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I’ve been working a lot over the past few weeks on the ol’ job hunt.  Hopefully those efforts will bear fruit in the coming weeks.

And speaking of fruit, my efforts in finding work haven’t afforded me much time to do any gaming, but what little time I’ve had has gone into re-playing a delightful PS2 title called ‘Odin Sphere‘.

It comes from two of my favorite Japanese game developers–Vanillaware, makers of Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Atlus, makers of the excellent Persona series (Atlus localized & published ‘Odin Sphere’),

‘Odin Sphere’ is mostly a hack & slash with some light RPG elements.  It also features a great deal of…gardening.

When you’re on the field of battle you plant various seeds that grow into different stat-building edibles, like fruit, herbs and sheep.

Yes, sheep.

The sheep grow from a plant and are, according to the game, just as delicious (or more so) than traditionally raised sheep.

This is obviously a very Japanese game.  It’s also a very pretty game that wrings just about as much as possible out of the PS2 hardware…sometimes too much, as the game is vulnerable to frame-rate issues when the action on screen gets too busy.

The story is typically ridiculous, though the voice acting is solid, if uneven.

When it came out in 2007, ‘Odin Sphere’ generated a score of 83 on Metacritic.  I’d rate it in that general range, as the game can be fun and addictive, but the game design borders on repetitive.  The technical issues with frame-rate also knock it down a peg or two.  But the art and animations found within ‘Odin Sphere’ are some of the best of the PS2 generation, and as such, I’m recommending the game as a low-cost alternative to the Uncharted’sSkyrim’s, Zelda’s and Modern Warfare’s of the world, if the upcoming AAA titles threaten to do a little too much damage to your bank account.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some sheep to plant.

 


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