My aunt and uncle bought me this for christmas when I got my ps2 and I never played it cause it was too hard... then later in life I played it and became addicted lol. This game will always hold a place in my heart, along with Starsiege Tribes for PC
Oh man the learning curve in the beginning is crazy but it becomes so captivating later on you gonna play the other games in the series im starting with shadow tower
Eternal Ring is one of my favorite childhood games, and I hope it gets a remake, because I want to see the potential pulled out and made into a better game.
I loved this game as a kid,literally haven’t played it in like 15 years but I still can hear the music from the 1st cave perfectly ( didn’t have a memory card back in the day so I got really familiar with the 1st cave and the town right after)
Like you said, the subverted expectations of the starting town seems like it could have been a really great opportunity to get the player invested in the story and genuinely want revenge on the antagonist for killing the characters they had grown attached too. It seems like the game had a lot of cool ideas between this and the crafting system, but it ends up falling flat due to poor mechanics and unnecessary/bad voice acting. Overall great review, thanks for talking about the OST, I'll have to check it out in full sometime.
To each there own. I hated this game due to everything mentioned in this video. I was cursed with this game as a Christmas gift as a kid, so I completed it out of sheer spite. You did miss a couple areas, one of which is impossible to find without a guide, which is honestly one of the only semi fun areas in the game, with a secret boss. Located at the very beginning of the game, only accessible once you make a light or dark based spell (which by the way, one shots every mob in the game including the final boss soulus) and you back track tothe beach you got off the boat at, and walk the other way. There's a door you use thespell on, and the dungeon is nearly the size of the rest of the game. The rewards are the ultimate magic sword which beefs up your magic Stat, and a fist weapon called kaiserknuckles, which doesn't let you cast magic, but allows you to one hit the final boss by punching the infant in the face.
Finished the game today myself after one very fucking long 8 hour session and luckily found your channel because of it. Excited to go through all your other vids, mate.
I replayed this in 2019 after first completing it in 2010 and I have to say it still feels like a slow-paced fever dream. I've seen reviews where people absolutely rip into it for being so barren and downright boring, but the more you progress throughout it you definitely get the impression it was always meant to be like that from an artistic standpoint. Even the music reflects the experience - it's not a game for the impatient. Speaking of which, that was always the best part for me - definitely one of my favourite game OSTs. I almost snapped up a physical copy a while back but sadly the price is just too ridiculous now. Good job finding that interview with one of the composers too. Another composer, Chase Bethea, did a short but effective analysis of a couple of the tracks and he really drew attention to the highlights of it, look it up if you're interested. By the way, the guy who's looking at those gems is actually the acting-Captain and eventually turns into that angel-demon who you also encounter later on in the game. But the thing that really escaped me the first time round was that the guy sleeping, the proper Captain, actually turns into the werewolf boss you fight after everything gets burnt down (which you can deduce if you talk to the Healer, she says he started thrashing around at one point and injured or killed someone in the process). There're numerous details like this throughout the game which completely bypassed me on my first playthrough which gave me a newfound appreciation for it. The developers certainly knew what they were after but sadly it's been superseded by newer games. The only reason people still know about Eternal Ring is because either they're digging into the history of From Software or the PS2 itself, or they still own the actual game from when they initially got it with the console.
I still have the original dvd. And its true, it feels like a fever dream cause no one talked about it ever and it still was an experience that most likely no one else ever experienced.
I think this might be the last time I try to cover the entire story in such depth It took too long and I wanted to pull my hair out and I don't know how much it actually added to the video.
This was the first video I've seen from you and I really appreciated it! I mostly watched this because I knew I'd never really wanna go back and play it, so having the story integrated rounded it out for me.
I know it has flaws, but I love the system of "make your own magic" I have played through with every attribute, the support rings are much better than you would think (if you focus on a single element) and there are even support rings that improve your sword's damage. So technically you could do a sword run (which I will now try lol) also the earth heal, healing water, and purify spells remove the need for healing items making you only need to focus on items that replenish MP.
