Cris Tales review: Time is on your side (update)
I dig alternate history stories, but I’m not always a fan of time-travel tales. It can get confusing, and often, time travel becomes either...
Final Fantasy VII Remake resurrects my interest in Square Enix’s flagship series
For anyone in their 30s and 40s, discussing any topic around Final Fantasy VII comes with obligatory baggage. This applies even if you weren’t...
Nintendo Power’s Epic Center: a golden age of console role-playing games
In the thick of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System zeitgeist in 1995, noted games magazine and company propaganda machine Nintendo Power started printing a...
Nintendo wants to dazzle us with Japanese role-playing games in early 2016
When we think of most Japanese role-playing games that come out today, austere affairs with limited budgets generally come to mind. Nintendo apparently wants to...
Tales of Zestiria is one Japanese role-playing game trope after another
Publisher Bandai Namco has always been risk-averse with its long-running Tales series, and the latest entry, Tales of Zestiria, is definitely no exception. The...
The Legend of Legacy is a double-edged sword of innovation and underdeveloped ideas
Japanese role-playing games tend to stick to safe waters when it comes to the staid conventions that hold together the genre. Battle screens, dungeon...
Square Enix unveils Tokyo RPG Factory studio and Project Setsuna, its first game
Square Enix opens Tokyo RPG Factory. Their first game? Project Setsuna.
Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster shows Square Enix can actually pull off a fantastic rerelease (review)
This collection gives you hundreds of hours of content, even if you have to deal with some artifacts of the PlayStation 2 era.