The Tales series, against all odds, remains one of the few long running J-RPG series still standing tall on home consoles. With 17 main entries, some titles will receive more of a spotlight than others. One title that is not often talked about when discussing the series is the PS2’s Tales of Legendia. Personally, Legendia…
Author: Samuel Rivera
Final Fantasy VII Remake Part II Picks up Right After Intergrade
While information on Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Part 2 has been kept under wraps, Tetsuya Nomura hinted at two important elements of the upcoming game on a recent Japanese Interview. As Expected, Environments Filled With Green Lush Nature Will Make An Appearance One of Final Fantasy VII’s most memorable, and defining moments back in 1997,…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Arc The Lad II
Arc the Lad I and II, were some of the earliest PlayStation RPGs released in Japan. As such, they resembled SNES RPGs visually, and in their primitive character development. The biggest problem for these games is that it took Working Designs over 6 years to bring them to our shores as part of the Arc…
What Went Wrong: Nintendo 64 Edition
Nintendo 64 At first glance, the Nintendo 64’s inclusion into our “What Went Wrong” series seems a bit odd. The Nintendo 64 finished in the second place of the 5th generation of consoles (sales wise), had incredible first (and second party) software sales numbers, and some of the greatest games ever made as part of…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Xenogears
Xenogears, much has been written about the game on this site, and on our FB page. Twenty-three years later, it remains a fan favorite. Some would even argue that it was the greatest JRPG on the original PlayStation. Are these fans, right? Well, even if they are not, they are certainly onto something. Xenogears…
Movie Review: Mortal Kombat (1995) vs. Mortal Kombat (2021)
With the advent of the 2021 Mortal Kombat Reboot (Now available on Cinemas and HBO Max), I have decided to review both the original film and the newest one, with a few comparisons between the two of them thrown here and there for good measure. Does the new movie stack up to the original 1995…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Fable II
It is no secret that I disliked the original Fable. It was much hyped-up Xbox Action- RPG that failed to deliver on many of its creator’s (Peter Molyneaux) promises. Its sequel, however, aptly titled Fable II, would end up delivering one of the most amazing RPG experiences that I have ever played. Microsoft’s answer to…
Fantasian “Part 2” is Scheduled to Arrive Later This Year
The bad news: New Hironobu Sakaguchi JRPG, Fantasian, ends on a cliffhanger. The good news: Fantasian fans will not have to wait long for ‘Part 2’. According to Inverse.com, Sakaguchi and team will launch the second part of their latest epic later this year. Why Fantasian is Split Into Two Parts According to Sakaguchi, Fantasian,…
Square Enix Rumors Plus Sony Backtracks on Closing PS3/Vita Stores
The new console generation is taking shape, and it promises to be more competitively fought than the last generation where Sony was able to run away the winner with more than 115 million PlayStation 4s sold, to Microsoft’s estimated 50 million Xbox Ones sold. Square Enix remains one of Sony’s biggest partners, and rumors of a…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Final Fantasy V
Unreleased in its original SNES form in the United States, I first played Final Fantasy V as part of the Final Fantasy: Anthology Collection package released in 1999. The US only received two SNES entries Final Fantasy IV, and Final Fantasy IV under the “II and III” labels respectively. Squaresoft, at the time, bypassed releasing…