Lol Y does everyone focus the sword when reviewing eternal ring? I barely used a melee weapon once i got fireball Of course as a consequence i do eat more magic stones/crystals but by the time you get to the ritual location (temple?) you have a good amount and enemies can drop them pretty regularly so far
Also there is one ring that makes the game a complete joke in terms of difficulty, Dark flash, partner it with power of seek and it insta kills almost every single enemy in the game, and kills bosses within a couple of hits, even works through doors and walls 😂
Something i oddly noticed: The manual seems to not exist on the interwebs which is unfortunate due to how annoying the creation of rings is. Also there is one ring not in the us version.. the ring of move it lets you go faster.. they literally took out the ability to go faster in exchange for scavenger hunt for more rings(insight replaced move.)
Yeah I've had a lot of trouble getting copies of the manual to look at for a lot of these games. The movement ring sounds sick, wish they could've found a way to incorporate both!
LYLA BabyRage Also, small correction on ring creation: the Left side does decide the element, but the Right side decides if a Magic Ring is "Offensive" or "Support". You used "support" to describe Attribute rings, but it more accurately describes rings such as "Earth Heal" or "Unpoison". The color of the right side determines this based on Offensive = Fire, Wind, Light; Support = Water, Earth, Dark. The level of magic of the ring created is based on the total gem level used in the recipe, with ranges 2-5, 8-11, 14-16, 19+ for the 4 tiers of spell strength. And it's good to note that the rings give you stat boosts, just for wearing them, and those stats affect both your offense and defense for that type of damage, so literally fight Fire with Fire. Of course, none of this is explained in-game and that adds both mystery and disappointment as you either research how to make rings or randomly try gem combinations. Great video, really nice to see people notice Eternal Ring's existence. It's definitely a game with its flaws, but it can be enjoyable to play regardless (especially if you find the bad VA to be hilarious). Emulator definitely feels clunky, but it's also on PS4 (for NA) and they made it feel a good bit better to play.
Yeah, I mostly switched to calling them support rings for ease of scriptwriting, it probably wasn't the most apt way to describe them. Thanks for these corrections though, it's definitely useful for people passing by :)
@@WREPS2GOG No problem at all, there's basically no official guide or manual for any of this stuff, so it's all made-up anyways. I just want to clear up any possible confusion people could end up with for ring creation, because it's really never explained anywhere aside from a poorly worded gamefaqs post from 2001 and in the game's speedrunning Discord.
A possible mechanic i found but, you know how you complained about the fact that the day night cycle does nothing aside from swapping npcs and locking you out of houses, well it seems there are certain things attached to time of day having to do with elements it's possibly a mechanic that either weakens or buffs certain spells but on the pause menu it mentions time of *element here* it's likely a time of day thing that buffs specific elements. And may have to do with that get to the village before nightfall that guy said at the start of the game. because i noticed that at nightfall water seems to be buffed and you start at time of fire. and the enemies within seem to drop a lot of water gems possibly implying an alignment with the water element the opposing one to fire. if my speculation is correct then i may have found something actually new in a game for once. Actually looking into it, it seems the time of day applies to the element system entirely so the time of day you start a dungeon could actually help if you are skilled in using specific elements or enemies you are fighting oppose it. I.e time of fire, fire spells are buffed fire enemies are buffed water spells are weakened and water enemies are weakened That nightfall comment at the start of the game is accurate it's hinting towards a mechanic nobody would notice it seems.
the noise looping is a game issue not emulation. back on the PS2 i had to do the final dungeon and boss with the cyclon ring noise going NON STOP. was pain. did a replay on emulation too and ya...i the poison cavern,the room you step through with the fire trap to LEAVE the canyon is the room that instagibs you...was obnoxious but glad it was documented for a fast fix,lol.
I remember when the ps2 came out , i went to a "convention" where you could buy games and i bought gladius and eternal ring and i never finished those games but when i got older i managed to get past the water gate/shrine? and finally finished it.
I know this vid is like a year old but at 12:00 when you are talking about needing a guide to find out how to make the rings, that is because the game came with a manual that explained how it worked. And you know the 10 year old me didn't read the manual either. I think this choice was made based on saving space on the cd or time related issues. Also at 14:35 I think that is an emulation error.
