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Final Fantasy XVI to be More Mature Than its Predecessors?

Posted on July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

News and recent trailer of the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI have been exciting for many FF fans for a variety of different reasons. First, the game is seen as some sort of rebirth for the series after nearly two decades of unpopular mainline Final Fantasy games. Second, the game’s producer, Naoki Yoshida, has a good…

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Bernie Stolar: The Legend, The No RPG Policy, And His Dreamcast Love

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Bernie Stolar passed away this week (at age 75). He is best remembered within the world of video games for his exploits as Sony Computer Entertainment of America’s Vice President during the PlayStation’s early days and as Sega’s President of the American branch during the late Saturn early Dreamcast era. He successfully laid the groundwork…

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Games That Will Cost You a Kidney: Dragon Force

Posted on June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

When we think about old classic turn-based Japanese Role-Playing games, Final Fantasy Tactics and the Shining Force series come to mind. A game that is not often mentioned, and it should be (mentioned) among those great titles, is Dragon Force.  Dragon Force is a tactical Sega RPG. It was published by Sega in Japan, but…

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The Best Games of 2009 According to GameRankings

Posted on June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

As we approach the end of the 2000s decade, we begin to see some of the most refined games from the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 era. As always, we took off the list games with less than 20 reviews to their name, and games that had multiple versions on the list.   We have removed versions…

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Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder on Arcade

Posted on June 26, 2022June 29, 2022 by Paul Cessna

There was a period in my life when my brothers and I competed heavily in fighting games. Street Fighter, Super Chinese Fighter, Tekken, and a few others kept us occupied for hours on end. When we eventually tired of battling each other, we often transitioned to playing co-op games. One game I remember playing significantly…

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Final Fantasy XVI: Distances Itself From Turn Based Battles to Focus on Action

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Some Final Fantasy old school fans have been clamoring for a return to the series turn-based combat roots. Despite this, modern gaming has, for the most part, moved away from what was the preferred method of role-playing game combat in the early decades of the genre. Action-combat role-playing games have sold better than turn based…

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Final Fantasy XVI Will Not Feature an Open World

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Despite the fact that Final Fantasy XV ventured into “open world” territory (with restrictions), which was a first for the series, Final Fantasy XVI’s producer, Naoki Yoshida, has confirmed that his game won’t feature an open world, even though the game takes inspiration from modern AAA open world RPGs. It is Difficult To Translate A…

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Games That Will Cost You a Kidney: Revelations: Persona

Posted on June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

The original PlayStation was the home to many great Japanese Role-Playing games. Some of these games (Wild Arms, Suikoden) were modestly successful on their PS debuts and spawned franchises before dying off in the mid 2000s. Today’s subject in the weekly “Games that will cost you a kidney” series is a game that didn’t have…

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Best Games of 2008 According to GameRankings

Posted on June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

2008 was a great year for gaming. Big titles from major franchises such as Metal Gear Solid and Grand Theft Auto arrived on “new” console hardware. For the first time in years, a JRPG managed to break into the top ten best games of the year.   The game of the year was GTA IV,…

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Fully Embracing its Sequel Role to the Original Game?  

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

As part of the celebration for Final Fantasy VII’s 25th anniversary, Square Enix finally unveiled details of Final Fantasy VII Remake “Part 2” which will be called “Rebirth”.   The game’s title and trailer seem to “officially” confirm what was obvious to those of us who had played the original game before the “Remake”, which…

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