasn't worth the bother
I feel like Aaron Swartz probably wouldn't have opted out of the land of the living if there was more of a culture of balancing out things in life. There's just too much stress and tumult in being a modern day model social animal. It's a minefield for people prone to depression.
I would totally pick up Eternal Ring if it shows up on PSN... I'm just too lazy to torrent it and load it onto my PS2 harddrive. Though I might see if there is a direct download on the internet somewhere. In fact the PS2 games on the PSN have actually been pretty glitchy, so I may stop buying them period.
I feel like Dark Souls would probably be a better offering if it was character driven like Eternal Ring, but there would be no multiplayer then I suppose. Gotta server the 1% of players that want that I suppose. I bet the PS3 Castlevania a while back was really awful, but From could probably make an awesome 3D Castlevania. The controls are the worst thing about Demons' Soul's but if they were simplified they would probably work pretty well for a Castlevania.