For sure, this was definitely during a time when I was realizing how important the user manual was to the experience for a lot of these titles. In hindsight, I probably should have confirmed whether or not that was an emulation bug, I'm happy to not be emulating for the channel anymore at this point.
I remember when I was in highschool, I used to play this game from start to end without even dying once (cuz I didn't had the memory card at that time😂). Everything and every boss fight was like a piece of cake for me but I played again after 7 years and I was like damn! I know nothing 😂😢
@ It's actually my favourite game of all time, so I would have to agree.
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@@hypsin0 fascinating dude, I have some Minor gripes with it that stop me from going 10/10 but my god, the level of freedom for a 2001 rpg game... Just great. I dont know what to play now, if shadow tower or evergrace
@ I beat the first Shadow Tower game a few weeks ago, and it was wonderful. My top FromSoft games go something like: 1.King's Field IV 2.Dark Souls 3.Shadow Tower 4.Sekiro 5.Shadow Tower: Abyss
how to make a sequel or inspired/homage to eternal ring make a game involving amulets with better controls also more different elemental variants of things and have light n dark combos
I actually really liked this game back in 2000, probably because it was my first PS2 game lol, but I loved it, felt like a genius when I worked out I had to use light or dark magic to enter the secret dungeon 😂 still tho I have good memories of eternal ring
Thanks for going through this game. I bought it myself ages ago looking for another first person RPG like Dark Messiah of Might and Magic or Oblivion, and I just... Couldn't. The control scheme was too arcane for me. It's nice to finally find out what I missed.
Damn i had no idea this was made by from software. I just remember my mom randomly giving me this game and figured it was like a playstation zelda as a kid.
I still remember that damned place. I died there so many times but punching the absolute crap out of everyone with the Kaiser Knuckle (Kaiser Knuckles?) felt cathartic
Very strange indeed. The intro was fine to me. I was hit with all the names of people and places and, gasps, I remembered them all. Yeah. No. This isn't a good criticism of the intro. Lol
why do you use pcsx2 1.4.0 in 2020? also here is my no interlacing code (Better Video Quality) patch=1,EE,001cfb44,word,00000000 //64420008 patch=1,EE,001C6EDC,word,00000000
Just hadn't updated it, but I've moved on to original hardware at this point. If I end up emulating anything for a future review, I'll try this out though!
apparently what i heard is you wake the dragons up and they kick your ass and those are the dragons from the dragon rings it seems the one you find cool is the earth one. theres a fire one that kicks your ass aswell peak evolution you dont fuck with dragons counter their element tell me how many dragons did you find in the game that werent summonable should be around 6 coolest dragon is a no go someone needs to make a video showing all the dragons and the dragon rings
yeah, trying to aim the magic is hard... good thing ther is a ring that makes all you spells become homing missiles... and one that doble cast. oh yeah, magic gets super op and broken when you esperiment with it.
I had this and King's Field 4/Ancient City. Eternal Ring was a lot smoother in control which is saying something but the PAL version I had of King's Field 4 had absolutely terrible translation that was different to the NTSC version for some reason. Like, omitting huge bits of plot or naming things in a confusing and contradicting way that made no sense in the story bad.
I've beaten the game a lot of times and enjoyed it quite a bit. The game was meant to be a more experimental title testing their new engine and cuz of that and development issues there are a TON of cut content which is why the game is so off.
i wish the modern souls games made magic a more viable playstyle. you never have enough charges/mana/ammo to make ranged attacks viable 80% of the time
@@jimmybimble8740 Yeah, anytime i got something that wasn't an offensive spell, it was a barrier or other support type spell that didn't really do much for me
@@WREPS2GOG Also a lot of the audio problems you were getting was probably because of emulation. I've played Eternal ring multiple times on both original ps2, and the port to ps4. And I never had any of these problems.
