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Eternal Poison
Eternal Poison North American CoverNorth American cover art
Developer(s)Flight-Plan
Artpresto
Brain-Navi
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Hirokazu Kawase
Composer(s)Takashi Okamoto
Yuki Nakagawa
Kazuma Katagiri
Yuichiro Sato
Yuta Okamoto
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: February 14, 2008
  • NA: November 11, 2008
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Eternal Poison, released in Japan as Poison Pink (ポイズンピンク, Poizun Pinku), is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed mainly by Flight-Plan, published and produced by Banpresto for the PlayStation 2. The game is a dark fantasy RPG where the player must catch and collect demons called Majin, these monsters can then be used as fellow party members or taken back to the base for other customizations.

Plot

Eternal Poison begins in the Kingdom of Valdia where the demonic realm of Besek has suddenly appeared. This realm is home to demons called the Majin who have captured Valdia's Princess. The King of Valdia then issues a decree for her rescue which brings upon numerous adventurers of dissimilar intentions, the story of game is told from multiple perspectives of five key parties as they journey their way through the realm of Besek to rescue the princess.

Release

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The game was released November 11, 2008 in North America by Atlus as a two-disc set, which includes a soundtrack CD featuring selected tracks.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic65/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comB−
Destructoid8/10
Famitsu30/40
GamePro
GameZone8.3/10
IGN3.5/10
PlayStation: The Official Magazine

Eternal Poison received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two eights and two sevens for a total of 30 out of 40.

IGN criticized its confusing menus, long loading times during battle animations, and its repetitive soundtrack, while Destructoid praised the looks and the engaging story. 1UP.com called it "a darkly beautiful, but very flawed, gothic/noir strategy-RPG."

References

  1. ^ "Credits". Eternal Poison: Librum Aurora manual. Atlus U.S.A. Inc. 2008. p. 40.
  2. IGN staff (November 2, 2007). "New Strategy Title From Flight Plan". IGN. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  3. "Eternal Poison". GamesIndustry.biz. August 4, 2008. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
  4. ^ "Eternal Poison for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  5. ^ Fitch, Andrew (December 11, 2008). "Eternal Poison". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.
  6. ^ North, Dale (November 13, 2008). "Destructoid review: Eternal Poison". Destructoid. Archived from the original on November 1, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  7. ^ "Japanse bladen delen nieuwe reviewcijfers uit" [Japanese blades share new review figures] (in Dutch). PlayStation Only. February 6, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  8. Yup, Ivy (November 25, 2008). "Eternal Poison". GamePro. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  9. Platt, Dylan (December 1, 2008). "Eternal Poison - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  10. ^ Clements, Ryan (December 17, 2008). "Eternal Poison Review". IGN. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  11. "Review: Eternal Poison". PlayStation: The Official Magazine. January 2009. p. 82.

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