If you are a pianist but don’t spend all your time studying but also some time playing on your Xbox X360, you might as well play a Chopin-game.

Yes, Chopin’s death, the video game.

In his delirium, Chopin comes into contact with Polka, a young girl who resides with her mother in the village of Tenuto. Polka is near her death, and Chopin, Polka, and her young friend Allegretto… look for some way to make use of Polka’s great powers to help save her.

Erh…

The game came out in September 2006 and has been nominated for best Role Playing Game of 2007.

Despite the heavy concept, this is actually quite a gentle, childlike adventure that lulls you into submission with delicate visuals and characters. Heavily influenced by Chopin’s life and music (the soundtrach utilises much of his work).

The game is largely traditional in the sense that you travel between quaint villages and dank dungeons, buy and sell items, chat with characters and get caught up in combat with nightmarish foes. Yet, Eternal Sonata avoids cliche with a few innovative twists.

This should please gamers looking for something akin to Final Fantasy on the Xbox 360, but well, maybe you do not need to get hooked on a strongly addictive RPG game right now instead of studyin your piano