@@jimmybimble8740 Yeah, I'm very happy to have moved away from emulation so I don't have to worry about trying to differentiate between real issues and emulation issues. Thanks for letting me know though
I just started the game last night. Def tried to kill that sleeping dude too. Wake up bro! Also my sword disappeared after I got to town… dunno if I glitched, dropped it or the npc took it
If you're gonna play this game I'd recommend using a guide, there's some fun to be had with other rings that you really never get a glimpse of if you're playing blind. Also the optional dungeon found at the beginning of the game has some actual challenge to it and the reward is the Moonlight Sword which is a FromSoft staple
always loved how this game is like...4-5 hours if you play through..but 90% on your first blind playthrough you gonna end up lost in that EX forest for longer than the game itself,lol.
yes but if you grind there it takes away all challenge from the game cuz enemies there drop items that increase stats pretty good reward for practically going out of your way to do things.
This game is just plain terrible. Such a dissapointing thing after playing Kings field 4 which was excellent in every regard and had excellent level design. You should review that one instead.
@@WREPS2GOG if you liked demon and dark souls you will feel at home with kings field 4. You have an interconnected world with shortcuts everywhere, replenishing health vials, crestfallen warrior in the begining and many more similar beats. The combat gets much more fluid as you level a few stats and favor low weight weapons. Shadow tower is recomended too if you want more after that.
@@WREPS2GOG Eternal ring is probably a bad game because they probably had a troubled development coupled with getting used to the new console. But the level design is plain lazy and abysmal. Kf4 has the best level design out of all pre ps3 from software games and it even has no loading screens.
The voice acting in this game is terrible, but I have to say your narration of this video is probably worse. I've never heard more of a rushed, monotone, and lifeless description of a game in my life.
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Ah yes, the origin of the Ring-type Game genre.
what next necklaces
You're eating your words now bucko
@@_Tzer pearl ones ;)
random fact i heard: Dark souls was originally gonna be called dark ring.
@@_Tzer Yeah, and they changed it because it was slang for booty hole
Holy shit are you actually reviewing every ps2 game? Subbed :)
My aunt and uncle bought me this for christmas when I got my ps2 and I never played it cause it was too hard... then later in life I played it and became addicted lol. This game will always hold a place in my heart, along with Starsiege Tribes for PC
Oh man the learning curve in the beginning is crazy but it becomes so captivating later on you gonna play the other games in the series im starting with shadow tower
Eternal Ring is one of my favorite childhood games, and I hope it gets a remake, because I want to see the potential pulled out and made into a better game.
Agreed. Most of their first-person games would translate well into a first-person action RPG.
You have no long it took for me to find a decent video reviewing this game, thank you.
Fr, 2 years late but I'm really glad I found this one. Man's did a pretty nice job🙏
Ah yes, Elden ring version Alpha.
I loved this game as a kid,literally haven’t played it in like 15 years but I still can hear the music from the 1st cave perfectly ( didn’t have a memory card back in the day so I got really familiar with the 1st cave and the town right after)
Like you said, the subverted expectations of the starting town seems like it could have been a really great opportunity to get the player invested in the story and genuinely want revenge on the antagonist for killing the characters they had grown attached too. It seems like the game had a lot of cool ideas between this and the crafting system, but it ends up falling flat due to poor mechanics and unnecessary/bad voice acting. Overall great review, thanks for talking about the OST, I'll have to check it out in full sometime.
8:09 so we're just gonna ignore the woman humping the floor then?
To each there own. I hated this game due to everything mentioned in this video. I was cursed with this game as a Christmas gift as a kid, so I completed it out of sheer spite. You did miss a couple areas, one of which is impossible to find without a guide, which is honestly one of the only semi fun areas in the game, with a secret boss. Located at the very beginning of the game, only accessible once you make a light or dark based spell (which by the way, one shots every mob in the game including the final boss soulus) and you back track tothe beach you got off the boat at, and walk the other way. There's a door you use thespell on, and the dungeon is nearly the size of the rest of the game. The rewards are the ultimate magic sword which beefs up your magic Stat, and a fist weapon called kaiserknuckles, which doesn't let you cast magic, but allows you to one hit the final boss by punching the infant in the face.
