RPG Series – Mass Effect
Bioware is a veteran western developer that many fans of tabletop fantasy RPGs have long respected. They were the guys behind the Baldur’s Gate franchise, they translated the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons perfectly into Neverwinter Nights, and they even gifted Star War fans with the special touch of Knights of the Old Republic. […]
Final Fantasy VIII really is the weird child of its franchise
Final Fantasy VIII is a great video game. It brought plenty of technological advancements over the iconic Final Fantasy VII, like “detailed” character models during exploration, minimalist HUD elements inside combat, pre-rendered cutscenes merged with actual gameplay, and a superb evolution in terms of sound, boasting themes with vocals and high-quality audio. This technical marvel […]
My woes with Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy is an incredible franchise. Its games became the foundation of the RPG genre for many generations and, even today, they are highlights of technological advancement and experiments within this broad and inventive genre. Final Fantasy, in fact, may have succeeded exactly because Squaresoft was one of the few developers who really understood that […]
Monster Hunter: Rise feels like World’s poor cousin
Monster Hunter: World was a massive achievement. It is, in my opinion, a serious contender for the best game of the past generation. I have mentioned in my review what made the game earn a new degree of fame and popularity, but let me recap: it became accessible for a bigger audience; it removed the […]
What to expect from Final Fantasy XVI?
Well, the beast is out. Final Fantasy XVI was officially announced during Playstation’s livestream in september and I am unable to stop rewatching the trailer every week since then. It is packed with new stuff and opens up to a lot of speculations that fans and the specialized media have been debating since then. Because […]
It’s time for a Breath of Fire reboot
Capcom is one of the largest and most important developers in the gaming industry. They developed and published dozens of games that would grow to become beloved classics and successful franchises over the course of their four decades of existence. It was Capcom that birthed and nourished the fighting genre in the 80’s and the […]
RPG Series – Tales of
Consistency. This word may be the most appropriate to describe the long-running Tales franchise. Started back in 1995 with Tales of Phantasia, the series of games that followed became a safe bet for RPG fans to dig into. No matter the year, no matter the current trend, the next Tales game always delivers. Period. This […]
My Top 10 Playstation’s RPGs
The original Playstation was, for me, the obvious goose of the golden eggs. It was a videogame that experimented, introduced new concepts, and opened new doors that completely changed the industry. It made the jump to CD, it bumped games to ridiculous size, it gave us pre-rendered cutscenes, memory cards, 3D models, and much, much […]
Final Fantasy VII, Evangelion and the Rebuilds
Note: This article is heavy on spoilers to both Final Fantasy VII Remake and Evangelion. Two classics of the late 90’s, two masterpieces the authors wanted to explore more and more with every passing year. There’s a lot in common with those two, especially now with the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake. Can we […]
The Final Fantasy Rank
There was a recent poll from the japanese television company NHK in which they asked readers their favorite Final Fantasy games, characters, and so on. Following that poll, I will write down here my personal list, with some reasoning behind these choices. #5 – Final Fantasy XIII Yes, that’s right. One of the most hated Final […]
RPG Series – Suikoden
The late 90’s is considered by many as the “Golden Age of RPGs“. These nostalgic fans usually point out a lot of classics released at that time, games immortalized and critically responsible for the development of the industry, as proof that it was indeed a golden age. There was no shortage of either quality or […]
Death Stranding and Exploration
There was this side-quest in Death Stranding where I was asked to deliver a fucking pizza to a guy in the other side of the map. The pizza needed to be in horizontal position through all the trip, but the path was full of rivers, rocky terrain, hills, and even a massive cliff. It seemed […]
Final Fantasy XIV and the Silent Protagonist
Playing a session of tabletop RPG is an unique experience. Be as a dungeon master or as a player, there is so much to appreciate and enjoy that it is really hard to put into words. You see, playing a single session is a lot of fun by itself. You get to pick fights with […]
Recommendation List
Alright, let’s say you are new to anime, let’s say you have a friend who knows nothing about the industry. What should you watch? Where should they start from? Recommending anime is a tough task, perhaps even tougher than reviewing one. The reason is simple: not everything is made for everyone. The detour there is […]
Why Final Fantasy IX falls short of being the best in the franchise
There is an invisible consensus that either the sixth or seventh entry of the Final Fantasy franchise is the best one ever. Many have already argued the reasons to support such claim, and, as a fan of the franchise in general, I tend to support most of them. Here, however, I am proposing something different, […]
JRPG modern problems
My love for JPRGs is around two decades old, tracing its steps to my first contact with Breath of Fire III in my friend’s original Playstation. Since then I have experienced a lot of those games, got into CRPGs, western RPG video games, and every other kind of hybrid that came after. The japanese industry, […]