More than two decades ago, Final Fantasy VII was released in North America. The game achieved previously unseen levels of  critical, and commercial success for a title on its genre. FFVII drove the blooming J-RPG genre into the mainstream, turning what was a mostly niche genre (as far triple A titles went) into the most…
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God of War (PS4) Review
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,…
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…
Xenogears (PS1) Review: The Most Ambitious JRPG Story Ever Written
Six years later, and we are still waiting for a true FF7 killer. A lot of RPGs have come and gone since then, some were good, some were bad and a few of them had dared to reach greatness only to fall short of it. In my eyes, the greatest attempt at surpassing the great…
Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) Review
Xenoblade Chronicles is a Wii game considered by many to be the finest JRPG since Final Fantasy X, which is high praise but also a reminder that the genre has truly deteriorated since the late 1990’s. Xenoblade is Monolith’s latest child, and these are the same people who brought us the truly magnificent but flawed…
World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope (PS1) Review
Time for the back of the case: “The world of Dragon Warrior returns! Torneko (the tubby merchant from Dragon Warrior IV) takes the best-selling series in new directions as he tries to save his village from the curses of a mysterious treasure. Classic dungeon action. Elegant and addictive combat engine. Over 130 monsters to fight-…
Wild Arms (PS1) Review
Wild Arms is a humble RPG offering developed by Media Vision. The game was published by Sony in the US in 1997, just a few months before the inevitable release of the great Final Fantasy VII. Because of this, Wild Arms pretty much went under the radar for most gamers, but was successful enough to…
Vanguard Bandits (PS1) Review
Vanguard Bandits is a Working Designs PS1 2000 Strategy/RPG, apparently PS1 owners got the worst of the two 32-Bit Generation Strategy/ RPGs released by By Working Designs. Unlike the all time great Dragon Force which was released on the Saturn, Vanguard Bandits while sporting the usual excellent packaging and translation work that Working Designs is…
Ultima VII: The Black Gate (SNES) Review
Ultima VII: The Black Gate for the SNES is a good port of a classic game from a classic series of games. Ultima was first released on the Apple II in 1981. Every Ultima game was first written for a computer platform and later ported to game consoles. I have played Ultima II on the…
Time Stalkers (DC) Review
There are some games that need to be reviewed in a certain way to make a point; this is one of them: One Saturday, I went to Electronics Boutique. I had 10 big ones. I didn’t have money to buy Skies Of Arcadia. So, I bought Time Stalkers saying to myself, “Time Stalkers can’t be…