La Fantasía Final de Square Enix esta a punto de llegar a los aparadores japoneses, 17 de Diciembre para ser mas exactos, y todo mundo esta con grandes expectativas sobre el juego, el primer juego de la serie que llega a esta generación hoy se ha lanzado el ultimo trailer del juego, para su versión japonesa en el cual podemos ver a nuevos personajes, nuevos summons y posiblemente nuevos enemigos; además de una mayor interacción entre todos los personajes y mas del gameplay. El trailer solo puede hacernos decir WOW, se ven geniales los cinemas y el video in-game no se queda a tras, todo se ve bastante fluido, pero de este lado del charco tendremos que esperar la llegada de Ligthening, Snow y Hope para conocer este nuevo universo de esta Fabulla Nova.

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Final Fantasy VII, in my opinion, is one of the best games ever made.  For its time, the graphics rocked.  The storyline kept you hunting for answers with great twists.  I’m sad to admit, however, that the game became an obsession for me.  Looking back, I can see how it helped me escape reality and how that became addictive.  It came at a time where I needed to face reality and God and make my faith real.  I was participating in the first in-depth Bible study of my life.  There were times where I had to consciously make the decision to go read my Bible.  At the time, reading the Old Testament in my study seemed rather dull and boring compared to the vivid storyline of FFVII, which I’d consider to be more of a visual and interactive book rather than a video game.  The plot of FFVII has its redemptive value which I hope to write about more at a later time.  Video games are not bad in and of themselves, but in my specific case, they took a negative turn because it took God’s place in my priorities, thoughts, and heart.

I remember when there were commercials on tv for FFVII.  My entire focus became immediately glued to the tv screen every time I as much as thought I heard the music.  I still remember it pretty well.  An announcer described the daring feats, brutal combat, insurmountable odds, “a love that could never be” (that always got me!), and dashing honor you will encounter as you play.  He said something about how you must save the world!  Everyone is counting on you!  And if you fail…  “you can always hit the reset button.”

Wouldn’t it be great if we had one of those?  Ah, to have a reset button!

“Oh man, I shouldn’t have said that!  Let’s reset.”

“Wow!  I can’t believe I did THAT!  I’ll just reset.”

“Now things will never be the same …unless I don’t save today.”

Nope.  We have no such option.  This life is the only shot we have.  We can’t go back even a few seconds to undo anything.  In fact, you’d be surprised to realize how little control you have over your life.  The only control you have is over what you say and do at this exact moment in time.  Sure, you can plan, promise, and make provisions for the future.  Those endeavors can even be wise, keeping in mind that God’s plans stand more firm.  The fact is that the only thing you can change is now.

What shall this sobering reality mean for us then?  That we have to make sure we do everything perfectly and in perfect timing?  No.  Like I said, you’d be surprised at how much you can’t control.  We live in a fallen world and we’ll be blindsided by circumstances we never could have prevented.  I don’t mean for us to become obsessed about every second on the clock, but I do mean for us to consider how much we are allowing ourselves to be taken by mediocrity.  How many Godly things have we put off to do later?  How many times have we tried to do something to better ourselves but haven’t taken the time to complete them?  How much time do we waste doing things that will count for nothing when this life is over?  In essence, how many times have we said to the Lord, “not now.”

Perhaps we fool ourselves thinking our “not now” approach isn’t so bad because it’s not telling the Lord “no.”  We have the intention to do what He’s asked of us.  After all, doesn’t He look at the heart anyway?  If we’re going to lean on that idea, we better take a good, hard look at our hearts.  Do we really want to do that thing for the Lord?  Do we truly desire that as deeply as God desires it?  If not, this message is for you.  Stop putting God off.  No more of this “I can’t do that now, Lord” attitude!  Even if you know you’re not ready for the tasks, He knows your faults and His power is made perfect in weakness.  He will do amazing things with your surrendered heart if you desire Him above all other things.

If your heart is indeed in line with God’s desires and His plan, please don’t let this message freak you out and make you rush God’s timing. Perhaps He is asking you to wait.  But if He’s waiting on you, you may have a problem.  I just ask that we take the time to question ourselves to see if He’s pushing us and whether or not we’re budging.

Consider today.  This is the only today you have.  What have you not done that you need to do?  Be advised – you have no reset button.

So it appears that I can’t stay true to some of my goals.

I jsut couldn’t take playing only <50% complete games anymore, so I spent the majority of the weekend playing Spiderman: Web of Shadows.  By which I mean, I spent several hours looking for those damned Spider-tokens, of which I collected the last 800 or so to get that juicy 75G Achievement for maxing out Spider-Man. It brings my score for that game up to 935/1000, and also tells me that I’m only three Achievements away from having ny ninth 100% game.

As good as all that is, I’m still thinking of other games to play.

Like Assassin’s Creed. I have a perfect file already, so in order to not tarnish it, I started a dummy profile (that’s actually named dummy) and I’m playing from the beginning. The idea is that I remember the plot – both the real world stuff and the past – so that I’m up to date when my pre-ordered copy of the sequel comes I’ll be good and ready. I’m also getting the game mechanics firmly in my mind so that I can properly appreciate all the changes. It’s those I’m looking forward to the most.

My wife’s friend came over the other night and we played some of The Beatles: Rock Band. I know how yet another RB game on my GamerTag, and this time I can’t just play it willy nilly and up my GamerScore. Now I have to wait an undeterminate amount of time before I can either convince the friend to come over to buy the game myself. Either way, I now have an 8% completion game marring my GamerTag, but it’s such a good game and I wanted it anyway, so I’m not going to bitch about it anymore.

