It seems as if games these days all need to have a profound or over-the-top name to garner consumer interest. I can imagine groups of developers sitting in rectangular rooms around an oval table, brainstorming names for their next great product. Allow me to propose a counter-argument: sometimes, the name for a game need not…
Do you believe in fate? If our future is already written, then do our actions even make a difference? Perhaps even more significant is the underlying question: can we do anything to change our fate? The notion of a predetermined destiny that controls us all is something that drives many conversations and even stories in…
The Star Ocean franchise is long-running and beloved by fans for its engaging characters, vast science-fiction worlds and action-based combat. It remains a series known alongside the Tales series for providing quality JRPG comfort food. For those of you unfamiliar with this series, I recommend our article on 20 years with Star Ocean. The most…
Have you ever solved a Chinese wood knot? Maybe you attempted one without even knowing its name. Just in case, allow me to explain: a Chinese wood knot is a mechanical puzzle made up of interlocking blocks or pieces – often made of wood, hence the name. To solve a wood knot, you must physically…
Fancy venturing through a dungeon or two? Could your main protagonist poke an eye out with their spiky hair? Do you find that the best swords are just too large to ever seem practical? By golly, you must be a JRPG fan! The first few years of the newest console generation has been a lull…
Following the reign of the Dark Souls series, it seems as if many action RPGs these days try to follow in its footsteps; hacking and slashing make way for precise swings of a blade. Saving your game wherever has returned to the days of checkpoints widely spaced out around a map. Perhaps, most notably, is…
The robot revolution took place, and mankind was completely eliminated. All that remains are machines, blindly following their designed purpose. Quality Assurance System, or QuAsSy for short, sees and controls all. A cute little robot, Heart, is rebuilt and remains free of QuAsSy’s control. Instinctively, Heart equips itself with nearby weapons and sets out on…
After much drama and 14 months of delays, Mighty No. 9 has finally released. When Mega Man series creator Keiji Inafune and developers Comcept and Inti Creates revealed their Kickstarter campaign, fans around the world simultaneously threw their wallets at their computer screens. The Kickstarter campaign was so successful that it quadrupled Inafune’s requested value….
As I drifted cautiously through empty space, teammates behind me and eyes peeled for enemy ships, I knew that we had a strong chance of reaching our enemy’s nearby outpost. From there, we would have a better vantage point for launching an all-out attack on the enemy’s main base. We drifted through space, only to…
For fans of Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics, and other similar turn-based strategy games, relive this story. You near the end of a heated battle. The opposing party has one enemy remaining. You issue the command for the finishing blow. The battle indicator said that you have a high probability of successfully hitting your opponent….
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