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IGDB / 9110

Odin Sphere

2007 80 / 100 Role-playing (RPG)
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 Show full summary

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...

World design Linear ExperienceChoices Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused GameplayRole-playing

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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...

ExperienceChoices Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused GameplayRole-playing GenreRole-playing (RPG) ThemeAction ThemeFantasy ThemeHistorical ThemeRomance Traita.i. companion Traitalchemy Traitanime Traitartificial intelligence Traitberserkers Traitboss fight Traitchicken Traitcooking Traitdeath Traitdifficulty level Traitdigital distribution Traitdivine punishment Traitdwarves Traitfairy Traitgoblins Traithealer Traitheroes Traitheroic sacrifice Traitice stage Traitleveling up Traitlinear gameplay Traitmagic Traitmanga Traitmultiple endings Traitmultiple protagonists Traitmultiple storylines Traitmythology Traitnew game plus Traitnorse mythology Traitoriginal soundtrack release Traitparty system Traitpixel art Traitplaystation network Traitplot twist Traitpoisoning Traitprince Traitprincess Traitps2 Traitps2 classics Traitreal-time combat Traitretroachievements Traitroyalty Traitsave point Traitsheep Traitside-scrolling Traitstatus effects Traittreasure chest Traittrolls Traitundead Traitupgradeable weapons Traitvoice acting Traitworld map

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Developer
Vanillaware
Publisher
Square Enix, Atlus, Sony Computer Entertainment
Franchise
Standalone
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Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Historical, Romance
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Platform releases

  • PlayStation 2 Mar 14, 2008
  • PlayStation 2 Apr 04, 2008
  • PlayStation 2 May 22, 2007
  • PlayStation 2 May 17, 2007
  • PlayStation 2 Mar 13, 2008
  • PlayStation 3 Oct 04, 2011

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