I got my PSP back, so FFVII has been in the forefront of my handheld experiences. I did play a smidgeon of Pokemon (Diamond) which was fun. I’m eagerly awaiting the release of HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Not much else to say other than that. Those that are following my GamerTag won’t see me online very much over the next week or two, as I’ll be playing as dummy for a while with Assassin’s Creed. But I assure you, when I get bored or frustrated I’ll switch out to something else, and generally wreak havoc.

You might see me online tonight, actually, as I’ll probably by playing Halo 3 online with some buddies. It helps that I’ve already broken my “50% only” rule, but I’d do it for Halo 3 anyways. There are so many MP Achievements that I have very little chance of getting by myself, so it’ll help to have some friends. Although, now that I think about it, I still have to try my best, which isn’t very good. Ah well, the things I do for Achievements.

If you thought Square-Enix already gave us enough Cloud Strife, then you are wrong. With revealing of Zack and  Cloud’s back story in FFVII: Crisis Core, they have remade and re-released a new updated version of Advent Children titled Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.

Don’t be fooled. This just isn’t limited to deleted scenes but new content, more detail, better graphics and just everything to make your inner Final Fantasy Fan girly scream with joy. They are even including full CGI feature “Denzel’s Story” which was only released as a animation short in Japanese.

However…there is one minor catch….FFVII: AC Complete will only be available on Blu Ray Disc. So far all of us out there who cannot afford the $200+ bucks for a Blu Ray Player (myself included T_T) will have to live off of internet clips and online spoilers until someone finally posts the whole move or your able to mooch off of someone else’s Blu Ray player. This epicly sucks but apparently the graphics are kick ass in High Def and Sony wanted to keep it that way. I both curse and applaud you Sony…

But…since I am here to feed your inner Final Fantasy Fan, what kind of person would I be if I didn’t give you something to make you sequel with joy and cry over the fact that you may not have a Blu Ray Player. Below you will find the Official FFVII: ACC Trailer released by Square-Enix in HD (it’s in Japanese mind you but everything is better in Japanese). You will also find a few other epic win video clips that I have included just because they are awesome to watch.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Trailer
The official trailer posted by Square-Enix Japan. Posted in HD

Safe And Sound – Kyosuke Himuro feat. Gerard Way.
The ending song of FFVII:ACC and the song featured in the trailer. Posted in HD.

Complete Cloud Vs. Sephiroth Battle in HD
Some very lovely person posted the whole Cloud Vs. Sephiroth Battle in HD on Youtube. However, to keep Youtube from taking it down, they inverted the video colors but give you instruction on how to change it back.

FFVII: AC Complete – Cloud Vs. Sephiroth
An awesome kick butt, fan made AMV featuring clips from the new battle scene and the rest of the movie.

FFVII:ACC + Crisis Core Fan Made Trailer
Another epic win fan made work that streams clips from Crisis Core and FFVII: ACC together in a short but sweet video.

Please enjoy and if you ever find the full FFVII: ACC movie posted online (or don’t mind someone mooching off of your Blu Ray, heh) Then please let me know! ^_^

Final Fantasy VII

Personaje : Aerith Gainsborough

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I’ve been playing Final Fantasy VII lately. A lot. OK, I’m obsessed with it right now. As a result…

I luv Aeris! Or Aerith, if you will. ^_^ This was a great little project to make as I obviously haven’t done any crocheting for a long time…I attribute this to the fact that my friend started a knitting group back in February and I’ve pretty much been on a knitting kick since then. I’ve got some vacation coming up around the holidays, though, so I’m hoping to get more FFVII charas done.

Hope you like her! (Sorry, no pattern.)

]]> http://pressthepsbutton.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/para-pasar-el-rato-ffvii-al-puro-estilo-tales/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:08:36 +0000 Lic. Jesús de Nazaret http://pressthepsbutton.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/para-pasar-el-rato-ffvii-al-puro-estilo-tales/

Curioso vídeo traído a ustedes desde Silicorera, donde se presentan a los personajes de Final Fantasy VII (Y otros mas) como si hubieran sido creados por los artistas de los jugos Tales.

La pura diversión.

Com certeza, algumas coisas fizeram parte da sua vida . Estamos falando de músicas temas de games, que dominavam sua mente durante horas.Essas músicas vêm sendo novamente reconstruidas por musicos fanáticos pelos games e algumas conseguiram ficar até melhores que as originais. Confiram uma lista com as 10 melhores versões de músicas de games na internet.

Double Dragon

Final Fantasy VII Battle

Star Fox

Metal Gear Solid 2

F-Zero

Castlevania

Street Fighter

Rush of the Wind é sem dúvida um dos grandes picos

Megaman X

Zelda


Duke Nukem

Valeu galera!

Gawdammit. I dropped my PSP on the bus this morning. FUCK.

The good news? Somebody found it, gave it to the bus driver, and then responded to the Craig’s List ad my wife put up about the missing PSP. So I should be getting it back within a few days.

That means I can keep playing FFVII, although not on transit anymore, no fucking way.

But what about the weekend, you ask? Well, there was a lot of good things happening all along that. By which I mean, three Achievements in Infinite Undiscovery. I finally surpassed my furthest point by getting Amber Ace, so now I’m going balls to the wind as far as knowing where to go and what to do. From looking at the Achievements I still need to go through three dungeons before I’m done the game, so it’ll be a few more weeks before I’m fully done, I think. It’d go faster but I’m taking the time to get all the best weapons and armor at every new city, so that’s taking a lot of time. I also picked up Social Butterfly and Marathon Man, which brought me up to 400G. 40% mo-fucka!

