Tag: Genre: JRPG
Phantasy Star II (Genesis)
As retro-gamer gamers, we often scoff at the idea the idea that a game “has aged poorly”. One typical response is to point out how many modern games ‘coddle the player’, and ‘hold their hand’ through every tiny challenge, free of any repercussion from failure. In short, we retro-gamers from upon our highest of horses…
Tales of Phantasia (PS1)
(English Translation by Phantasian Productions) Of all the game genres I write about on this blog, longform RPGs are the ones most likely to induce a serious case of writer’s block. After investing so many hours into a given game, I wind up painting myself into a corner trying to devise some kind of succinct…
Chrono Trigger (DS)
(Review archived from January 4, 2019) Can you believe that I had never played Chrono Trigger until now!? Well it was high time I remedied this blind spot in my gaming repertoire, and an unseasonably cold November seemed like as good a time as any to rectify that. Chrono Trigger is absolutely deserving of the…
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP)
(Review archived from April 4, 2018) I definitely took the long way around on this one, but in the end the journey was highly worthwhile. Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions is an enhanced PSP port of Final Fantasy Tactics (which originally appeared on PS1). Among these enhancements, the most noteworthy might be the…
