Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey an RPG that draws on Final Fantasy

How long have users been waiting for the remasters and refrieds of Final Fantasy for iOS, however, not everything should be re-cooking the same, and that the guys at Kobojo have known well, a studio where we can find Kazushige Nojima , author of Final Fantasy, so we could say that success is assured. We warn that we are not facing a casual game, far from it, we are above all a world devised by and for us to enter into it, where every detail has a reason and there is almost nothing that has not been designed with a purpose, so when we are playing we must put all the senses on the screen of our iPad if we do not want to end up biting the dust in front of the many rivals that we will meet throughout history. Do you want to know more about Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey? In iPad News we tell you all the details of this piece of game.

Background, what does it offer us?

This is the first episode of what promises to be a saga, a saga called Zodiac, a video game that will not be available to everyone, and we are not talking about price when we say this, it is a true masterpiece of the JRPG for mobile never seen before, with a cast that many console blockbusters already wanted for themselves, from the hand of Kazushige Nojima, author of Final Fantasy; Hitoshi Sakimoto also comes from Square so he has experience in the Final Fantasy saga, in addition to having been in Konami and finally another dose of Final Fantasy, and it is that Hideo Miaba, the artistic director of many Final Fantasy has also been part of this fantastic project. In case you have any doubts about what you are going to find while you play.

Game mode

A JRPG that aims to give the turn-based attack a bit of mobility. With movements and sequences very much like Final Fantasy VII, we find ourselves with a turn-based attack in many cases with a multiplicity of enemies and friends. The movements will be made in a successful 2D simulation, although we find that it really is a 3D panorama with which we can interact in many cases. However, I have deduced that the linear movement on the map can be quite repetitive on many occasions.

In crafting in this case it is minimal, although it is present. However, attention to detail is much more important, any improvement in the power of an enemy can make us lose a fight if we do not know how to combine the precise attacks at the right time. In addition, it has a random system, so our attacks like those of the enemies can be unsuccessful on many occasions, completely breaking our schemes in the middle of a battle. For this reason, the evolution of the characters in a balanced way in tune with the needs of each moment of the game is of vital importance. We remember that we found more than 200 different weapons, all of them upgradeable.

Graphics and soundtrack

It would be very daring if I dared to criticize the artistic direction Hideo Miaba. The 2D map can become monotonous, although the storyboard animations, with a marked manga accent and their typical animation movements to the times when computer processing did not exist are appreciated. They give it a somewhat childish touch but that will undoubtedly convince the most purists of role-playing games with a great graphic adventure behind it. These animations occur throughout the game throughout the story, accompanying the moments of tension created by the numerous battles.

The soundtrack is very classic, with relaxed and acoustic songs for the graphic animations but that will not hesitate to make our ears tremble to print the necessary tension of a battle, Hitoshi Sakimoto knows how to do this very well and has shown it in each edition of the Final Fantasy saga, so he has not missed the opportunity to continue demonstrating it during the Zodiac saga that begins with this Orcan Odyssey.

The story behind so much work

IGN has not hesitated to give this game a score of 7.3, although without the intention of arguing with video game experts, I have to say that they venture to negatively rate the size of the screens, the battery consumption and the duration of the video game, The first two points being quite obvious and the last perhaps questionable, because what you expect at least is 10 hours of play since the price is nine euros in the iOS App Store.

It is a classic role-playing game, giving us the possibility to elucidate about our destiny, since on many occasions we will have different possibilities of response to the situations and conversations that happen to us throughout history. It all begins when Cael, the protagonist and soldier, is assigned to his usual patrol. That's when he violates what would be one of the main rules of the kingdom, touching one of the sacred "Shards". We end up in jail for no apparent reason but everything is cut short when the evil enemies enter the penitential with the intention of freeing their leader, that's when we fight again. When the enemy leader is released the story beginsOnce again our mission is to liberate the people.

Throughout history we will make as many friends as enemies, the good thing about friends is that they will accompany us on this hard journey, which we will be grateful for, as they will help us in the fighting. Above all, our faithful ally, the "winged dog" who transports us from one place to another and who would give his life for us, his spontaneous attacks in the most classic invocation style will get us out of more than one predicament.

We warn that it is indeed a JRPG with all the letters, it is not your game if you are immersed in a casual world or do not have time to dedicate to video games, otherwise it can be extremely long. If you are a lover of the Final Fantasy saga, missing this Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey is a sin. You can acquire it in the form