Finished the game today myself after one very fucking long 8 hour session and luckily found your channel because of it. Excited to go through all your other vids, mate.
Hey I just got a PS2. I grew up with the system. Subbed man! Please keep up the great work. Yours is a mission from god.
I replayed this in 2019 after first completing it in 2010 and I have to say it still feels like a slow-paced fever dream. I've seen reviews where people absolutely rip into it for being so barren and downright boring, but the more you progress throughout it you definitely get the impression it was always meant to be like that from an artistic standpoint. Even the music reflects the experience - it's not a game for the impatient.
Speaking of which, that was always the best part for me - definitely one of my favourite game OSTs. I almost snapped up a physical copy a while back but sadly the price is just too ridiculous now. Good job finding that interview with one of the composers too. Another composer, Chase Bethea, did a short but effective analysis of a couple of the tracks and he really drew attention to the highlights of it, look it up if you're interested.
By the way, the guy who's looking at those gems is actually the acting-Captain and eventually turns into that angel-demon who you also encounter later on in the game. But the thing that really escaped me the first time round was that the guy sleeping, the proper Captain, actually turns into the werewolf boss you fight after everything gets burnt down (which you can deduce if you talk to the Healer, she says he started thrashing around at one point and injured or killed someone in the process). There're numerous details like this throughout the game which completely bypassed me on my first playthrough which gave me a newfound appreciation for it. The developers certainly knew what they were after but sadly it's been superseded by newer games. The only reason people still know about Eternal Ring is because either they're digging into the history of From Software or the PS2 itself, or they still own the actual game from when they initially got it with the console.
take ur meds
I still have the original dvd.
And its true, it feels like a fever dream cause no one talked about it ever and it still was an experience that most likely no one else ever experienced.
@@Levixne 😂
I love this channel already. Gonna be watching your reviews and start adding new games to my wishlist!
Fuuuuuuuuck. This is some top notch content dude. keep it up. I see a bright future ahead for you. remember me when you hit 1 mil ok
New here! AND YOU BETTER KEEP MAKING VIDEOS! I will be here forever!!!!!!
I think this might be the last time I try to cover the entire story in such depth
It took too long and I wanted to pull my hair out and I don't know how much it actually added to the video.
Shit was dope dude. Glad I found your channel.
Fuck the captain.
This was the first video I've seen from you and I really appreciated it! I mostly watched this because I knew I'd never really wanna go back and play it, so having the story integrated rounded it out for me.
@@bradleyallen6883frl
The boss theme has been my ring tone for a while now.
Me: mum, can we buy elden ring?
Mum: no we have elden ring at home
Elden ring at home:
Dark ring at home: *elden ring*
Only those who know trivia will get that joke.
I know it has flaws, but I love the system of "make your own magic"
I have played through with every attribute, the support rings are much better than you would think (if you focus on a single element) and there are even support rings that improve your sword's damage. So technically you could do a sword run (which I will now try lol) also the earth heal, healing water, and purify spells remove the need for healing items making you only need to focus on items that replenish MP.
Still waiting for King's Field The Ancient City though
Bought this game for like $5 from GameStop back when I was 10 really didn’t understand it traded it back in for 50 cents
I played through the PS4 version and I definitely didn't have the audio issues you did.
Awesome review.
Lol
Y does everyone focus the sword when reviewing eternal ring?
I barely used a melee weapon once i got fireball
Of course as a consequence i do eat more magic stones/crystals but by the time you get to the ritual location (temple?) you have a good amount and enemies can drop them pretty regularly so far
2:06 Lmfao...
"Who said Fantasies had to be Final?" - They could mean, in a way, that not every good Fantasy game has to be a Final Fantasy game...maybe?
it could also be a jab at how many final fantasy games and spinoffs of it there are.
@8:20 holy shit is that principal Lewis from American dad 🤣
Thank you for noting how awesome this soundtrack is
Also there is one ring that makes the game a complete joke in terms of difficulty, Dark flash, partner it with power of seek and it insta kills almost every single enemy in the game, and kills bosses within a couple of hits, even works through doors and walls 😂
Something i oddly noticed: The manual seems to not exist on the interwebs which is unfortunate due to how annoying the creation of rings is.
