Let’s get this out of the way; God of War is the greatest game I have played this generation. Perhaps The eventual The Last Of Us 2 can surpass it, but it has an uphill battle to climb. The God of War’s previous 3 main console entries were excellent 9.5/10 games in their own right,…
Gamecube games’ list for winter 2003-2004
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 1080° Avalanche Mario Party 5 Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Kirby: Air Ride Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords F-Zero: GX Pikmin 2 Starwars: Rebel Strike: Rogue Squadron III Viewtiful Joe Soul Calibur II Sonic Heros Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Prince of Persia: The Sands of…
The Story behind a bad sequel: Alundra v.s. Alundra 2
Alundra is an all time great game, Alundra 2 is an all time bust (at least when compared to the original) which is the reason why I have chosen this series to be dissected for the first installment of the story behind the bad sequel. Yeah that sounds like one of those VH1 documentaries. The…
The Final Fantasy XII Debacle, The Square/Enix Power House, and The Contenders
August 12, 2005 The worst thing that could have happened to the RPG genre was the Square-Enix merger. This merger united the two RPG giants into a single entity that threatens to monopolize the genre, as only a few giant publishers like Namco can now stand on it’s way. It was not only the worst…
The Legend of Zelda canned, On FFXII, and on the Revolution’s Controller Article
October, 18, 2005 First of all I am sad to say that the new Zelda currently titled Twilight Princess has been postponed until next year spring at the least. This is no doubt a hard blow to the Nintendo faithful, and RPG fans everywhere. The thing that worries me is that the game gets canned…
My take on the Government trying to mess with our games
12/9/05 The Video Game industry for the past 15 years has quickly been growing, into a more widely used method of entertainment, to the degree that they can stand on their own against, movies, music and books. This has made Video Games a hot topic among politicians, lawyers and religious leaders, some who seek the…
RIP Working Designs
12/25/05 Working Designs closed its offices this month and it is sadly exiting the gaming bussiness. After a decade of playing their games (two of them which are in my ALL TIME TOP TEN BEST RPGS EVER) I must say that this tragic news are most heart breaking, they had the best translations and packaging…
The End of a Console Era, Review of the Era and Predictions For the Upcoming War
Disclaimer: Specs and sales numbers were taken from Wikipedia.org, for the sake of accuracy, the rest of the article was written By Samuel Rivera the Editor in chief of the NER site, this article does NOT necessarily reflect the opinion of all the staff in the NER site. Only the opinions of the author are…
Finally Final Fantasy VII Gets The Remake Everyone Wanted
Can Final Fantasy VII The Remake Surpass The Original Finally after 18 years of unrest and uncertainty Square/Enix finally announced a proper remake of the legendary J-RPG that popularized the genre almost two full decades ago. The question is now that we know that the game is on development, was it a good idea? Considering…
Xenosaga: Episode 1 (PS2) Review
Reviewing Xenosaga: Episode 1 is a lot like reviewing the latest Final Fantasy on the market. Simply put the production values of Xenosaga are only rivaled by those of the FF series. The Xeno series might also be the only series capable of giving the Final Fantasies a run for their money. When Xenogears debuted…