Baten Kaitos Eternal Wings and Lost Ocean
I remember buying Baten Kaitos Eternal Wings and Lost Ocean without knowing too much of it. I bought it because of the RPG draught to gamecube. And immediately I was pleasantly surprised by the game. It had lush enviroments in a fantastic fantasy world, great music, good enough story and a fun battle system. It used a system called Magnus cards, and with it you store store everything from items to weapons and stuff. Motoi Sakaruba was in great shape for this game, and delivered a memorable OST, especially with Chaotic Dance. While the music was amazing, the voice acting wasn't as good. BK became a big hit among hardcore gamers, but the title didn't sell that well. However as a jrpg to Gamecube it was a really good game.
Baten Kaitos Origins
If you thought BK1 was fun, BKO is improved a lot. The lengthy and often unrewarding side quests from the first game have been reduced with more and fun side quests. You can now upgrade your Magnus, mix Magnus etc, and the battle system has gotten a overhaul. The battle system is turn-based and fast paced. You all share one deck, but you can customize several decks to your liking. Also introduced are relay combos. You can chain several attacks with your characters and make some serious damage. The weird combo system from the first one has been changed a lot as well and is working much better now. You still link combos with numbers, but the "poker" system from the first one is gone. But when you get the hang of it, I didn't miss the old one at all.
As for the audio, Motoi Sakaruba is back once again with a fantastic piece. The music in this game is great. It captures many different mood; from classical calming pieces to techno. The horrible voice acting from the first game is gone as well. Much better localization this time as Nintendo's treehouse has done it.
the story is a prequel to the first game, and If you were a fan of the first game, it's very inspiring to see the familiar islands along with new areas. Everything is now tied together, and you will even encounter many familiar faces from the first game.
Le ali del Principio music for BKO
I remember buying Baten Kaitos Eternal Wings and Lost Ocean without knowing too much of it. I bought it because of the RPG draught to gamecube. And immediately I was pleasantly surprised by the game. It had lush enviroments in a fantastic fantasy world, great music, good enough story and a fun battle system. It used a system called Magnus cards, and with it you store store everything from items to weapons and stuff. Motoi Sakaruba was in great shape for this game, and delivered a memorable OST, especially with Chaotic Dance. While the music was amazing, the voice acting wasn't as good. BK became a big hit among hardcore gamers, but the title didn't sell that well. However as a jrpg to Gamecube it was a really good game.
Baten Kaitos Origins
If you thought BK1 was fun, BKO is improved a lot. The lengthy and often unrewarding side quests from the first game have been reduced with more and fun side quests. You can now upgrade your Magnus, mix Magnus etc, and the battle system has gotten a overhaul. The battle system is turn-based and fast paced. You all share one deck, but you can customize several decks to your liking. Also introduced are relay combos. You can chain several attacks with your characters and make some serious damage. The weird combo system from the first one has been changed a lot as well and is working much better now. You still link combos with numbers, but the "poker" system from the first one is gone. But when you get the hang of it, I didn't miss the old one at all.
As for the audio, Motoi Sakaruba is back once again with a fantastic piece. The music in this game is great. It captures many different mood; from classical calming pieces to techno. The horrible voice acting from the first game is gone as well. Much better localization this time as Nintendo's treehouse has done it.
the story is a prequel to the first game, and If you were a fan of the first game, it's very inspiring to see the familiar islands along with new areas. Everything is now tied together, and you will even encounter many familiar faces from the first game.
Le ali del Principio music for BKO
