Following their merge with Enix, Squaresoft's position as a company seemed to be in a rebound. Financial disasters with their millennial project, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within were beginning to die off, and by 2001 the launch of Final Fantasy X seemed to show a recovery for the series; by 2002, international sales of Final … Continue reading Final Fantasy XI Review
Dragon Quest XI is simply unique in its presentation and style – one can even say that it has its own ‘personality’. With one look at the game, you know what you are going to get. With my personal preference for dark, complex and perhaps even edgy stories, character designs and worlds, I have to … Continue reading Dragon Quest XI Review
Two decades after it was released by Square for the Playstation in 1998, Xenogears is still touted, and remains critically acclaimed, as one of the best stories in JRPG history. Due to its reputation and its cult following, it goes without saying that the question in the back of any potential player’s mind would be … Continue reading Xenogears Review
Kingdom Hearts the incredible offspring of two beloved franchises, becoming a triumph of creativity and design, which at the time started as the idea of series producer Shinji Hashimoto and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to create an open world game with the likes of Super Mario 64, an idea that sounds amazing when such … Continue reading Kingdom Hearts Review
Dragon Quest V is a JRPG made by Chunsoft and published by Enix in 1992 for the SNES exclusively in Japan. It was subsequently re-released by Square Enix in 2004 for the PS2 and then finally got a worldwide release in 2009 on the Nintendo DS, a port of this version was released for smartphones … Continue reading Dragon Quest V Review
The World Ends With You, often abbreviated as TWEWY, is a JRPG released for the DS on July 26th, 2007, then later released on iOS and Android on August 27th, 2012 and June 25th, 2014 respectively, with a Nintendo Switch Version releasing sometime in 2018. It stars a group of teenagers participating in The Reaper's … Continue reading The World Ends With You DS Review
Octopath Traveler is a JRPG by Square Enix released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. It stars 8 characters on their own unique journeys, seen above. Ophilia the Cleric(dressed in white), Olberic the Knight(dressed in blue), Therion the Thief(dressed in purple), Primrose the Dancer(dressed in red), Tressa the Merchant(the character with a hat), H'annit the Huntress(the … Continue reading Octopath Traveler Review