Sorry, that was rude. I’m just really excited!

Didn’t really play a lot, other than that. And those three Achievements took me all weekend to get. I didn’t spend all my time playing, I only actually spent a couple hours all together, but at least I’m further than ever before. And when I’ve finally beaten the game, I’ll be over 50% and I can concentrate on other games to finish up my goal.

On Halloween night, people have gathered in mass at Salle Pollack to ruin thousands of children’s Halloween night in favor of watching a concert in tribute to Final Fantasy. Yes, instead of staying home and waiting for the good old door bell and kids going ‘Trick-or-Treat’ before handing them candy, people went to watch an amazing performance done by l’Orchestre de Jeux Videos…

I, unfortunately, did not bring my camera so I do not have any pictures to put up here. However, someone kindly took some videos of the concert and have posted them up on Youtube. And of course, as last time’s concert, the encore was once again the Final Fantasy VI medley!!

And of course, they have also told us that of their next upcoming concert being held at Cegep Marie-Victorin. Tickets are 10$ for students and 12$ regular and can be reserved by calling 514 325-1050 (extension: 2668). Another concert by the OJV on the 18th of November 2009, a must watch!!!

I only say this because of the effects of Lunar Rain on characters with a Lunaglyph. The effect causes constantly rejuvenating MP, which leads to endless spells (offensive and healing, yay!) that help me level grind for longer and longer. The only problem is that eventually my friends turn into Vermiforms.

The thing about Infinite Undiscovery is that they don’t tell you enough about what’s going on until you’re halfway through the situation. I had three friends all at stage 3 of vermification before the little screen describing the process showed up. I was so confused the first time I played; I knew what was going on in this second playthrough, but it’s still disconcerting to know that characters are being transformed but not being able to do anything about it, you know?

Before I go on (and really, if you’ve been reading, you should know I don’t do that much about spoilers – it’s not that I don’t care, I abhor spoilers and avoid them like the plague, it’s just that this game doesn’t really deserve the warning, and the other games I play have been out long enough that everyone knows what happens anyways; it’ll change with Assassin’s Creed 2, trust me) I should mention that…oh, wait, I already said everything I need to in the parentheses. Huh.

Anyway, I beat vermified Edward and healed him, so now I’m off to Halgita once again. This time it’ll be under attack, which blows, but at least I’ll get two more characters, and I’ll finally be caught up. Yes! By Monday I plan to be officially further than I’ve ever been, including knocking down the next chain (I think it’s the Amber one). I have to do a little research to see what characters I need for the Bad Influence Achievement (allow nine characters to fully vermify – only nine of them can) so that I can get the lovely set of 30G that comes with it, and then I can concentrate and finishing the game.

I’ve made a lot of progress towards bettering my characters; for example, I’ve been upgrading their weapons and armor at every city. This has made a substantial differenece in the amount of difficulty I’ve had, and the grinding for Fol means that my characters are at a few levels higher than they were the first time, resulting in higher stats and faster battles. If I manage to keep this up (and really, why shouldn’t I?) then I believe it won’t be nearly as hard to beat this game (on Normal) as I’ve been afraid it would. Not only that, but subsequent playthroughs will benefit from my knowledge of where everything is, and how to get to it all.

My time with FFVII has been passing, and I’m still just as happy I bought it now as I was before. It is a magnificent game, and I’d forgotten all the little things that made it funny. Case in point: when viewing a flashback featuring Elmyra (Aerith’s adoptive mother) you see the younger version of the mother waiting at the train stop. A woman exits the train to meet her boyfriend, and the guy picks her up, twirls her around in the air, and then they walk off. You then see a pudgy older gentleman come off the train, get picked up by his itty bitty wife, twirled around, and then they walk off. It added humor to the otherwise sad scene where Elmyra doesn’t get to see her husband.

I’m currently in the Shinra building, having just freed Red XIII (or Nanaki as I’ve named him – see what I did there?)  and following the trail of blood left by (SPOILER!) Sephiroth as he drags Jenova’s body upwards to the top of the building. I know the fight with Rufus is inbound, so that’ll be fun. Rufus and that stupid dog of his.

More of the same tonight, so don’t expect anything great on Monday when I update again. I’m not going to do the Preview thing anymore; too vague. I will, however, make a new post shortly about Halo: Waypoint, so if it’s not up yet, come back in half an hour or so.

O site japonês Oricon Life questionou 500 homens entre os 10 e 40 anos qual o jogo que os fizeram chorar.

Veja o resultado:

5. Mother 2
4. Clannad
3. Final Fantasy VII
2. Dragon Quest V
1. Final Fantasy X

E você, qual jogo te fez chorar?

Японското списание Oricon Life обяви класация на 5-те най-емоционални видеоигри, които съществуват. От списанието са направили проучване сред 500 мъже (забележете – само мъже) на възраст от 13 до 40 години и са ги попитали, кои са видеоигрите, на които са проливали сълзи. Ето ги и тях – 5-те игри, които ще насълзят очите и на най-закоравелия японски хардкор геймър:

5. Mother 2

4. Clannad

3. Final Fantasy VII

2. Dragon Quest V

1. Final Fantasy X

Тези от вас, на които заглавията им говорят нещо най-вероятно ще повдигнат учудено вежда, а за другите ще напомня – все пак проучването е проведено сред японци. И все пак, Final Fantasy VII наистина беше уникална игра – остава в моя топ 3 за всички времена.

