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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 12, 2011 19:26:19 GMT -5
www.hardcoregaming101.net/etheria/etheria.htmThe PlayStation 2 action brawler The Sword of Etheria, otherwise known as OZ ~Over Zenith~ in Japan. I was familiar with this game for a long time, since the music was composed by Michiru Yamane and it sounded a lot like a Castlevania game, but only recently gave it a shot. Even though it was localized for European release, it never hit North America, which is a huge shame, because it's easily one of the better overlooked action titles on the system. It also has some very curious (and tenuous) inspirations from The Wizard of Oz.
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Post by derboo on Aug 13, 2011 8:30:40 GMT -5
Is there a way to volley enemies directly to the sidekicks without going through the hero's long combo each time?
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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 13, 2011 9:11:28 GMT -5
Yeah, either hit Forward+Attack (which will them flying forward) or Back+Attack (which will hit them straight up in the air).
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Post by Weasel on Aug 13, 2011 13:29:14 GMT -5
Was always curious about this one after seeing it mentioned a couple of times on The Castlevania Dungeon and hearing a snippet of the soundtrack on nolife-radio. Sounds like it's not too bad, but it definitely seems to suffer from what I've come to refer to as "Riviera Syndrome" - while clearly "inspired" by its source material, often times the inspirations are little more than borrowed names with no context.
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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 14, 2011 12:34:57 GMT -5
Yeah, the OZ stuff is just random lip service. It really doesn't detract from the story, but it is awfully weird. Yeah, either hit Forward+Attack (which will them flying forward) or Back+Attack (which will hit them straight up in the air). OH, and I think you need to be locked on to an enemy for this to work. |
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Post by derboo on Aug 14, 2011 14:26:13 GMT -5
Ah, that's what I was doing wrong, thanks.
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Post by Gilder on Aug 21, 2011 21:45:53 GMT -5
I forgot all about this game and the song in DDR until you put up the article. Always wanted to know what it was!
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Post by cj iwakura on Aug 21, 2011 22:06:39 GMT -5
That was how I was introduced to the game. (Awesome song/steps, too.)
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Post by derboo on Sept 13, 2011 21:32:09 GMT -5
Is Junichi Murakami a big name in Japan? If yes, what for? The original cover reads "Junichi Murakami Produce," which coming from a Japanese publisher seems like a really rare thing to me. The only earlier game I can find his name in attached to in any significant magnitude is Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, though.
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 13, 2011 22:06:21 GMT -5
There was a period of time when Konami was putting the name of their producers on the cover, even if in tiny type. When I interviewed one of the guys working on Castlevania Resurrection, he said it was part of their initiative to build brands for different staff members, like Hideo Kojima. It didn't quite work out in the end and I don't think they do it anymore, but it was cool of them to give credit like that, even to lesser known folks.
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Post by spirasen on Aug 28, 2017 8:00:32 GMT -5
*alternate costumes of characters from other Konami games.
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Post by jorpho on Sept 4, 2017 13:17:13 GMT -5
Vanquished.
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