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A fun cheap classic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This was one of the first generation PS2 games on its release. Its a first-person RPG where you create rings of magic for different spells and buffs. If you're into games like Kings Field and Elder Scrolls, you will most likely enjoy this game. Its pretty straight forward and there are a ton of spells to create. Definately a great underrated game!

Old School RPG with ps 2 polish (not enough)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game in a flurry of first person RPG passion... I was playing the first Kings Feild and I felt that I wanted more of the same. If you've ever seen the first kings field I think you'll agree... the graphics are laughable... yet somehow I find them haunting me... imagine if pablo picaso was a fantasy artist and you were trapped in a world with his cubist demons and textures that all look like squares of spackled barf. Why can't I stop playing this game!!!

Okay, now we come to THIS game... The graphics are very nice yet utilitarian. but the gameplay is the same (exept for the addition of the ring magic system and it's also somewhat easier) right down to the controlls...

WHY... WHY NO ANALOG STICK CONTROLL!!! WHY!

pretty good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is pretty good the graphics are good as well. the only problems i have with the game is a long intro and if you step into shallow water ya die. between this game and any other game like it, kings field is better!

What were some of you people blinded by?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What can I say about this game... well, lets start with the facts. I bought it off the bargain shelf, figured it will be okay. So I put it in my PS2 and well, it starts. I watch the opening cinema like *hey this looks cool* so I go into this dungeon and I start to play. I am instantly in shock. First person? WHAT?! WHO THE HECK EVER HEARD OF A FIRST PERSON RPG? Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself, just cause it's first person doesn't mean its bad. So I'm walking through this cave and I think... hmm, the walls and rooms all look the same... there's no map... how do I know where I'm going? So after a few minutes of cycling through the same rooms (at least i THINK they were) I end up in the room with an enemy. Then I think "where is the health bar? And how do I use magic and stuff?" Oh well lets see what the sword can do. So I walk up to it and stab it. well, the sword is a little stick that simply seems to poke out of your chest. Yeah, its the only move in the game, bummer. And its impossible to see where the point of that sword is going! You can only tell if you hit an enemy if it gets a light red color. By the way, the enemies just stand in front of you, they dont seem to care if you stab em... so I stab it, it dies, and I'm thinking "that was lame." Now in this other room, I see a bunch of enemies. One bat comes up to me *now i cant stab it because the sword seems to stab only in front of me, not above OR below.* the bat bites me a few times and all im doing is pressing the sword button. I die. Then what happens? After 15 minutes of wandering uselessly around what looks like the same room, I have to start all over, and get lost in whatever this game thinks is "fun". Ill give it this: the cutscene graphics are good but that is truly not enough to save this piece of junk. If you buy this game, please prepare to make a sign on your wall with a target that says "BANG HEAD HERE"

Pretty good! Pretty good! Pretty good!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was not going to write a reviewbecause the reviews of some ofthe other reviewers were on target.This game was pretty well thoughtout. If you enjoyed the Kings fieldseries, then you would definitleyenjoy this game. The sealed Labyrinth toward the end of the game provides added thrill and challenge, as you seek to obtainthe AWESOME eternal sword, andspecial unique secret rings thatreally add blossoming effect toyour power and attribute. Thelimited imperfections are really not worth noting. I hope Amazonwill be selling "Kings field IV-The Ancient City" expected out forPlaystation 2 at the end of March.After reading a review of thissoon to become available title,There is much anticipation, especially after completing thisenjoyable eternal ring Quest.

This game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 16
Date: November 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I personal thought this game (...) becuase only thing i could do was do alittle jab with my sword. I would get ankle deep in water a my guy would fall down and die in 1 secound flat. (...) So beware users dont waste your money unless you are disperate to buy this game no matter what no body can change my mind about this game (...)

Please don't buy this game :(

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game was made by the same people who brought you the dismal Ever Grace and features a thin plot, poor controls, graphics and playability on top of what was originally a good idea. An example of the poor coding in this game?--monsters can hit you with projectiles THROUGH WALLS (and you could hit them only if you knew where they were)! Talk about bad coding :(

Zakarius

Kings Field for the PS2!!.....kinda

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: September 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you have enjoyed the King's Field series of games then you'll enjoy Eternal Ring, if not then you probably won't; which is why the rating probably suffers on this site. Creating the rings can be tricky, but after you READ (just the ring creation part) the manual and make a few rings you'll grasp the formulae. NOTE: save before creating rings. Rich environments, detailed monsters(some huge)and pretty cool spell effects. King's Field is the key..if you thought it was cool this is.........SWEET !! All others give it a try ....even though it is an acquired taste.

This game sucks bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: April 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I had a lot of high expectations for what to expect when the PS2 first came out. This was one of the first games I had bought with the console. It is by far the worst game I own. The characters move slow the dialog does not match with the characters mouth or motions. It obviously was intended to be used on a PC platform and Agetec rushed it out for the PS2. The puzzles are simple the game is slow and the character and the controls are clumsy. This game is a big mistake, I will not buy any other games from Agetec until I know for certain that it is a good game.

not bad... not great.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

if i could've given this game 2.5 stars, i would have, because i feel like that's the perfect rating for it: 50%, average, middle of the road, etc... i went ahead and gave it three stars because of it's teen rating, i think i would've loved this game when i was 14 or so.

i've always loved action rpgs, and this game had some elements that i really enjoyed. i particularly liked the ring making process; i loved throwing some stones together with a ring and sayin', "hm... i wonder what this'll do...". however, the "action" portion of the game was lacking a bit; sword use and animation was rather dull, while the spell casting was a little bit more fancy. and, though they would've been way better as analog, the digital controls were very easy to get used to.

also, one of my favorite parts of most actions rpgs is the puzzles, and this game was severely lacking in that category, with most things being so blatently obvious that i spent a lot of time tryig to figure out what the real puzzle was, only to find out that there was none.

the graphics, contrary to what others might say, are better than PSOne, but they're not as good as other PS2 offerings (for example, unreal tournament) and the backgrounds are indeed very repetative. but the motion was super smooth, never a flicker, no matter how many things were attacking me at once.

i am not one who generally cares too much about the story of the games so much as the gameplay itself, but for those of you who enjoy a robust storyline in your rpgs, this title is pretty much not for you. the story is vague and only really touches on the game occaisionally... at least that's the way i felt about it...

the game itself was altogether too short (in saying that i guess i show that i did like the game), i couldn't believe it was over when it ended. but while it lasted i did enjoy playing it; it wasn't awfully hard, it wasn't a perfect piece of cake, but it was a fairly fun way to spend a couple of nights on the PS2.

since you can easily beat it in a few nights worth of dedicated play, and there's almost no replay value, i say rent this over a three day weekend and go buy unreal tournament with the rest of your money.

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