I have a very good gaming-related reason for my post title, not that you care. Also, it was the first thing I could think of that sounded even remotely cool, but really, does anyone care? Please, leave a comment and let me know.

I’ve been going back and forth on my newly refound PSP between playing Final Fantasy VII and Jenne d’Arc. Don’t ask why, just go with it.

I’m going to assume that, since you probably followed a link from a forum post to this blog, you know what happens in FFVII? Good. I’m at work, and I’ve been playing here, and the plate just fell on the Sector 7 slums. Aerith has been kidnapped by Tseng, Marlene is missing, and I still don’t have Vincent in my party.

(I know, I know, he won’t show up until Nibelheim, but damn it, he’s such a badass!)

I’ve been wanting to play this game again for years, and never been able to find a copy. When I found out it was available on the PlayStation Network, I was so excited I couldn’t contain myself. And then I realized that I had no idea where my PSP was. My wife found it just the other day, and the first thing I did was download VII.

I’m following a guide, trying to get the best items, follow strategies, do all the side quests, etc. I played the Greatest Hits version back in ‘05 and beat it on my PSO, so it’s not like I’m spoiling anything. I’ve also watched Advent Children and beaten Crisis Core recently, so it’s all fresh in my mind. The point is that I want to best weapons and armor, all the greatest Materia, Limit Breaks, and sundry other stuff that I don’t trust myself to be able to get on my own.

Jeanne d’Arc = Joan of Arc + Japan. If that doesn’t explain enough for ya, then Google it, because I don’t want to get into it now. Suffice it to say it’s a tactics-style game, and really easy. I’m playing for the plot, that’s it.

I played more IU last night. I’m on a bit of a role, taking down the Port Zala chain last night. I’m almost to the point where I’m fully caught up; all I need to do now is get to Kolton, learn about vermification, and make my way to Dias. This is where I stopped last time (I was severly underleveled and getting my ass kicked by those damn spider-things) so this time I’ll make sure to put plenty of effort into level grinding and getting weapon/armor upgrades so that my characters don’t suck the big one. There’s the chance for at least one Achievement during these next few stages (Bad Influence) so there’s the possibility of another 30GS attaching itself to my score. Check last Sunday’s post for deatils on what my goals are and how much this will effect everything.

Last night the wife and I finally set up the entertainment unit. Some holes were drilled, consoles were placed on various shelves with their wires threaded through, and the whole shebang presses up against the recently painted Red Wall of Awesomeness that now dominates our living room. Basically I’m saying that the gaming consoles (as well as the DVD player and the cable box) are now securely set up and ready to be played. The only things left are the two wall mounted shelves that match the hutch and finding a place for all the different controllers. If you’re thinking about it for me, remember that I have three guitars, a drum set, and at least two controllers each for my original PlayStation, PS2, GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360. That’s a lot of gaming devices.

Halo: Waypoint is available today. I’ll do a review tomorrow after I’ve spent some time in it. Maybe it’ll make me play one of my Halo games, to see how it updates. At the very least, Avatar Awards have started to make an appearance, so I’ll have to check out the ones from ODST. I think there’s two that I can get out of the ones that have been revealed through gaming sites. Check out xbox360achievements.org for more info.

Well lunch is almost over, so back to the drawing board. By which I mean, there still isn’t any work to do, so I’m going to play more FFVII.

Quick run down of my Infinite Undiscovery play last night: I got the Reckless Driver Achievement, which was nice, but less awesome than it could have been because I was trying for it, and new exactly what to do to get it, and it wasn’t a surprise. But that’s okay, because 30GS is a very good thing to have, especially in a game that has been kicking my ass in terms of GamerScore.

I’ve been neglecting my handheld gaming in this blog for a focus on the Xbox, so I’ll be rectifying that as of today. Last night on my way home from work (I take public transit) I played more of Pokemon Diamond. I’ve beaten the game, and I have most of the Pokedex filled up, so now I’m concentrating on actually having one of every Pokemon in my boxes. That means one each of every stage of evolution for every Pokemon. So far I have all of them up to Dratini, and once I get Dragonaire and Dragonite, I’ll have all of them up to Sudowoodo (I think). You know what, let me check that first.

Okay, right, I’m missing #122, Mr. Mime (don’t know how, I used to have one) so that’s something I’ll have to do.  And I don’t actually have all of them up to Sudowoodo, I’m actually missing a hell of a lot more than that, so forget what I said earlier. There’s a lot of breeding involved with this particular goal, but theoretically by the time I’m done with that (as well as leveling those that need it) I’ll have one of each type of Pokemon (not including 3rd gen version specific legendaries). This is all just to tide me over until HeartGold and SoulSilver come out, wherein I’ll promptly forget about Diamond and concentrate and the remakes of by far the best set of Pokemon games to ever have been released.

Maybe with HG/SS I’ll actually try out the Battle Tower.

Last night, my wife found my PSP. About ten minutes later, Final Fantasy VII was bought and downloading, and earlier this morning, even before I was on the bus, I was reveling in one of my favourtie FF games ever. I’m not one of those gamers who thinks it’s the best of the series, but it is definitely in my top three. I think it’ll dominate my handheld gaming for the next little while, but the only way to keep up on that from your end is to keep reading this blog.

