Unleash the Inner power - The Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Review

nullThe Final Fantasy Chronicles series, created by Akitoshi Kawazu was first released in 2003, as Wikipedia states and knows, by now it has five titles. The latest release started in Japan in November 12, 2009 and arrived to North America on December 26 in the past year.

Features and introduction to the story
This action-adventure genre game, released for Wii platform, features real-time combat, and the ability of the villains and civilians of the game to show emotions via symbols made by the designers, over the characters heads. Another feature is the telekinetic ability. This means that the player can perform combat actions; using this power, like the use of objects as weapons (projectiles).

Opening the The Crystal Bearer game you will find yourself far in the future in the world known, from the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, populated by four races: the Clavats, a very peaceful race similar to humans, the Lilties, a race of proud knights and warriors; the Selkies, who are mostly thieves, dressed in furs and possess stolen goods; and the Yukes, who are tall, slender creatures, with their face most of the time covered by a helmet. It seems like this Yukes race has been completely annihilated. In this era of persisting imbalance, Lilties dominate the world, but there exists a rare breed of powerful beings. They are called "Crystal Bearers", they have magical abilities and are feared. One of this breed is Layle, a young mercenary from the Clavat race. His status of Crystal bearer - having a crystal on his right cheek - gives him telekinetic abilities, like moving his enemies against their will. We shall meet the protagonist of this game, Layle hired to escort Alexis. The combat begins when Alexis is attacked by monsters and Layle meets Amidatelion...

Near Layle you will meet Belle, a female Selkie, who claims herself a photographer, Keiss, a male Selkie, who is Layle's partner and agenda. Amidatelion is the game's primary antagonist is a Yuke. Other characters are: High Commander Jegran, who is the game's villain, Cid, Vaigali and Blaze who you will meet through the game delivered in rich visual details.
The publishers of the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is the Square Enix, the game was designed by Toshiyuki Itahana, and the music was composed by Hidenori Iwasaki.

Useful Information:
- Number of players: 1, multi-player
- Platform: Wii
- Availability: you can order from the Square Enix retails partners: Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy
Prices:
Amazon: 46.99 USD (you save 6%) and gets shipped home for Free
GameStop: 49.99 USD and shipped in 24 hours
Best Buy: 49.99 USD and offering a great financing

The Circles of Hell... Dante's inferno video game review

Dante's Comedy

The Divine Comedy, Dante's most famous work from the Middle Ages, is in itself, a very visual artwork, describing the poet's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Paradise (Paradiso). Reading the story, the journey through Hell, you find very vivid images for a modern reader also. The Electronic Arts coming release Dante's Inferno video game, is based on this story, but the creators have taken to another level.

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This upcoming third-person video game, Dante's Inferno takes you in Hell. The developers of the "Dead Space" video game, have created Dante, the game's protagonist, a veteran returning from the Crusades. The creativity and adaptation of the 21th centuries request, by the writer (Will Rokos) and developers (Visceral Games Artificial Mind and Movement), have transformed the poet into a beefy hero, who invades Hell for his lady, Beatrice.

She was killed and her soul captured by Lucifer, who wants, and needs to marry a heaven-bound soul to break free of Hell and take command over God's Throne. Our hero, Dante has to pass through the Circles of Hell, and save Beatrice, in his way to his lady he needs to face the music of his own sins, his family's terrible past and war crimes against humanity.

On his way through the Nine Circles of Hell, he has to fight Death, demons unbaptized babies, tormented souls etc. Delivered in a high quality graphic vision, we will find our hero with some powerful weapons to help him become a victor. One of them is a scythe, taken as a war trophy when defeating Death, but this would not be enough, he has also a holy cross, that Beatrice gave him when they were having intercourse. This cross can be used to shoot blasts of righteous energy at enemies. With these two powerful weapons and the spirit of Virgil, who knows Dante's past well, you are ready to confront the dark family past, war crimes and face the punishment of Hell. The first Circle, the Limbo is just the beginning of a long trip to Beatrice. In this journey Dante has to fight Charon and King Minos (first level: Limbo), Cleopatra (second level: Lust), Cerberus: (third level: Gluttony), Plutus (fourth level: Greed), Phlegyas (Fifth level: Anger), Dark Priests (sixth level: Heresy), Francesco (seventh: Violence), as he enters into the eight circle, the Fraud, and reaches the last one, the ninth Circle: Treachery where he has the battle with the master himself: Lucifer.

Useful Information:

- Release date: February 9, 2010
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Number of players: 1
- Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable
- Availability: you can by directly from the EA Store, or you shop at one of EA's retail partners: Amazon, GameStop and Wal-Mart
- Prices:
Amazon: 56.99 USD (you save 5%) and you get Free Shipping and Pre-order Price Guarantee
GameStop: 59.99 USD (Xbox 360 and PS3) and 39.99 USD (Sony PSP)
Wal-Mart: 59.96 USD (Xbox 360 and PS3) and 39.96 USD (Sony PSP) with a bonus 10 USD gift card

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