Odin Sphere is a style of game that seemingly begs to be ignored by the mass population. It hits every major point that will cause the general consumer to look away. It doesn't have realistic graphics. It's 2 Dimensional. It's also rather complex and difficult. Setting aside the ignorance of the masses for a moment, Odin Sphere is hands-down the most beautiful game to appear on the Playstation 2, and is also one of the best games to come out for the system.....
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2D games are great, right? If there is one Japanese developer that has embraced the idea of them and ran with it, it is Vanillaware. The company is committed to the idea of games that are incredibly artistic and totally flat. Just recently, Dragon's Crown came back into the spotlight with a PlayStation 4 release. But what do you need to know about this developer? Let’s go over some of the more important details.
It takes a ton of work to produce 2D graphics lavish enough to strain a contemporary game system. This is in fact George Kamitani's modus operandi, exemplified by both Dragon's Crown and its artbook. If the preface in the artbook is anything to go by, Dragon's Crown is George Kamitani's love letter to gaming as a whole.
We start things off this week with some chatter on Odin Sphere, the recently remastered PS2 game. Why exactly are we fighting the same bosses five times in this game?