That’s about all for now, I think. I’ll be surreptitiously playing FFVII while at work, seeing as I have nothing else to do. There’ll be more IU tonight…

That reminds me! I set up the download for Rock Band 2’s Foo Fighter Pack 03, and I played “The Pretender” last night quickly. It’s one of my favourite FF songs, so naturally I couldn’t resist. Once I have enough points (and I’ve migrated the Rock Band 1 catalogue) I’ll purchase Packs 01 and 02, for a total of 11 Foo Fighter songs on one game. Man, that’s going to be a kick-ass setlist!

Antes de mais nada, é um jogo para fãs. Você não é fã mas gosta de jogos de estratégia? E de jogos de luta? Então vai curtir Dissidia: Final Fantasy. O jogo trás todos os 12 personagens principais e seus respectivos inimigos em um mega crossover para aqueles que acompanham a franquia (porque diferente do que muitos ainda pensam, os 12 Final Fantasy lançados até hoje não tem ligação. Cada edição do jogo é uma história fechada). A lista de personagens é a seguinte:

Final Fantasy I: Warrior of Light / Garland
Final Fantasy II: Firion / The Emperor
Final Fantasy III: Onion Knight / Cloud of Darkness
Final Fantasy IV: Cecil Harvey / Golbez
Final Fantasy V: Bartz Klauzer / Exdeath
Final Fantasy VI: Terra Branford / Kefka Palazzo
Final Fantasy VII: Cloud Strife / Sephiroth
Final Fantasy VIII: Squall Leonheart / Ultimecia
Final Fantasy IX: Zidane Tribal / Kuja
Final Fantasy X: Tidus / Jecht
Final Fantasy XI: Shantoto
Final Fantasy XII:  Garbranth
Dissidia: Final Fantasy: Cosmos
Dissidia: Final Fantasy: Chaos

A lista é grande e você pode jogar com quase todos eles. Para quem acompanha a franquia é no mínimo interessante controlar o Tidus numa luta contra Sephiroth, ou controlar Golbez em uma luta contra Squall. Curto muito crossovers (e mashups) e alguns fanfics  que pipocam pela internet com diversos personagens de jogos e histórias diferentes se encontrando. Então sim, Dissidia: Final Fantasy agrada e muito esse público. Porém com uma história muito fraca. A princípio você fica empolgado para finalizar com cada um dos doze heróis porque as histórias de cada um completam a grande história do jogo, o porque de eles terem sido retirados de suas dimensões pela deusa Cosmos que está em uma luta há eras contra Chaos, que quer lançar os mundos no caos (RÁ!). Depois que você termina o primeiro arco da história tudo fica igual, sem muita emoção, infelizmente. É também lamentável que tenham usado o mais básico dos traços de personalidade de cada personagem, o que dá a impressão de terem escrito o plot do jogo de qualquer jeito e os motivos deles para lutar e ajudar a deusa. Exemplos? A dúvida de Cloud sobre viver e ser a sombra de Sephiroth, Squall e sua solidão, Tidus e sua alegria irritante, e por aí vai. Uma pena pois quando ouvimos o nome Final Fantasy imaginamos aventuras épicas, profundas e envolventes. Infelizmente não é a realidade de Dissidia. Mas ok, né, é um jogo de luta, e nisso Dissidia se dá super bem.

Ao iniciar a aventura com um dos personagens você será jogado em um tabuleiro com vários inimigos e itens. Ao se movimentar no tabuleiro você perde Destiny Points, que podem ser recuperados cumprindo certos requisitos, como ganhar do inimigo em 10 segundos. Para ganhar a luta você deve atacar os Brave Points de seu oponente, que vão pra você. A qualquer momento você pode fazer um ataque direto no HP do oponente, que irá causar dano equivalente ao seu número de Brave Points. Complicado? Nem um pouco. No jogo o entendimento é automático e combina bastante com a proposta da luta ser decidida antes de entrar no campo de batalha, com a estratégia. Se você nunca se deu bem com “bolão pra trás+soco forte” fique tranquilo, Todos os movimentos são programados para serem efetuados com um simples “esquerda+bolinha”, “cima+bolinha+quadrado”. Nada muito complexo, até porque executar movimentos complicados no PSP é horrível. Estratégia é a palavra chave desse jogo. O que ninguém pode reclamar é dos itens disponíveis para se montar uma estratégia infalível. Existe uma infinidade de armas e escudos com outra infinidade de acessórios com diversas propriedades para você se dar bem contra seus inimigos, além de uma lista enorme de summons que te oferecem vantagens e alguns que brincam com a sua sorte na batalha. E você vai precisar disso para se dar bem nos outros modos de jogo que Dissidia: Final Fantasy te oferece.

Não pense que matou-chefão-cabô-jogo. Quando você der cabo de qualquer chefe, você receberá PPs, que são os pontos para você gastar na comprando de itens que foram liberados na PP Store, que vão desde roupas secundárias para seus heróis, liberar os inimigos como personagens jogáveis, comprar roupas secundárias para os inimigos, novos campos de batalha, novos modos de jogo e mais um monte de coisa. Sobre os modos de jogo um ponto negativo não haver um modo on line. Mesmo havendo a possibilidade de lutar contra seus amigos usando o ad hoc, e mesmo depois da luta você pode lutar contra os “fantasmas” dos personagens utilizados por eles, eu queria um modo de jogo on line. Tudo bem que ainda existem o modo Hard, o Arcade, o Duel Colosseum com mais quatro modos de jogo, os desafios para criar itens no campo de batalha além do desafio de conseguir os itens no próprio “tabuleiro” do jogo através dos Destiny Points. É, pode parecer que estou reclamando de barriga cheia, mas não, eu queria um modo on line =(

E o que falar dos gráficos desse jogo? Nunca estive tão feliz com a capacidade gráfica do meu PSP! Os campos de batalha são enormes e poucas (mas elas existem) vezes a câmera se perde na frenética atuação de golpes. E como os personagens se movimentam belamente nesse jogo! Não é de estranhar que exista a possibilidade de salvar o vídeo da batalha e editá-lo ao seu gosto para assistir depois ou no PSP ou no PC.

