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The Never Ending Realm features video game reviews, fan-fiction, fan-art, and more! Since 2003. Read all of our opinion pieces here!

Skies of Arcadia

Games That Will Cost You a Kidney: Skies of Arcadia 

Posted on May 9, 2022June 10, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

The Dreamcast’s greatest Japanese role-playing game, and perhaps the best JRPG of the 2000s, is not as costly as other entries on this weekly series. However, purchasing a working copy (with case and booklets) of Skies of Arcadia remains a considerable investment in both of its versions.   Skies of Arcadia the Greatest JRPG of…

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Aloy Horizon Zero Dawn

TGIF: Looking Back at Horizon Zero Dawn

Posted on May 6, 2022June 10, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

I never wrote an official review for Horizon Zero Dawn. So, this piece will stand as my “official” take on what I consider to be my 2nd (behind The Last of Us) favorite newest franchise of the last 10 years.  To be fair, in terms of a single story driven playthrough, I might have enjoyed Horizon…

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Metroid Prime Samus

The Best Games of 2002 According to GameRankings

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

2002 will forever be remembered as the year of the GameCube. Nintendo’s little purple box received two of the greatest games of all time in Metroid Prime and its “next gen” Mario entry. The PC platform makes a return with a few games, and Grand Theft Auto continues its rise in popularity and critical acclaim….

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Games That Will Cost You A Kidney: Tales of Destiny

Posted on May 3, 2022June 10, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

It could be said that Namco’s Tales series might have reached its zenith in terms of popularity last year with Tales of Arise (2 million units sold to date). However, what perhaps remains the franchise’s most valuable game is a 25-year-old entry.  1997’s (1998 in the U.S.) Tales of Destiny is a game that will…

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The Best Games of 2001 According to GameRankings

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

By 2001, The PlayStation 2 had begun to receive its sophomore software and its catalogue began to fill up with great games. These games included Final Fantasy X and the cultural phenomenon Grand Theft Auto III.   This was also the year where the Dreamcast was, for all intents and purposes, declared ‘dead’. Microsoft and Nintendo…

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Lunar Article Cover

Games That Will Cost you a Kidney: Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete

Posted on April 25, 2022June 10, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

For week number two of our new weekly feature “games that will cost you a kidney,” we have another Japanese role-playing game from the genre’s golden decade. The game? Lunar 2: Eternal Bue Complete. While our focus will be on the PlayStation 1 version, know that the original Sega CD version is retailing for $499.99…

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Golden Eye

Throwback Bit Thursday: A Brief 1997 Nintendo 64 Memoir

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

Ah! 1997! To be 13 years old again! To have a crush on Ginger Spice again! So many memories, but perhaps none dearer than my time as a new Nintendo 64 owner and the hours I spent playing Turok, Golden Eye, and Star Fox 64.  Truth be told, I probably played more of Super Mario…

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Garnet Final Fantasy IX

The Best Games of 2000 According to GameRankings

Posted on April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

The turn of the millennium was a momentous occasion. Doomsday nuts thought the world would end and that computer equipment would suffer catastrophic failures. The year 2000 also brought us the strongest year in gaming since 1998.   How strong was the year 2000? All-time great game classics such as Vagrant Story, Chrono Cross, Skies…

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Panzer Dragoon Saga

Games That Will Cost you a Kidney: Panzer Dragoon Saga 

Posted on April 18, 2022June 10, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

A few days ago, one of our readers and group members suggested that we should work on a section about retro games and the reasoning behind their high prices. We thought the idea was good. After all, as a JRPG focused site, we know all too well the growing pains of grabbing some genuine 32-bit…

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Metal Gear Solid 2 good cover

Throwback Bit Thursday: Metal Gear Solid 2

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Before I write anything else, I must confess that I was never a big fan of the original Metal Gear Solid game on the PlayStation. It is not that I didn’t like the game or appreciate what it did for the stealth and action adventure genres on Sony’s little gray machine. My issue with it…

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