Final Fantasy XVI (its first four hours) have been sent to big website writers, and the preview notes are in. As we have discussed before Final Fantasy XVI will feature a much darker, more mature story, coupled with fast paced action combat. The previews have been largely positive, and most writers have loved the new…
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Nintendo Does it Again! The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an Early Favorite for GoTY Awards
Main (Nintendo EAD developed) Zelda games are never just good, they are either very good, or great, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (so far) has proven to be the rule, rather than the exception. The game holds a 96% Metacritic rating as its average score from 87 reviews. That makes it…
Octopath Traveler II Review: Better Than its Predecessor?
Editor’s Note: This Octopath Traveler 2 review is a transcript of LoffterGame’s video review of the game. LoffterGames is an external contributor to Never Ending Realm, and not one of our official game reviewers. His video review has been attached to this article. We recommend you take a peek at his awesome work! Octopath Traveler II…
As Tears of the Kingdom Approaches We Remember the Last Zelda Direct Sequel: Majora’s Mask
On May 12th, one of the most anticipated video games of all time (when has a new The Legend of Zelda game not been a highly anticipated title?) arrives in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. With over 30 million units sold, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, is not only…
Yoshida: Final Fantasy is NOT a JRPG! Think Witcher 3 But With Faster Combat
Final Fantasy XVI Producer, Maoki Yoshida, has been vocal over the last few months about his upcoming game, and what he thinks Japanese Role-Playing Games should be in the context surrounding his decision making on Final Fantasy XVI’s development. In an interview with the Japanese podcast, Hentai No Hikaru, Yoshida went in depth about his…
Sony is the Best Metacritic Rated Publisher of 2022
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…
Square Enix: FFXVI Ditched Turn-Based Combat to Attract GTA Fans and Forspoken Fails
Final Fantasy XVI producer, Naoki Yoshida, is not shy about making big waves on the news. After going on a strange rant about how the term “JRPG” was discriminatory; a rant that stirred controversial takes amongst the JRPG fanzine. Yoshida takes controversy to a new level, yet again, by suggesting that Final Fantasy XVI took…
Final Fantasy XVI Producer: Calling Japanese Made RPGs ‘JRPGs’ Was Discriminatory
And so, the eternal “is it a JRPG or just an RPG” discussion might be coming to a sudden end, as Final Fantasy XVI Producer, Naoki Yoshida, doesn’t want to box its upcoming game in the popular JRPG (there I said it!) franchise within the “JRPG” stereotypes. Yoshida, in a recent interview with Skill-Up, as…
The Top 5 RPGs I Must Replay Now and Then
Last week, I wrote a column about the JRPGs that I would like to replay some day, but most likely would never get around to replaying for a variety of reasons. Today, I will list a completely opposite collection of games. These are RPGs (not all are JRPGs) that I must replay every 1-2 years….
Forspoken Might Flop While Sonic Frontiers Sells 2.9 Million Units, and The New Zelda Will Be $70
Square Enix, Sega and Nintendo, have all made head lines this week. One would think that we might have travelled back to the 1990s, but sadly, that is not case. Out of the three headlines that we will discuss here, only one is positive, and that’s Sonic Frontiers’ commercial success despite the game’s ho-hum critical…