Dissidia: Final Fantasy é um jogo para fãs? Sim, mas você que gosta de jogos de estratégia também vai se divertir por meses com ele. Veja o trailer do jogo e divirta-se!

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Jénova se echó a un lado. A pesar de su gran masa poseía una agilidad notable. Con un movimiento rápido extendió el tentáculo y agarró a Tifa al vuelo. Red saltó y se aferró al grueso tentáculo con sus garras, mordiendo y despedazando la carne putrefacta al mismo tiempo. Jénova aulló, pero no soltó a Tifa. Cloud desenvainó su espadón, pero Barret se interpuso en su camino.

- Eh, novato. No tienes nada que hacer aquí.
- Déjame, Barret. Tengo que salvarla.
- Escucha, la dejas en buenas manos. Si no cumples tu misión no nos salvaremos ninguno. Así que haz el favor y ve a por él – dicho esto agarró a Cloud con ambas manazas y lo elevó del suelo. Se acercó hasta el abismo y observó con pavor la corriente vital -. Te habría seguido hasta el final, mi líder – le susurró. Su rostro se tornó amable -. Pero allá donde vas nadie puede seguirte. Te deseo toda la suerte del mundo – dicho esto arrojó a Cloud al makko, que se tragó el delgado cuerpo del ex-shinra sin producir ningún ruido – Bien… – dijo para sí mismo Barret – ¿por dónde íbamos? Ah, sí… ¡AAAAAAARGH!

El hombretón de Corel se giró y disparó con su brazo-arma justo entre los ojos de la bestia. La cara de Jénova se desfiguró rápidamente. Se echó atrás, pero Barret corría hacia ella con el brazo en alto sin dejar de disparar. Pensaba vaciar el cargador hasta reventarla. El tentáculo se relajó y dejó ir a Tifa, que salió despedida. Por suerte Vincent la atrapó en el aire. Barret continuaba su brutal ofensiva a pesar de que Jénova intenaba parar las balas con los tentáculos. Cuando se encontró lo suficientemente cerca, el hombretón clavó su brazo en la cabeza de Jénova, tocó un pequeño botón en su arma para cambiar al modo lanzagranadas. Sin más dilación empezó a expulsar granadas sin parar que atravesaban las carne de Jénova y se introducían en el interior. Tras varias granadas un tentáculo golpeó a Barret que cayó al suelo de bruces. Entonces las granadas hicieron explosión en el interior de la bestia, provocando varias grietas en su piel de las que brotaron trozos de carne deshecha y mucha, mucha sangre. El hedor era insoportable.

A pesar de tener la cabeza totalmente destrozada y sus órganos reventados, Jénova seguía con vida. Lanzó otro ataque con sus tentáculos, esta vez con Vincent como objetivo. El ex-Turco brincaba de un lado al otro de la plataforma rocosa evitando los tentáculos, no sin dificultad, mientras disparaba su rifle. Finalmente cometió un error de cálculo y la huesuda mano de Jénova le agarró el tobillo. Antes de que a Jénova le diese tiempo a decidir qué hacer con Vincent, Cid atravesó el tentáculo a media altura con su lanza, que terminó clavada en la roca. Con el tentáculo inmovilizado, Yuffie lanzó un corte vertical con su shuriken que cercenó la extremidad. Vincent se vio liberado. El tentáculo se sacudió con fuerza durante un rato más.

Jénova montó en cólera. Sin cabeza, sin tentáculo. Se sintió acorralada. Alzó su tentáculo y medio hacia el techo y las estalactitas de Materia vibraron con fuerza. Todo el crepitó unos instantes antes que empezase la lluvia de estalactitas multicolor. Los humanos del grupo tuvieron suficiente agilidad para esquivarlas una a una, pero Red no tuvo tanta suerte. Una estalactita se clavó en su pata trasera izquierda, postrándolo en el suelo con sumo dolor. Jénova aprovechó este momento para acercarse al animal y rematarlo, pero Red rugió con furia y una colosal llamarada brotó de todo su cuerpo, lacerando a la bestia por todas partes.

La lluvia cesó y el resto del grupo pudo acudir en su ayuda. Se interpusieron entre ambos mientras Yuffie retiraba la estalactita y usaba Materia curativa en la herida. Jénova, destrozada y abrasada, seguía moviéndose. Sintieron miedo.

- ¿Cómo vamos a matar a esta cosa? – preguntó Cid.
- Todavía tengo un as en la manga – les dijo Vincent.
- ¿En serio? – repuso con incredulidad el capitán – Y, ¿de qué se trata?
- Vosotros procuradme algo de tiempo. Si lo consigo todavía tendremos una oportunidad.

