History VideoGame / EternalEyes

''Eternal Eyes'', known as ''Kouklotheatro'' (lit. "Puppet Theater" from Greek) in Japan, is a strategy/tactics RPG for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. It is unusual in that it combines strategy gameplay with the {{Mons}} genre--all of your units (except TheHero, of course) are monsters (or Magical Puppets, as the case may be). It also has a unique, if complex, spell system.

* DifficultySpike: Chapter 10 like ''woah.''

** Is it Luke or Luca? And are your puppet allies called Magical Puppets, Pappets, or Mappemon? And is that the Blue gem or the Lightblue gem?
** The Pappets are the magical puppets that turn into Mappemon when you use gems on them.
** Interestingly poisoning your enemies will make them fall asleep, casting a sleeping spell on them will poison them. Well, blame the spell names!

%%* {{Mons}}

** BiggerBad: Luna, the Goddess of Destruction.

* {{Envy}}: [[spoiler: Vorless was jealous of the King being made the Blade Earl, and was willing to do ''anything'' to get the title.]]

* GuideDangIt: Evolving Magical Puppets past their second stage requires specific combinations of colored gems--the third stage requires two, the fourth stage requires 3, and then 4 for the final stage. The problem is, there are 6 different colors. That's 36 possible combinations for the third stage, 100+ for the fourth stage, and for the final? Don't even ask!
** Not only that, it seems learning spells from the gem is pretty random. Be careful as it might overwrite your stronger spells to weaker ones!
* InconsistentDub: Is it Luke or Luca? And are your puppet allies called Magical Puppets, Pappets, or Mappemon? And is that the Blue gem or the Lightblue gem?

* {{Mons}}

* RandomDrop
** RareRandomDrop: Getting Puppets ''outside'' of chapter ends is a matter of grinding like heck and hoping the RNG is kind to you.
*** The same goes for hunting gems of a specific color and attribute.

* TranslationTrainWreck: Ranging from cringing typos to misplaced spell descriptions.
** [[spoiler:The NewGamePlus secret area is partially translated. Be careful, some options may freeze the game.]]

* UniqueEnemy: Almost all of the monsters in the game have at least one PaletteSwap. Only three don't: One is a special monkey-like puppet belonging to Shillay (though it's possible to get for yourself), and... Moh, and another one, humble (but [[UglyCute cute-in-a-weird-way]]) mid-stage monsters that for some reason don't have any variations.
* WhatTheHellPlayer: [[spoiler: Elena gets pissy if you try to use gems on her like you do with puppets.]]
** [[spoiler: If you manage to use it on her, the game will freeze.]]
*** [[spoiler: If the game didn't freeze after that, the game will force her to become a pappet.]]
*** [[spoiler:...then freeze]]

'''This work contains examples of:'''

* LegalJailbait: Lolita, if the name wasn't obvious enough.

* LostForever: Some of the dungeons cannot be re-entered after you beat them, and some of them also change over time. Some of the early-level ones make decent but safe places to train new puppets, but some of the locked-off dungeons also can drop equipment you might want.

''Eternal Eyes'', known as ''Kouklotheatro'' (lit. "Puppet Theater" from Greek) in Japan, is a strategy/tactics RPG for the PlayStation. It is unusual in that it combines strategy gameplay with the {{Mons}} genre--all of your units (except TheHero, of course) are monsters (or Magical Puppets, as the case may be). It also has a unique, if complex, spell system.