Hole in the Net

It seems that the rumored PS3 version Of Bioshock may in fact be nothing more than that; the 360 version of the game now has a slipcover that says ‘Only on Xbox 360 and Windows PC’. I thought for sure that this would be a shoo-in for a PS3 port, but I guess Microsoft knows a good thing when they see it. Smart move, as Bioshock thus far is looking to be a serious Game of the Year contender, and MS needs every feather they can stick in their hat through the end of 2007 if they hope to impede Sony’s marketshare.

So I downloaded the Eternal Sonata demo on LIVE earlier today, and I have to say that after spending a good hour or so with it that it trumps the Blue Dragon demo in pretty much every damned way conceivable. Let me give you a little backstory about my relationship between myself and JRPGs: by and large I consider the vast majority of them to be utter garbage. Play one and you’ve more or less played them all, but even so there are a scant few that stand out in my memory as being phenomenal and well worth experiencing: Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star 2, The Shining in the Darkness, Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Thousand Arms, Skies of Arcadia…if the demo is anything to judge Eternal Sonata by, I have every confidence that I’ll be adding it to my fairly short list.

Skies of Arcadia has long been my favorite JRPG followed closely by FF7…we’ll see if Eternal Sonata ends up rounding out my top three.