Asintieron y adelantaron sus posiciones de defensa. Vincent se retiró y sacó algo de su bolsillo. Algo brillante. La distracción funcionó y Jénova se centró en Tifa y Barret. La masa amorfa saltó sobre Tifa y la aplastó. Barret disparó impotente contra la inmunda bestia, pero pronto quedó petrificado ante la visión de Tifa alzando con ambos brazos a su contrincante. La muchacha lanzó a Jénova contra una pared, lo que provocó un crujido harto desagradable procedente del interior de la criatura. Parecía imposible que pudiera seguir moviéndose. Pero lo hacía, y esta vez con furia.

Se dirigió hacia Tifa y la atacó con su tentáculo, pero la muchacha respondió el golpe con un puñetazo que lo desvió. El siguiente ataque lo efectuó de nuevo la bestia con el medio tentáculo que le había dejado Yuffie, pero Tifa contraatacó una vez más con una patada giratoria. Jénova rugió y los ataques se sucedieron más deprisa. La violenta danza de Tifa, que respondía todos los golpes sin inmutarse, hipnotizó a Barret. El hombretón recordó aquel día, en la misión del reactor, cuando Cloud se enfrentó a un escorpión mecánico gigante. Ahora su amiga Tifa estaba luchando con igual bravura contra la mismísima Jénova que había puesto al ejército de Shin Ra contra las cuerdas.

Tifa decidió pasar al ataque. Se protegió una vez más y entonces echó a correr hacia Jénova, que no supo cómo protegerse. Tifa se tiró al suelo y, cuando estuvo realmente cerca de su contrincante, saltó con fuerza y el puño en alto. Se introdujo por entero en el cuerpo de Jénova, atravesándolo por completo, y produciéndole un enorme agujero. Tifa aterrizó con estilo, cubierta de sangre. Sus ojos emitían un brillo extraño.

La bestia cayó al suelo, inmóvil. Barret se acercó lentamente para examinarla.

- ¡Está muerta!

Nada más lejos. El cuerpo de Jénova se levantó una vez más y agarró a Barret por el cuello con su tentáculo. Empezó a levitar, alzando el cuerpo de barret con ella. Estaba dispuesta a ahogarle.

- ¡Jénova! – gritó Vincent. Estaba envuelto por una luz verdosa – ¿Sabes qué es esto? – Vincent estiró ambos brazos. Sus manos brillaban con un resplandor verde.

Jénova entendió en seguida el mensaje. Soltó a Barret y avanzó hacia Vincent. Pero ya era demasiado tarde para ella. Vincent había invocado el poder de la Materia Última. Dicha Materia,  creada por el mismísimo Planeta a modo de defensa en momentos críticos, contenía el poder de la Corriente Vital en sí mismo. Antes de que Jénova pudiera golpear a Vincent todo el makko de la estancia se revolvió como un violento mar. Cientos de hilos luminosos brotaron de la Corriente Vital hacia Jénova. Cuando estos rayos se introdujeron en el interior de la bestia, ésta quedó paralizada. El tiempo pareció detenerse. Todos dirigieron sus miradas hacia ella. Un brillo cegador brotaba por todas las heridas y orificios Jénova. Con un grito de dolor su cuerpo se despedazó en mil trozos; y los trozos, a su vez, se convirtieron en destellos verdosos que se consumieron en segundos. De pronto ya no había rastro de la criatura.

Esperaron un momento, sin dar crédito a lo que acababan de presenciar. Cuando comprendieron que Jénova había desaparecido para siempre corrieron los unos hacia los otros. Se abrazaron y celebraron su victoria creando un corrillo en mitad de la plataforma. Jénova había sido vencida, la salvación del Planeta se encontraba un paso más cerca. Ya solo faltaba…

- ¡Cloud! – gritó Tifa cuando el éxtasis hubo pasado.

Corrieron hacia el borde de la roca y escrutaron la Corriente Vital, en busca de alguna señal que les indicase cómo le iba a Cloud. Nada.

- ¿Qué creéis que está pasando ahí abajo? – preguntó Tifa angustiada.
- Me temo que nadie puede darte esa respuesta – repuso Red -. Sea como sea, ya no podemos hacer nada más. El futuro del mundo está en manos de Cloud.

Recently I mentioned that I didn’t think there was much happening in the US market in Sci-Fantasy.

I should probably clarify that. By Sci-Fantasy, I am not referring to the genre of Science Fiction that is derogatorily referred to as “rubber science” or “fantasy with a coat of metallic paint” – stories that center around spaceships and the like but which are not grounded in real science. I’m aware of the current debate around “hard science” sci-fi and of those who claim that it’s a superior brand of book, but that’s not what I’m talking about here. (By the by, it seems those discussions arise out of the understandable desire for genre writers to be taken seriously, but, honestly folks, degrading other types of genre fiction is not more likely to get you the recognition you want. That said, I didn’t like the Red Matter, either.)

What I’m talking about are works that are not disguising the fantasy elements at all; works where swords and sorcery exist side by side with high technology. Obviously, again, Star Wars (at least everything done since 1983, really), is all about this type of Sci-Fantasy, though taking Star Wars at face value the swords and magic are disguised, and, thus, still not what I’m talking about.

Perhaps I can illustrate through example, though what is telling is that most of my examples come from video games, comics, and rpgs, and most from Japan.

