Eternal Sonata delivers in almost every aspect of the game except combat. The story is immersive if not underwhelming compared to big title RPG's like Final Fantasy. The world feels small and that is not necessarily a bad thing. The exploring/combat part of the game really takes a back seat to the story. Well atleast the scenery is nice to look at. I had not one problem beating the game on the first playthrough due to the simplistic gameplay. You have a timer and have X amount of time to kill your adversaries as each character takes a turn. It is pretty much run up bash the a button till the last second then hit your Y to activate your special.Sure your party level will increase and you can start to counter attack and chain together special moves as the level increases but it is never and I mean never difficult unless you make it difficult for yourself. The Chopin backstory gets kind of annoying ( I watched the first two historical powerpoints and then started skipping them due to a lack of interest ) if you aren't a fan of music history. This game delivers exactly what it said it would an enchanting world with a good story (kind of corny, but in a good way) and A combat system that will at least keep you interested in moving on.
P.S. I found that when ever I got a new weapon I didn't care because the graphic for the weapons never changes which honestly shouldn't bother you that much, but it will because there really isn't much to look forward to combat wise.
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