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Xenogears
The time has come for my first review. For such a special occasion, I have chosen one of my favourite games of all time, Xenogears. Before I start, it should be known that my rating scale is in the...
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Interesting revelations regarding Final Fantasy VII’s development
Some very interesting facts regarding Final Fantasy VII’s development process came up recently in the Japanese Weekly Famitsu magazine, as part of Final Fantasy VII’s 15th anniversary feature. Here’s...
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Vagrant Story
The second review of a game on the original PlayStation I will do is of a game that came out relatively late in the console’s lifespan. Like Xenogears, Vagrant Story is one of the less known Squaresoft...
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Final Fantasy VII PC coming to Steam!
Recently, Square Enix registered the FinalFantasyVIIPC.com domain, so we knew they were up to something. Today, thanks to Google’s cache, we have found out what. The PC version of the RPG classic is...
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The new Final Fantasy VII PC version is out!
Square Enix have finally put the new Final Fantasy VII PC version up for sale. Sadly, the rumour that it would be up on Steam didn’t hold true. What we do know is that this new version has improved...
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Top 10 Final Fantasy Girls
I’ve been a Final Fantasy fan for many years now, and, despite the less-than-stellar entries in the last 10 years or so, the series remains dear to me. Games like Final Fantasy VI, VII and Tactics are...
View ArticleVideo Game Music of the Week – 11-17.03.2013
Captain Tsubasa had some awesome entries on the SNES, but when one thinks of SNES, one of the first games to jump to mind is inevitably Square’s dream project, Chrono Trigger. It’s one of my absolute...
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Final Fantasy VIII
Until recently, there was one big hole in my personal Final Fantasy history – the one game from the entries before the series went online that I hadn’t beaten. Final Fantasy VIII was the successor to...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 16-22.12.2013
The original PlayStation was the undisputed king of RPGs, not only for its console generation, but also to date (SNES is the only other real contender). One of the interesting projects on the console...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 06-12.01.2014
Already a while before Crisis Core, and even the legendary game it’s a prequel of, the Final Fantasy series was known for its amazing music, thanks mostly to the genius of Nobuo Uematsu. Today, I’ve...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 13-19.01.2014
After the more futuristic VI (to some extent), VII and VIII, Final Fantasy IX saw the series finally return to the medieval setting – to its roots, so to speak. And it worked brilliantly – it was a...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 20-26.01.2014
I’ve said most that I’ve wanted to say about Final Fantasy VIII already… As I mentioned last week, its love story wasn’t very good, despite being its main point. As a whole, it’s a relatively fun, but...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 27.01-02.02.2014
Final Fantasy IV is a game with ambition, but ultimately marred by some awkward storytelling decisions. Still, for its time, it was an achievement, and a step forward for the series. But, while a...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 03-09.02.2014
Final Fantasy X was the series’ last truly great game… Since then, it was all downhill, and the Final Fantasy franchise will more than likely never recover. As the first Final Fantasy on PS2, the game...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 17-23.02.2014
The first game that showed Square’s incredible writing and storytelling potential in the 90s was Final Fantasy VI. After it, some other games that easily qualify among the best of all time appeared –...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 24.02-02.03.2014
Final Fantasy Tactics, while a part of the franchise mostly by name (and Final Fantasy VII cameos), is easily one of the best, if not THE best in the series – only the mighty Final Fantasy VII, a game...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 03-09.03.2014
Time to end this long Final Fantasy cycle, and with the game that spawned the game that started it, too. Final Fantasy VII, considered by many the best game of all game, marked a revolution not only in...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 11-17.08.2014
Being the successor of an absolute masterpiece created by a Square Dream Team, Chrono Cross was incredibly highly anticipated… Sadly, it not only failed to live up to the hype, it was a rather...
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Video Game Music of the Week – 23.02-01.03.2015
This week’s music was suggested by Ertyu, and once again it’s from the series that features his favourite video game girl, Aya Brea. After the first game’s opening theme, this time it’s the sequel’s...
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Parasite Eve
In the last couple of years, I’ve been doing some catching up on great PS1 RPGs that I’ve missed over the years. We all know the first PlayStation is the definitive RPG game system, and I’ve of course...
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