Eternal Poison

Eternal Poison, released in Japan as Poison Pink (ポイズンピンク, Poizun Pinku), is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed mainly by Flight-Plan, published and produced by Banpresto for the PlayStation 2. The game is a dark fantasy RPG where the player must catch and collect demons called Majin, these monsters can then be used as fellow party members or taken back to the base for other customizations.^[2]

Eternal Poison
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Flight-Plan Artpresto[1] Brain-Navi[1]
Publisher(s)	JP: Banpresto NA: Atlus USA
Director(s)	Hirokazu Kawase
Composer(s)	Takashi Okamoto Yuki Nakagawa Kazuma Katagiri Yuichiro Sato Yuta Okamoto
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release	JP: February 14, 2008 NA: November 11, 2008
Genre(s)	Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

Eternal Poison begins in the Kingdom of Valdia where the demonic realm of Besek has suddenly appeared. This realm is home to demons called the Majin who have captured Valdia's Princess. The King of Valdia then issues a decree for her rescue which brings upon numerous adventurers of dissimilar intentions, the story of game is told from multiple perspectives of five key parties as they journey their way through the realm of Besek to rescue the princess.

Release

The game was released November 11, 2008 in North America by Atlus as a two-disc set, which includes a soundtrack CD featuring selected tracks.^[3]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	65/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
1Up.com	B−[5]
Destructoid	8/10[6]
Famitsu	30/40[7]
GamePro	[8]
GameZone	8.3/10[9]
IGN	3.5/10[10]
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	[11]

Reception

Eternal Poison received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[4] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two eights and two sevens for a total of 30 out of 40.^[7]

IGN criticized its confusing menus, long loading times during battle animations, and its repetitive soundtrack,^[10] while Destructoid praised the looks and the engaging story.^[6] 1UP.com called it "a darkly beautiful, but very flawed, gothic/noir strategy-RPG."^[5]