Sony’s first party line up has been consistently stellar since the second half of its PS3 days. On 2022, Sony was crowned by Metacritic as the best rated publisher in the world with 15 titles averaging 85.6% rating. God of War: Raganarok Saves the Day for Sony In a year where Nintendo had no Mario…
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Games That Will Cost You a Kidney: Tales of Destiny 2 (Eternia)
Namco’s Tales series is popular these days thanks to the recent (successful) release of Tales of Arise. However, JRPG fans have been around this series for a quarter century. Despite the long running nature of the series, the PlayStation pair of “Destiny” titles both remain the most legendary and hard to find, making them “kidney”…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Re-Loving Tales of Vesperia
Tales of Vesperia is my favorite Tales game ever. After more than a decade without making a serious run through the game, I decided to give it another try last week. Basically, playing older JRPGs is difficult for me these days, because if I already know how the story ends, I quickly lose interest in…
Games That Will Cost You A Kidney: Tales of Destiny
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…
Is Elden Ring Receiving a Sequel After its Unprecedented Commercial Success?
If we pretend that Pokémon does not exist, then Elden Ring is likely the biggest JRPG release ever. Elden Ring has sold over 12 million copies within two short weeks. That’s an astonishing number. Elden Ring is now one of the biggest and most bankable titles in gaming. Elden Ring is now a Franchise In…
Is Elden Ring The Ultimate Action JRPG?
While this isn’t the official review of the game, I have been playing Elden Ring for a few hours. As a Dark Souls’ fan I want to give my take on the game so far. I will discuss what I like and what I don’t like, and if the game is truly the greatest thing…
TGA: Tales of Arise Beats Cyberpunk 2077 For RPG of the Year Award
I remember the days when you couldn’t have sensible discussion about Game of the Year awards in FB comment sessions without a number CD Projekt fans butting into the discussion in order to let everyone know that Cyberpunk 2077 would not only win the award for Game of the Year 2020 (the award went to…
The Top 10 Greatest ‘Tales’ Games According to Critics
After Tales of Arise marked Tales’ 17th Main entry (these main entries are complemented by a nearly uncountable number of remasters, and ports), the Tales series has established itself as one of the biggest JRPG franchises around. Now, it is as good a time as any, to reminiscence about the series, and what better…
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Prince’s Edition Out Now on Switch
The newest entry in the Ni No Kuni Series (Cross Worlds) is a mobile multiplayer game. Level-5 (Ni No Kuni, Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy) announced a few months ago that it was leaving the U.S. market in order to focus on the Japanese market, and the rapidly growing mobile gaming space. The move has paid…
Sega’s New Mystery RPG? Tales of Arise is Quickest in Series to Hit 1 Million
Tales of Arise’s stunning commercial success (1 million copies sold in 7 days), assures that the series will continue into the future (yay!). So far (I am writing the game’s official review for the site), Arise, is by far, the best Tales game that I have played since Tales of Vesperia. That said, Namco clearly…