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Ah! 1997! The year where pop music and JRPGs boomed into mainstream consciousness. By this time, the Sega Saturn was done, as rumors of a successor codenamed “Black Belt” were flourishing quickly in western media. Proof of the Saturn’s impending doom is that none of its games made it to the top ten listing…
Personally, 1996 is dear to me. Super Mario 64, which might be my second favorite game of all time, arrived along with my favorite console of all time, the Nintendo 64. For music, it signaled the arrival of Goo Goo Dolls to mainstream prominence with their hit single “Name”, and yes, I also danced the…
Up to this point in our weekly 1990s GameRankings series, 1994 might be the best year in gaming of the 1990s decade so far (keep in mind that 1998 still to come). Big titles from huge franchises populate the list. Some of these games, such as Final Fantasy III (VI), Super Metroid, and Lunar: Eternal…
Another week, another 1990s list! This week we are going back to 1993, a year which was key for Japanese role-playing games, and PC gaming within the critic world. For the most part, since the NES’ arrival, home consoles had dominated the game scene in the critical realm of things, but by 1993 PC gaming…
For the past three weeks, we have been on a 1990s rollercoaster ride ranking the decade’s best games according to the defunct meta score video games page, GameRankings. This week is 1992’s turn, and as expected, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sega Genesis, and the Personal Computer remain the top performers. In 1992,…
Last week, we listed the best games of the year 1990 according to GameRankings.com. That year was dominated by Sega Genesis arcade conversions. Today, we list 1991’s greatest games according to their critical average on the now defunct site. This week the SNES takes over the listing, and that should not come as a…
For the next ten weeks we will be taking a tour throughout the 1990s. We are going back to my favorite era of gaming, and the formative years of my life as a gamer. I cannot stress enough how excited I am about going back down memory lane to relive gaming’s most important decade (I…
With Forza Horizon 5 out now in stores and Game Pass, Playground Games’ focus can shift towards Microsoft’s Action-RPG property. However, Playground has had two separate teams working on the games over the past 4 years (at least). Tom Golton (Lead Engineer) wrote a tweet a few days ago confirming the length of Fable’s development…
Obsidian’s Avowed was formally announced more than a year ago. It was an important announcement for Role-Playing Game fans everywhere because Obsidian has a very good game development pedigree. Fallout fans have found Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds to be a godsend, and many of these fans swear by Fallout: New Vegas (developed by Obsidian) being…
While most of the focus of the recent PlayStation 5 game showcase has gone to titles like God of War: Ragnarok, and Spider Man 2. As an open-world action RPG fan, Forspoken, Square Enix’s newest PS5 exclusive title, has me nearly as excited about its prospects as God of War: Ragnarok itself. The Final Fantasy…