Once in a while, I venture into Metacritic in order to scout older games from the 1990s and early 2000s, and I am surprised by some of the games’ lower than expected ranking. Here are five Nintendo 64 games that truly shocked me for their low rating average scores. These are games that I personally…
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Throwback Bit Thursday: Tales of Vesperia
With the Tales of Arise demo landing next week on consoles, I thought it would be a perfect time for me to remember my favorite Tales game: Tales of Vesperia. Tales of Vesperia Was a Shinning Light Amidst The Darkness Japanese Role-Playing games came out of their golden stretch (which started in the mid 90s)…
The Worst 10 PlayStation Role-Playing Games According to Critics
We have been doing a bunch of ‘top five game’ articles for weeks now. Some of these turned into top ten lists, as we would round out the lists with “Bottom 5 of the Top 10” features. But what about the worst games for each platform, and genre? Fear not, the wait is over. We…
Top Five PlayStation 3 Role-Playing Games According to Users (Metacritic)
The PlayStation 3 had many great Role Playing Games. We listed the Top Five RPGs according to critics a few weeks ago. This week, we are doing to the same thing but from the Users’ (gamers) perspective. As always, the amount of user reviews isn’t taken into consideration unless two or more games have the…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Star Ocean: The Last Hope
The Star Ocean series holds a special place in my heart. The second game in the series (The 2nd Story) remains one of my favorite J-RPGs of all time. The series is one of the longest running J-RPG franchises that continues to receive a console entry. However, in my personal opinion I feel that the…
Legend of Dragoon Hate Mail Grab Bag
Click here for the original (and now legendary) The Legend of Dragoon April Fool’s article. One of the great things about writing and working for a video game news/opinion site (and one such as this with a heavy JRPG fan base), is that we get to meet and interact with passionate fans. Many of these…
The Top Five PlayStation 2 Role-Playing Games According to Users
The PlayStation 1’s “Top Five” list according to User ratings The PlayStation 1’s “Top Five” list according to User ratings last week had a few surprises, but for the most part, the list included some truly (generally recognized) great games. Today, we ranked the PlayStation 2’s best according to users, and once again, I believe…
The Top Five PlayStation J-RPGs According to Gamers (Metacritic)
Not too long ago, we did a list of the best PlayStation J-RPGs according to critics. Today, we are ranking the best PlayStation J-RPGs once again, but this time we are ranking them according to the games’ “User Scores”. Disclaimer: We are ranking the games based on their average global user score rating on Metacritic. It…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Shenmue
For all intents and purposes, Shenmue was billed as the game to save the Dreamcast. Shenmue was meant to be an ambitious multi-chapter saga set in an open world environment. According to multiple sources Shenmue and Final Fantasy VII hold the records for the most expensive games made in the 1990s. It is hard to…
Top Five Best Selling PlayStation Games of All Time
Not much can be said about the PlayStation (the original console) that has not already been said over the past 26 years. The system turned ‘Video Games’ into a hip and cool hobby for all ages, and expanded the video gaming market in ways that few would have expected. But, which were the system’s best…