If you were to ask the question "Hey, have you heard about Odin Sphere?" a few months ago, the answer you probably would've gotten is either "No" or "Odin Sphere? What's that?" Odin Sphere was probably one of the most anticipated games that were under the radar, and the most rabid fans of the RPG genre knew about the existence of this game months before it came out. Those months felt like years, but the game was finally released May 17 in Japan, and then 5 days later in the United States. So did the game live up to the hype? Yes.
The first thing you'll notice when you start Odin Sphere are the wonderful graphics. Each character and enemy are hand drawn, and whoever drew these characters deserves some kind of medal because these are some of the most beautiful graphics you'll see on the PS2. Just like the characters, the environments are also gorgeous and just pop out from the screen and some of the bosses are just huge and gorgeous. However, these environments are recycled over and ov...