Akitoshi Kawazu has sort of a shaky reputation among RPG fanatics. He gets the occasional hit – if you can indeed call them that – with games like Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. More often he makes games that have only a niche following at best. He’s best known for his work on …
Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Review – SaGa 2 DS
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 by chrisReview – Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 by jayAs my friend drove us out to eat the other night I kept envisioning our car crashing into the one in front of it and that one following suit so that we had three aligned cars that could presumably then cross some screen gap threshold in order to attack some other cars. This phenomenon …
Review – Dragon Age: Origins
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 by simonThe machine slowly comes to life, the sound of whirring fans and arcane instruments powering up to a deafening howl. Then a blinding flash of incandescence, a painful sense of sudden detachment from where and when you were. Also all your clothes are apparently gone, unfortunately burnt away by the paradox. Uh-oh.
Yes, playing Dragon Age …
Review- John Woo’s Stranglehold
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 by christianThe more things change, the more they stay the same. For most of gaming’s history, licensed games have tended to be substandard releases, made on the cheap in order to cash in on the latest hot properties. This rule was so typical, for so many generations, that you could almost set it in …
Armored Princess Review: Part III
Monday, March 15th, 2010 by jacksonWhen I initially conceived of the idea of writing episodic reviews I planned on concluding the series when I had also finished the game. Well I haven’t finished Armored Princess yet, but it’s also been almost two months since I posted part one of this review. I think the time has come to wrap this …
Review – Sands of Destruction
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 by chrisHow is it that nobody can make a good JRPG for the DS? Some remakes have been all right, and a strategy RPG or two have been good. But every original RPG for the system seems somehow tainted by the platform. Black Sigil, Nostalgia, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road – hell, even …
Review – Torchlight
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 by jacksonTorchlight should be branded with a warning. The game is pornographic, it’s number porn and clicking porn with a Tolkienesque fantasy fetish thrown into the mix. After loading the game there is a brief introduction to set the scene, and immediately the player begins clicking madly on everything moving.
With each click the characters moan, scream, …
Review – Vandal Hearts: Flame of Judgment
Friday, February 19th, 2010 by chrisWatching a beloved series re-emerge after years of lying dormant is always disconcerting. On the one hand, it’s nice to see developers expand on a world already well-fleshed out and attempt to recapture something that was thought lost forever. On the other hand, it may be worse to have a crappy sequel than …
Review – Children of the Nile / Alexandria
Friday, February 12th, 2010 by golden jewChildren of the Nile is a continuation, and possibly the final installment of the fairly successful Pharaoh series, taking advantage of the excellent setting of ancient Egypt as a basis for a robust city builder. The people of ancient Egypt are civilized enough to be needy bastards– a prerequisite for any builder, and in …
Armored Princess Review: Part II
Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by jacksonSometime while I was busy writing about how much the PC is awesome and how much BioShock sucks I realized that I was still actively playing King’s Bounty: Armored Princess and I’m overdue in my second review installment. I’m probably about half way through the game at this point. Considering I’ve spent …