The Sword of Etheria
The Sword of Etheria is an action, hack and slash and role-playing video game developed and published by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. Set in an alternate world; humans, gods, and spiritual beings known…
The Sword of Etheria is an adventure developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, released 30 June 2005 on PlayStation 2.
What The Sword of Etheria is
The Sword of Etheria is an adventure game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and released in 2005. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It runs on RenderWare.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Sword of Etheria is an action, hack and slash and role-playing video game developed and published by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. Set in an alternate world; humans, gods, and spiritual beings known as "Katenas" coexist. Katenas are powerful warriors with the ability to encase themselves in full suits of armor called "Lexes". The Katenas are the envoys of the gods. The three great Katenas, chosen by the gods, are collectively referred to as "Oz". Both humans and Katenas are overseen by the gods. As in Greek mythology, the gods are described as omnipotent, ambitious, self-serving, and power-hungry. The major source of their power is light; as they consume light, they cast parts of…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Sword of Etheria holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Sword of Etheria launched on 30 June 2005, within three weeks of Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari and Ys: The Oath in Felghana. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari, Ys: The Oath in Felghana.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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