Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to one of the worst games of 2009 that for some god awful reason received tons of praise and even awards even though it had the buggiest gameplay in the history of video games and was so broken it [...]
Dragon Age II is the successor to the wildly popular Dragon Age Origins game. Dragon Age II tries to surpass the success of the first game, but fails to deliver a memorable experience. The game takes place after the events of Dragon Age Origins, with [...]
Ys Seven is the latest installment of the very popular Japanese RPG series spanning over 20 years from its original release on the NES. It has gained a moderate following in the U.S. over the years and with this release, more RPG gamers will be [...]
When White Knight Chronicles was released earlier this year, I was overwhelmed with all of the other big name releases such as Bioshock 2, God of War III, and Final Fantasy XIII, that I never really got a chance to play through WKC and see [...]
Sometimes technologies arrive are released ahead of mainstream acceptance and fail to stand up in the marketplace. Years ago, before Xbox Live and the Playstation Network made console multiplayer a mass market experience, a small company named Catapult launched the first console based online experience [...]
Ah Lunar, how I miss those Sega CD days and the countless hours of playing that great RPG. Fast-forward to 2010 and we reach the fourth remake of Lunar as it lands on the PSP. Over the years, the Lunar games have had their stories [...]
3D Dot Game Heroes is a retro gamer’s dream come true. Visually, the game takes the old school pixelated sprites of yesteryear and projects them in 3D, creating three-dimensional pixelated sprite characters and environments. The resulting visuals are simplistic, but bring back fond memories of [...]
Final Fantasy has been around since the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the mid 1980s. Each entry into the series is an entirely unique story with the exception of Final Fantasy X, which is the only Final Fantasy to have a direct sequel. Each [...]
I am a big fan of retro gaming and unfortunately in the past, in their quest for profit game companies packaged anorexic retro game bundles that were hardly worth purchasing. Many gamers turned to illegal emulators and ROMs to get their retro gaming fix and [...]
Eternal Sonata is one of the few Japanese RPGs to grace the U.S. on the Playstation 3 after being launched on the XBOX 360 a year prior. Eternal Sonata is great turn based RPG that combines stunning visuals and audio with an in depth story [...]