Also there is one ring not in the us version.. the ring of move it lets you go faster.. they literally took out the ability to go faster in exchange for scavenger hunt for more rings(insight replaced move.)
Yeah I've had a lot of trouble getting copies of the manual to look at for a lot of these games.
The movement ring sounds sick, wish they could've found a way to incorporate both!
LYLA BabyRage
Also, small correction on ring creation: the Left side does decide the element, but the Right side decides if a Magic Ring is "Offensive" or "Support". You used "support" to describe Attribute rings, but it more accurately describes rings such as "Earth Heal" or "Unpoison". The color of the right side determines this based on Offensive = Fire, Wind, Light; Support = Water, Earth, Dark. The level of magic of the ring created is based on the total gem level used in the recipe, with ranges 2-5, 8-11, 14-16, 19+ for the 4 tiers of spell strength. And it's good to note that the rings give you stat boosts, just for wearing them, and those stats affect both your offense and defense for that type of damage, so literally fight Fire with Fire.
Of course, none of this is explained in-game and that adds both mystery and disappointment as you either research how to make rings or randomly try gem combinations. Great video, really nice to see people notice Eternal Ring's existence. It's definitely a game with its flaws, but it can be enjoyable to play regardless (especially if you find the bad VA to be hilarious). Emulator definitely feels clunky, but it's also on PS4 (for NA) and they made it feel a good bit better to play.
Yeah, I mostly switched to calling them support rings for ease of scriptwriting, it probably wasn't the most apt way to describe them.
Thanks for these corrections though, it's definitely useful for people passing by :)
@@WREPS2GOG No problem at all, there's basically no official guide or manual for any of this stuff, so it's all made-up anyways. I just want to clear up any possible confusion people could end up with for ring creation, because it's really never explained anywhere aside from a poorly worded gamefaqs post from 2001 and in the game's speedrunning Discord.
Not gunna lie it'd be really fucking cool if elden ring was a spiritual successor or sequel to eternal ring
Watching you walk around in this game reminds me of any tank section in a Call of Duty game.
Ohhhhhh Eternal Ring! Shattered by someone, or something
A possible mechanic i found but, you know how you complained about the fact that the day night cycle does nothing aside from swapping npcs and locking you out of houses, well it seems there are certain things attached to time of day having to do with elements it's possibly a mechanic that either weakens or buffs certain spells but on the pause menu it mentions time of *element here* it's likely a time of day thing that buffs specific elements. And may have to do with that get to the village before nightfall that guy said at the start of the game.
because i noticed that at nightfall water seems to be buffed and you start at time of fire.
and the enemies within seem to drop a lot of water gems possibly implying an alignment with the water element the opposing one to fire.
if my speculation is correct then i may have found something actually new in a game for once.
Actually looking into it, it seems the time of day applies to the element system entirely so the time of day you start a dungeon could actually help if you are skilled in using specific elements or enemies you are fighting oppose it. I.e time of fire, fire spells are buffed fire enemies are buffed water spells are weakened and water enemies are weakened
That nightfall comment at the start of the game is accurate it's hinting towards a mechanic nobody would notice it seems.
the noise looping is a game issue not emulation.
back on the PS2 i had to do the final dungeon and boss with the cyclon ring noise going NON STOP. was pain.
did a replay on emulation too and ya...i the poison cavern,the room you step through with the fire trap to LEAVE the canyon is the room that instagibs you...was obnoxious but glad it was documented for a fast fix,lol.
Duuuude, I loved this game growing up! Even got the Kaiser Knuckles and Eternal Blade
The fact that you use final fantasy 8 as your go-to instead of 7 or 3 or 10 makes you that much more senpai
I remember when the ps2 came out
, i went to a "convention" where you could buy games and i bought gladius and eternal ring and i never finished those games but when i got older i managed to get past the water gate/shrine? and finally finished it.
Play Shadow Tower: Abyss !
