Odin Sphere

Publisher: 
SquareEnix/Atlus
Release Date: 
14/03/2008

ODIN SPHERE is a 2D fantasy action RPG video game developed by Vanillaware and Atlus for the Sony Playstation 2.It was published by SquareEnix in Europe.Odin Sphere tells the interlocking stories of five different protagonists and it is considered a spiritual successor to an Atlus game titled Princess Crown and takes some concepts from Norse mythology.The protagonist of each story is connected to the royalty of each of five warring nations in the world of Erion.Each of these protagonists wields a 'Psypher',a weapon with a large crystal capable of absorbing 'Phozons',energy sparks released when something(such as an enemy) is slain.These five stories overlap and interconnect and the protagonist of one story may be the antagonist of another.Levels are represented in 2D but with the left and right edges joined so as to form a continuous circle;the player can continue to run in one direction and will return to the starting point after some seconds of travel.Odin Sphere is framed as a series of books being read by a little girl named Alice,as she sits in a library located in her attic.Each book is the story of one of the five protagonists...