As the years go by, our tastes change. We grow out of cartoons and toy cars and dolls, and we become, well, more sophisticated, in a way. Video games are no exception. For many of us, we end up looking over our game collections years later and finding games that, while we loved them as…
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The Great Mysteries of Rayman 2
After spending the last several hundred hours of my game time playing RPGs (no joke), I needed a break. The only games currently in my backlog at the moment are Final Fantasy IV and V, so I decided I would instead need to revisit something I had played before. Being in quite a Rayman mood…
The Completion of Lightning Returns and a Question
It took about 95 hours, but I am finally done with Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns, and I don’t think I want to play another RPG again for a long, long time. Nevertheless, I ended up having a lot of fun with the game, even if my initial impressions weren’t great. Before I get into…
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below – Review
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below[1] (ドラゴンクエストヒーローズ 闇竜と世界樹の城 Doragon Kuesto Hīrōzu Yamiryuu to Sekaiju no Shiro?, literally translated as Dragon Quest Heroes: The Dark Dragon and the World Tree Castle) is a 2015 hack-and-slash RPG exclusively for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Released in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan…
Dragon Age Inquisition: Should Your Adventure Continue?
Images captured by: Hatm0nster Dragon Age: Inquisition was a game that I felt really didn’t need any dlc add-ons. By itself, the game is absolutely bursting with things to do and locations to explore. The story is well-told, and I even felt like I got enough time to really get to know most of my inner-circle….
The (Tidy) Return of the Old RPGs
Lately, I have really begun to lose my affection for RPGs, a genre I used to love after discovering how amazing they could be thanks to my first playthroughs of Square’s Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy X. Those games were truly special and introduced me to some complex and deep stories and characters I could…
Fruit Has Never Before Been This Exciting
I get stressed very easily. You have no idea how much a tough battle freaks me out or the mere thought that I might be unable to progress through a game, causing me to ponder with unease all the fun I might be missing out on if I’m never able to overcome the challenges set…
The Duck Apologizes to Retro Studios
As you may very well be aware of, I have complained a good deal about the fairly recent Donkey Kong Country Returns on the Wii. It’s way too hard, I feel silly shaking the controller around (though, I do with all Wii games, so that’s nothing new), and it lacks the feel and the charm…
Battlefield Hardline Impressions – Worth An Investigation
Images from EA’s Battlefield: Hardline promotional site The following post was submitted by GamerCrash. See more trailers and news at GamerCrash.com! – Battlefield Hardline feels like an impostor. Now, hold on a minute here. Before you grab the pitchforks, let me explain. When I think about the franchise ‘Battlefield’ and what it represents to me, I immediately…
Watch_Dogs Bad Blood DLC Review – A Second Chance
The following post was submitted by GamerCrash. The original can be found here. — It’s been a solid five months since Ubisoft released the open world game, Watch_Dogs, upon the masses and in an effort to update the series a little, its story based DLC, Bad Blood, looks to mix up some things in the…
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