Sure, the typical high-impact yet redundant battle themes are present, but the rest is very different. As noted in our soundtrack reviews, SakurabaвЂ™s musical style varies greatly in Baten Kaitos. Likely thanks to his connection with tri-Crescendo, Motoi Sakuraba is back to score the prequel/sequel. Top this visual sundae off with some unique opening and ending cutscenes (using a lack of framerate to its advantage), and you have yourself one extraordinary piece of graphical art. This is just one example among many, though it is the one that stands out most in my mind. The ship moves along straight lines at a constant speed. However, as an object, it seems to have zero animation put into it. For example, the ship upon which the team travels, called the вЂњSfida,вЂќ is a nice shiny golden object. My only complaint has to do with animation during exploration. Some characters came out looking ugly, but most of them look fantastic. ItвЂ™s a shame that to win almost any battle, oneвЂ™s eyes are constantly drawn to the bottom of the screen since the card-based battling is so intense and action-based!ДЄll major characters have hand-drawn face portraits this art style seems strange yet beautiful to me a cross between the Romantic period and modern artwork. The battle animation, in particular, is some of the smoothest and most noticeably gorgeous IвЂ™ve seen in a turn-based RPG. Baten Kaitos is known for its excellent artwork and graphics, and itвЂ™s not a stretch to say that itвЂ™s the most gorgeous game for the GameCube.ДЄlong with the still backgrounds, I have nothing but praise for the animation. Like the transition from Final Fantasy X to X-2, Baten Kaitos Origins makes use of dozens of pre-rendered backgrounds from the first title. LetвЂ™s talk about the various aspects of this game.Д«eing a direct prequel, taking place only twenty years before the original, the art studio was fortunate in that they had a lot less to do this time around. IвЂ™ll forego a more lengthy preamble and cut to the chase. I touched base with it (just enough to get a hang of the card-based battles), and after completing Origins, I also read up on the storyline so I could piece together the mental puzzle pieces created for me. Unfortunately, I didnвЂ™t play the original Baten Kaitos to completion. A proper analysis of this game requires a third eye in the back of oneвЂ™s head, always comparing the game to its predecessor. Released in Japan as вЂњBaten Kaitos II: The First Wings and the Heirs of God,вЂќ Baten Kaitos Origins is a prequel that takes place twenty years before the original Baten Kaitos.

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