<s>
is	O
a	O
2000	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
FromSoftware	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
PS2	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Agetec	O
as	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
PAL	B-Language
territories	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
and	O
Crave	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
gave	O
some	O
praise	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
innovations	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
DualShock	B-Device
2	O
controller	O
's	O
buttons	O
and	O
the	O
unique	O
"	O
paper	O
doll	O
"	O
system	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
avatar	B-Application
actually	O
visibly	O
wears	O
the	O
armor	O
and	O
clothing	O
assigned	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
dated	O
visuals	O
and	O
laggy	B-Application
gameplay	O
during	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evergrace	B-Application
features	O
two	O
main	O
characters	O
,	O
Darius	O
the	O
swordsman	O
and	O
Sharline	O
the	O
homemaker	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
distinctly	O
different	O
storylines	O
and	O
different	O
battle	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evergrace	B-Application
also	O
features	O
a	O
bonus	O
dungeon	O
that	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
,	O
another	O
game	O
by	O
FromSoftware	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
often	O
known	O
for	O
including	O
past	O
game	O
references	O
in	O
their	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Moonlight	O
Sword	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
weapon	O
that	O
originated	O
in	O
their	O
flagship	O
series	O
,	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
,	O
also	O
appears	O
in	O
Evergrace	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
follow-up	O
,	O
Forever	B-Application
Kingdom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evergrace	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
FromSoftware	O
and	O
led	O
by	O
producer	O
Masanori	O
Takeuchi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
intended	O
Evergrace	B-Application
to	O
be	O
released	O
onto	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
PS2	B-Device
)	O
in	O
its	O
earliest	O
stages	O
of	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
these	O
plans	O
in	O
place	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
try	O
creating	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
(	O
PS1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
decision	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
,	O
the	O
programming	O
,	O
modeling	O
,	O
animation	O
,	O
textures	O
,	O
and	O
soundtrack	O
all	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
redone	O
from	O
scratch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS2	B-Device
's	O
enhanced	O
processor	O
allowed	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
character	O
facial	O
animation	O
,	O
subtle	O
animation	O
for	O
fabric	O
and	O
hair	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
detailed	O
graphics	O
when	O
equipping	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharline	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
cut	O
as	O
playable	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
PS1	O
version	O
,	O
was	O
reintroduced	O
due	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
's	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
more	O
polygons	O
and	O
thus	O
a	O
more	O
realistic	O
female	O
figure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Evergrace	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
FromSoftware	O
's	O
in-house	O
band	O
FreQuency	O
and	O
chiefly	O
composed	O
by	O
Kota	O
Hoshino	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
conception	O
of	O
Evergrace	B-Application
,	O
Hoshino	O
wanted	O
to	O
a	O
create	O
unique	O
kind	O
of	O
sound	O
he	O
could	O
keep	O
to	O
himself	O
and	O
he	O
expressed	O
gratitude	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
developers	O
for	O
allowing	O
him	O
the	O
freedom	O
to	O
express	O
this	O
vision	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
musical	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Takeuchi	O
had	O
been	O
told	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
very	O
few	O
technical	O
differences	O
between	O
the	O
PS1	O
and	O
PS2	B-Device
and	O
with	O
the	O
PS1	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Evergrace	B-Application
already	O
completed	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
tried	O
simply	O
inserting	O
this	O
music	O
into	O
the	O
nearly-finished	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hoshino	O
recorded	O
samples	O
of	O
his	O
own	O
voice	O
and	O
edited	O
them	O
with	O
Soundforge	B-Application
,	O
then	O
recorded	O
more	O
voice	O
samples	O
to	O
create	O
what	O
he	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
ethnic	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evergrace	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
innovations	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
DualShock	B-Device
controller	O
buttons	O
and	O
the	O
unique	O
"	O
paper	O
doll	O
"	O
system	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
avatar	B-Application
actually	O
wears	O
the	O
armor	O
and	O
clothing	O
assigned	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
dated	O
visuals	O
and	O
laggy	B-Application
gameplay	O
during	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steven	O
Frost	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Evergraces	B-Application
32-bit	O
beginnings	O
really	O
hurt	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
true	O
next-generation	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
