Random Battle

Last night I had the chance to attend my first Final Fantasy concert. The concert features music from most games in the main series (1 through 14) rearranged to be played by an orchestra. We were treated to over 20 songs ranging from the calm and beautfil “To Zanarkand” to the more fast-paced “One-Winged Angel”. Sadly, since there are so many amazing songs to choose from, there’s a good chance that a couple of your favorites will not be played.

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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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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

Final Fantasy XIV was just announced at Sony’s press conference at the E3. Not much is known yet, but it’s supposed to be a PS3 exclusive and have some online features.

Sony has just announced that Final Fantasy VII will be available for download over the PlayStation Network today. This is great news for people who have been waiting for a port/remake for so long. So if you have a PSP, you’ll be able to play this classic that changed the role playing genre anywhere you want.