Seconded
This. It was probably the easiest FROM game I've tried so far. And it was short. But that atmosphere, wow...
I know this vid is like a year old but at 12:00 when you are talking about needing a guide to find out how to make the rings, that is because the game came with a manual that explained how it worked. And you know the 10 year old me didn't read the manual either. I think this choice was made based on saving space on the cd or time related issues.
Also at 14:35 I think that is an emulation error.
For sure, this was definitely during a time when I was realizing how important the user manual was to the experience for a lot of these titles.
In hindsight, I probably should have confirmed whether or not that was an emulation bug, I'm happy to not be emulating for the channel anymore at this point.
I’m surprised anyone reviewed this game. It was so bad it was good. I loved just randomly moving everywhere
When your chin moves but your beard doesn't.
I remember when I was in highschool, I used to play this game from start to end without even dying once (cuz I didn't had the memory card at that time😂). Everything and every boss fight was like a piece of cake for me but I played again after 7 years and I was like damn! I know nothing 😂😢
Eden FF11 is the only game on your pc?
This is a great series.
It was an interesting game. I don't think it was horrible, there was something there.
Too bad we never got Shadow Tower Abyss
You'd better play King's Field IV next. That game is actually good.
@ It's actually my favourite game of all time, so I would have to agree.
@@hypsin0 fascinating dude, I have some Minor gripes with it that stop me from going 10/10 but my god, the level of freedom for a 2001 rpg game... Just great. I dont know what to play now, if shadow tower or evergrace
@ I beat the first Shadow Tower game a few weeks ago, and it was wonderful. My top FromSoft games go something like:
1.King's Field IV
2.Dark Souls
3.Shadow Tower
4.Sekiro
5.Shadow Tower: Abyss
how to make a sequel or inspired/homage to eternal ring
make a game involving amulets with better controls
also more different elemental variants of things and have light n dark combos
I actually really liked this game back in 2000, probably because it was my first PS2 game lol, but I loved it, felt like a genius when I worked out I had to use light or dark magic to enter the secret dungeon 😂 still tho I have good memories of eternal ring
When there where no real walkthroughs and most ppl didnt have internet 🤣
I love the soundtrack of this game.
Thanks for going through this game. I bought it myself ages ago looking for another first person RPG like Dark Messiah of Might and Magic or Oblivion, and I just... Couldn't. The control scheme was too arcane for me. It's nice to finally find out what I missed.
Damn i had no idea this was made by from software. I just remember my mom randomly giving me this game and figured it was like a playstation zelda as a kid.
And now we have Elden ring
Playing the sequel on xbox now🥸
You missed the most dark souls part of the whole game - the secret dungeon on the intro beach.
I wanted to mention this, but I didn't end up doing the secret dungeon so i forgot to put it in the notes :(
I still remember that damned place. I died there so many times but punching the absolute crap out of everyone with the Kaiser Knuckle (Kaiser Knuckles?) felt cathartic
or the foggy forest that you can accidently go to and get lost for 6 hours instead of going through the water city ruins....
I DOUBT YOU COULD EVEN IMAGINE IT
Very strange indeed. The intro was fine to me. I was hit with all the names of people and places and, gasps, I remembered them all.
Yeah. No. This isn't a good criticism of the intro. Lol
ah fromsoft where theres always a blight town
Ahh yes first person elden ring
It was the Dark Souls of the PS2 era to me
why do you use pcsx2 1.4.0 in 2020?
also here is my no interlacing code (Better Video Quality)
patch=1,EE,001cfb44,word,00000000 //64420008
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Just hadn't updated it, but I've moved on to original hardware at this point. If I end up emulating anything for a future review, I'll try this out though!
I have this game both on original hardware and emulator. The sound glitches exist in both versions and are extremely annoying.