My first exposure to Sci-Fantasy came in the form of Phantasy Star, an rpg for the old Sega Master System. If you want to know what I’m talking about, look no further: they have swords, magic (fireballs!), classic D&D monsters, spaceships, laser swords, aliens, and climate control systems. Later iterations in the series would introduce interstellar space travel, laser guns, bio-modification, and evil demonic entities. It is the kind of high-octane mash-up that makes me swoon. The Five Star Stories movie & manga is another major influence (Nagano’s art style is to die for – go now and do an image search on the Mirage Knights, particularly for my favorite, Hind Kill). Final Fantasy VII from the PlayStation One is perhaps the best known game in the genre.

All of the above examples are Japanese. Western examples include the Warhammer 40K universe from Games Workshop. In literature, Michael Moorcook experimented here and there with it (Elric visiting the Dancers at the End of Time comes to mind), but I can’t really think of any major titles. Perhaps I am forgetting something major, or have a major gap in my knowledge, or (more likely) both.

Anyway, that’s the genre that my next story will play around with, and since (as I’ve mentioned) I’m going for a pulp feel, I think there will be a lot of latitude to have fun. Will it be palatable to anyone except me? That remains to be seen.

Este post esta inspirado en un tema que hice en ciertos foros de videojuegos, claro que voy a ampliar mucho mas mi opinión en esta ocasión. La música de la saga Final Fantasy es uno de los aspectos mas destacables, es admirable el trabajo que hizo el Señor Nobuo Uematsu con todas las entregas de la serie. Aunque Yasunori Mitsuda sea mi compositor favorito, Uematsu probablemente este en un muy cercano segundo lugar. Logro hacer cosas excelentes y ambientar increíblemente todos los juegos en los que trabajo. Al igual que en otras entradas, son sin orden en particular, todas me gustan aunque unas mas que otras XD

Main Theme de FFIV

Me encanta la influencia de la musica celta en este titulo, acentúa el aire medieval del contexto del juego, realmente me parece adecuada y sumamente emotiva considerando el juego del que viene. Y nooo no es de enya, Celtic Moon es un disco de arreglos hecho por Máire Breatnach, en esa version es mucho mas notoria la influencia celta.

You are not Alone de FFIX

Este tema en especial me gusta porque, a pesar de salirse un poco de los estándares de Uematsu y de la música de FFIX en general, logra tener una enorme carga emotiva y es sumamente conmovedor durante el contexto en el que se presenta. La mezcla de sonidos me pareció sumamente original, una de mis piezas favoritas de toda la serie

A fleeting Dream de FFX

Esta canción se me hace muy inspiradora y triste al mismo tiempo, me gusta particularmente la progresión de ritmo e intensidad que maneja. También, de nueva cuenta, el contexto ayuda bastante a ser memorable, pero no le quita nada de merito a esta pieza.

Dancing Mad de FFVI


La primer vez que tuve pelea contra kefka realmente estaba tan emocionada en el combate que no le puse la atencion debida a esta pieza, muchos dicen que el mejor tema de combate final lo tiene Sephiroth, pero ooohh que equivocados están, Dancing mad es una combinación de piezas con muchos altibajos y variantes, pero sin perder el hilo del tema original. La version de The black Mages es buenisima Parte 1 y Parte 2

What de FFV

No tengo idea porque me gusta tanto esta pieza, me parece particularmente cómica y ese sonido retro la hace completamente única. No creo que una versión con instrumentos reales pudiese tener el mismo efecto XD. Faris RLZ!!!

Aria Di Mezzo Carattere de FFVI

FFVI creo que es el mejor trabajo de Uematsu a la fecha, la escena de la opera no seria lo mismo sin esta cancion y la interaccion del jugador con la escena, es definitivamente uno de los mejores momentos en toda la serie, si no es que de los RPG’s en general. Ese video no es la versión original, pero tenia que ponerlo porque es buenisimo, viene en un Cd de arreglos que se llama Grand Finale.

Judgment Day de FFVII

Este tema creo que reune los enormes sentimientos de ansiedad y angustia (AKA emonesss )que rodean el juego, pero aun asi tiene un aire de determinacion. El sonido de FFVII me parecio excelente, casi todos los temas son dificiles de encasillar en algun genero o algo parecido.

Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec de FFVIII

Me recordó bastante a Dancing Mad, aunque un poco mas sencilla, creo que le va perfectamente a la apariencia de Edea. Los coros me parecen una muy buena adicion, la hacen sonar mucho mas escalofriante. Esta version es tambien de un disco de Arreglos

Four Hearts de FFV

Esta canción después del FFtheme es la que mas me recuerda la serie, es la que creo que transmite ese sentimiento de un viaje fantastico ( ) que evoca la aventura y cosas así. FFV para mi es una de las joyas menospreciadas de la serie.

Tina/Terra’s theme

Mi protagonista preferida de toda la serie, este tema debe de estar entre los mejores de el genero, es uno de los mejores “world map theme”, el sentimiento que provoca este tema, casi casi raya en lo sublime ^__^

BONUS TRACKS:

Final Fantasy Main Theme

Esta en todos los juegos y casi por ahi del final, casi casi te sabe a final de alguna pelicula epica XD

Prelude

Tambien esta en la gran mayoría de los juegos, una pieza bastante buena y que refleja mucho de lo que la serie representa.

Menciones especiales:
Eternal Wind de FFIII
Looking at the ocean de Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Only a Plank Between One and Perdition de FFVIII
Final Fantasy Tactics Intro

He's ba~ack...

Lane makes his first appearance on the podcast and experiences first-hand the joys of Lusipurr’s many software problems. Meanwhile, Nate finally starts to play Final Fantasy VII, just in time for the end of Revisiting the Lifesteam. Argh!