The Sword of Etheria

The Sword of Etheria

released on Jun 30, 2005

The Sword of Etheria

released on Jun 30, 2005

The Sword of Etheria is an action, hack and slash and role-playing video game developed and published by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. Set in an alternate world; humans, gods, and spiritual beings known as "Katenas" coexist. Katenas are powerful warriors with the ability to encase themselves in full suits of armor called "Lexes". The Katenas are the envoys of the gods. The three great Katenas, chosen by the gods, are collectively referred to as "Oz". Both humans and Katenas are overseen by the gods. As in Greek mythology, the gods are described as omnipotent, ambitious, self-serving, and power-hungry. The major source of their power is light; as they consume light, they cast parts of the world into darkness for centuries. The gods seek to destroy humanity and drain the planet's energy source, "Etheria".


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A clunky shonen-y Wizard of Oz meets Paradise Lost meets Kingdom Hearts kinda action game with one (1) mechanic that gets squeezed for as much value as possible in the 7 hours of its runtime.

You bounce enemies around with your one combo, charge your special attack meter, and then use the special attack on whatever is the puzzle-like thing that needs to be special attacked in this level. And then you do it a bunch more, with slight variations, until you get through all the 19 levels. (I like the bit where you have to use your one throwy combo to feed enemies to giant worms. Highlight of the game together with that one late-game enemy that rides a lil scooter around)

Kind of a bad game tbh, but I enjoyed it well enough. The character designs are good, and the combat doesn't require much thinking, so y'know, it's cool. Good game to play while sick.

O jogo é bom, tem seu charme, uma ótima trilha sonora e vários finais. Em contraponto, tem pouca variedade de inimigos e é meio repetitivo. Se o jogo permitisse trocar de personagem dinamicamente nos capitulos seria otimo pra não ter essa sensação.

Posso dizer que curti o jogo e por ser curto, não é tão problemático o que pontuei.

Ejemplo claro de que la nota promedio es de chichinabo, este juego es bueno. No una locura pero sí bueno.

Exactly as good as you'd expect a 2005 Konami RPG that wasn't fully localised to be. Good art direction and a hilarious unintelligible re-imagining of the Wizard of Oz draped over a very barebones combat and mission structure. There's a hint of creative flair that makes this at least a little intriguing, but it's just not worth looking at for anything besides curiosity.