Random Battle

There’s one thing that never gets rated in video games and that’s the OCD-ness (by OCD, I mean Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) of the game. As I have less and less time to spend on video games I think I deserve to know which games are going to consume my life by making me collect trivial objects or work my way to reach goals that have nothing to do with the main storyline. A high OCD rating means there’s a high chance that you will want to collect things or grind your way to a goal and it’s going to use up a lot of your game time (and you’re gonna love it and want more). Almost every RPG in existence is guilty of a high OCD rating.

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If you follow gaming news, you’ve probably come across this little video:

The game looks great, but the developers keep telling people that it’s aimed at kids. Still, gaming news sites can’t wait to get their hands on this game. I’m a little scared that the game truly is targeted at young kids and that plenty of grown ups are going to be very disappointed when this turns out to be just what it was meant to be.

However, I think this is a great opportunity for the developer to start thinking about branching the game for a more adult audience and deliver a great gaming experience for the adults that grew up playing LEGOs.

Please Net Devil, make it happen, we want a grown up LEGO Universe.

Looks like I missed quite an important news at the E3 this year (2009).

Half-Minute Hero (which was named Yuusha 30) is coming to North America this fall. I talked about this game previously, it’s an RPG with a twist: you have 30 seconds to grind, buy equipment and defeat the final boss. There are many stages and a few other games modes too (one where you play the villain and one where you play a princess surrounded by body guards).

It looks like XSEED Games is doing the job of bringing us this little game that looks like a ton of fun, 30 seconds at the time.

There’s also going to be a demo released tomorrow (september 10th)!

As you may know, there have been quite some news about Final Fantasy games lately.

First of all, coming from E3:

Final Fantasy XIV

• FFXIV is the sequel to FFXI in the sense that it is a MMO
• They currently want to make it a global game, meaning no separate servers depending on the region: Japanese players will be able to play with American players
• They are aiming for a release in 2010

Final Fantasy XIII

• Summons are once again a central part of the story. Characters will be attached to one summon (not selectable by players). It is not known if more than one summon will be attached to characters or if all characters will have a summon (or more). The attached summons seem to be fixed by the story.

Final Fantasy VII

• It’s a direct port of the PlayStation game.
• It costs 9.99 US$
• Available for download now (1.32GB required)

And finally, news coming from Nintendo:

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

• The sequel to the excellent Final Fantasy IV (also known as Final Fantasy II in North America)
• Released on WiiWare at the beginning of the week
• Contains all the episodes (9) from the cellular game from Japan
• Costs 800 Wii points

Team ICO’s next project has finally been revealed at this year’s E3. The game will be called The Last Guardian and looks even more gorgeous than the previous unofficial trailer. This new trailer is very similar to the first one except that the graphics were improved and some scenes were added/removed. The cat/rat/eagle beast looks slightly different too. Anyway, I strongly recommend that you check the embedded video at Gametrailers in HD.