I got this with my ps2 for Christmas lol
thanks
the GOOD porn lmao
apparently what i heard is you wake the dragons up and they kick your ass and those are the dragons from the dragon rings it seems the one you find cool is the earth one. theres a fire one that kicks your ass aswell peak evolution you dont fuck with dragons
counter their element tell me how many dragons did you find in the game that werent summonable should be around 6
coolest dragon is a no go
someone needs to make a video showing all the dragons and the dragon rings
OG Elden Ring
yeah, trying to aim the magic is hard... good thing ther is a ring that makes all you spells become homing missiles... and one that doble cast.
oh yeah, magic gets super op and broken when you esperiment with it.
I had this and King's Field 4/Ancient City. Eternal Ring was a lot smoother in control which is saying something but the PAL version I had of King's Field 4 had absolutely terrible translation that was different to the NTSC version for some reason. Like, omitting huge bits of plot or naming things in a confusing and contradicting way that made no sense in the story bad.
I came here after elden ring.
I've beaten the game a lot of times and enjoyed it quite a bit. The game was meant to be a more experimental title testing their new engine and cuz of that and development issues there are a TON of cut content which is why the game is so off.
Beat it, how crap the secret labyrinth was tough
i wish the modern souls games made magic a more viable playstyle. you never have enough charges/mana/ammo to make ranged attacks viable 80% of the time
You. You did make a healing ring right? That's where most of your healing problems came from lol. Should have experiment with rings more tbh
Yeah, Guess I never messed with that combination, got a little too focused on cool lightning and whatnot
@@WREPS2GOG Like. There's 3 different healing rings. It's kinda crazy how you didn't make any of them
@@jimmybimble8740 Yeah, anytime i got something that wasn't an offensive spell, it was a barrier or other support type spell that didn't really do much for me
@@WREPS2GOG Also a lot of the audio problems you were getting was probably because of emulation. I've played Eternal ring multiple times on both original ps2, and the port to ps4. And I never had any of these problems.
@@jimmybimble8740 Yeah, I'm very happy to have moved away from emulation so I don't have to worry about trying to differentiate between real issues and emulation issues. Thanks for letting me know though
Dude this game looks sick. Like a proto elder scrolls on the ps2
Please call it a kingsfield successor. 🤣
The ring crafting reminds me xenoblade 1
u love dark souls subbed
I just started the game last night. Def tried to kill that sleeping dude too. Wake up bro!
Also my sword disappeared after I got to town… dunno if I glitched, dropped it or the npc took it
If I remember correctly, they take your weapon and you can go to the armory and the quartermaster will give you a new one.
If you're gonna play this game I'd recommend using a guide, there's some fun to be had with other rings that you really never get a glimpse of if you're playing blind. Also the optional dungeon found at the beginning of the game has some actual challenge to it and the reward is the Moonlight Sword which is a FromSoft staple
always loved how this game is like...4-5 hours if you play through..but 90% on your first blind playthrough you gonna end up lost in that EX forest for longer than the game itself,lol.
yes but if you grind there it takes away all challenge from the game cuz enemies there drop items that increase stats pretty good reward for practically going out of your way to do things.
Why my ps2 analog don't work with this gaaaaaame??
Lots of early ps2 games were like that
why were p2 games so dark. always hated that
That’s so true
This game is just plain terrible. Such a dissapointing thing after playing Kings field 4 which was excellent in every regard and had excellent level design. You should review that one instead.
I have heard sentiment from KF players that Eternal Ring re-imagines things in a bad way. I do look forward to playing a proper Kings Field game.
@@WREPS2GOG if you liked demon and dark souls you will feel at home with kings field 4. You have an interconnected world with shortcuts everywhere, replenishing health vials, crestfallen warrior in the begining and many more similar beats. The combat gets much more fluid as you level a few stats and favor low weight weapons.
Shadow tower is recomended too if you want more after that.
@@WREPS2GOG Eternal ring is probably a bad game because they probably had a troubled development coupled with getting used to the new console. But the level design is plain lazy and abysmal. Kf4 has the best level design out of all pre ps3 from software games and it even has no loading screens.
The voice acting in this game is terrible, but I have to say your narration of this video is probably worse. I've never heard more of a rushed, monotone, and lifeless description of a game in my life.
You haven't heard a more rushed, monotone, and lifeless description of a game yet*
Whats with this lame flowery narration