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You can then have one of your characters move into an adjacent square on the grid and capture the Majin, which can then be used to power up your weapons or it can even be summoned in battle. If you manage to whittle an enemy's hit points down low enough, you can potentially kill them with a final strike and - if the strike is powerful enough - reach their Overkill HP which binds the Majin in place.

Capturing Majin is a prominent gameplay element in Eternal Poison, even though it is, technically speaking, entirely optional. The mysterious town of Isapolis, led by Count Duphaston, will serve as your hub and give you a place to rest, buy items, recruit mercenaries and organize your captured Majin. Regardless of which party you decide to go with, your entire game will involve proceeding through the depths of Besek towards some particular goal, whether it be rescuing the lost Princess Lenarshe, carrying out the will of the Church or maybe just destroying the world. After viewing a quick pre-rendered cutscene, you'll soon find yourself heading into the realm of Besek - a breeding ground for Majin and home to unusual labyrinths, forests and deserts. At the beginning of the game, you're given the opportunity to choose between three different sets of characters, each with its own story to follow. Eternal Poison is an unoriginal strategy RPG with familiar grid-based battles, all set in the midst of a gothic world filled with the demon-like Majin, magic books and lost princesses. I feel bad for anyone that makes the mistake of picking up a copy based on the somewhat charming cover art.īut I'm getting ahead of myself. This is an entirely vapid number, utterly devoid of any personality or substance. But there's almost nothing about Eternal Poison that I like. I consider myself to be one such gamer I've loved a fair number of strategy games in the past. Yet even with so many action-filled options, there are still those that garner great enjoyment out of deliberately moving units across a grid, leveling up as you go and building an army, both big and small, to bring onto the battlefield.

Japanese strategy RPGs aren't for everyone, especially for gamers more keen on unloading clips into a nasty assortment of aliens, or perhaps those interested in a more kinetic experience like leaping across building tops.