Albert Odyssey
| Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean | |
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Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean box art (North American version)
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| Developer(s) | Sunsoft |
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| Composer(s) | Naoki Kodaka |
| Series | Albert Odyssey |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn |
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| Genre(s) | RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 76% (5 reviews) |
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| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 33 / 40 |
| Game Informer | 7.25 / 10 |
| GamePro | 15 / 20 |
| GameSpot | 7.6 / 10 |
| IGN | 7 / 10 |
| Game Players | 7 / 10 |
| RPGFan | 91% |
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| Publication | Award |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | Editor's Choice Silver Award |
Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean, known in Japan as Albert Odyssey Gaiden ~Legend of Eldean~ (アルバートオデッセイ外伝〜Legend Of Eldean〜) is a role-playing video game produced by Sunsoft for the Sega Saturn. Initially released in Japan in August 1996, the game was later made available in North America in July 1997 by Working Designs. It is the first Albert Odyssey title to be released in English, as well as the first to feature traditional turn-based role-playing elements as opposed to tactical, strategy-based gameplay. Legend of Eldean was created as a "gaiden", or sidestory to the original titles, and contains back story, characters, and plot that are independent from earlier games in the series. The North American version received generally favorable reviews.
The game follows the adventure of Pike, a young boy whose family was murdered by a horde of monsters while still an infant, and is raised by a family of winged humanoids known as Harpies. Ten years later, his adoptive sister is turned to stone by an evil mage. Together with Cirrus, a talking sword housing the spirit of one of the legendary Eldean siblings, Pike travels the world to search for a cure, and discovers a plot by a group of evil magicians to turn the world's races against each other and revive the ancient god Vlag. Together with the help of friends he meets along his journey, Pike must prevent the evil's resurrection.
The music of Legend of Eldean' was composed by in-house Sunsoft composer Naoki Kodaka, who wrote the score for the two previous Albert Odyssey titles. Background music consists of a combination of built-in synth from the Sega Saturn's internal sound chip and live instrumentation recorded at Japan's Music Farm Studio. Selected tracks were presented using CD-quality pulse-code modulation as opposed to sequenced, MIDI-based audio, resulting in fuller, more realistic sound.
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