Tweet My favorite RPG of last year was Xenoblade Chronicles. Too bad it was never released in the States. I guess Reggie’s body just wasn’t ready for it. Fortunately, Nintendo finally decided to announce the game for North America, and will be releasing it later this year to participating...
NIER: Little Marketing, Big Impression
Tweet A few times during each generation, a game comes along that leaves a real impression on me. Generally, these kinds of games fly under the radar. A game with no hype to its name, and no marketing push to speak of. Perhaps the game happens to be in a genre that is not considered exceptionally popular...
Limit Break – Episode 1
Tweet Welcome to the first installment of Limit Break. This new column will feature news, rants, raves, opinions, articles and editorials based squarely in the genre of RPGs. Those who recognize the term Limit Break will know that it was introduced by the venerable Final Fantasy series and translates to an...
Release of the Week: Final Fantasy XIII (360, PS3)
Tweet It can be argued that there is a lot riding on the success of this latest Final Fantasy game will help determine the future of Japanese RPG’s in western gaming. This generation has not been good to the genre as Japanese developers have struggled to find their place in an HD world. The days of...
Bearable Complexity: Knights in the Nightmare DS Review
Tweet Honestly? This game is kicking my ass. I want to do a thorough, played-through-most-if-not-all-of-it type of game review, but I really can’t. This may well be the most complex game I’ve played, handheld or not. I get the same sort of feeling I used to when discovering the library of complex...
DS Review: Avalon Code
Tweet Released: March 10, 2009 Developer: Matrix Software Verdict: Forget it Pros: Beautiful graphics, fantastic soundtrack Cons: Repetitive, dialogue is nonsense There is, at once, an overwhelming sense of deja vu when one snaps the cartridge of a Japanese RPG into a Nintendo-made gaming device. A...
VITALS: Eternal Sonata for Playstation 3
Tweet Garnering several high praise reviews, Xbox 360 owners have had over a year to savor this masterpiece. With the PS3 edition looming in the distance, we’d like to take a closer look into the world of Eternal Sonata. Eternal Sonata is a wildly imaginative JRPG that centers around the deathbed dream...