This is Fantasia Sango II, Userjoy’s award winning 2005 PC game—and my introduction to Taiwanese RPGs. It’s the story of the amnesiac money-chasing … Continue reading Fantasia Sango II: Userjoy’s second tale in the three kingdoms
[I need to add a quick note here: For some weird reason I have had a proper nightmare getting this … Continue reading Moldorian: Context is everything
The first thought that popped into my head as I looked at the back of Sengoku Turb‘s case was “When the … Continue reading Sengoku Turb: The way the future used to look
Chrono Cross is keen to make a memorable first impression, the opening hour or so rapidly crashing straight through a playable … Continue reading Chrono Cross: Where angels lose their way
This final entry in From Software’s King’s Field series is set roughly ten years after the events of the first PSP game, and … Continue reading King’s Field Additional II: A dungeon and a dragon, a decade on
I might have jumped the gun when I declared Virtua Fighter 2 an entirely clean break from the unpredictable days of old, as we … Continue reading Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.17: Phantasy Star Generation: 2
[Quick note: I have been playing and will be writing about the 2001 PC remake of Sword and Fairy, also … Continue reading Sword and Fairy: Other RPGs wish they were this good
Saying something nice about Chrono Trigger doesn’t take a lot of effort. Its quality and importance are so universally agreed upon that … Continue reading Chrono Trigger: If history is to change, let it change!
Well, this is it. “The End of Legend“, as Langrisser V‘s subtitle puts it. The conclusion, according to the eye catching … Continue reading Langrisser V: The end of legend
The pixel art seen throughout Magical Vacation, Brownie Brown’s 2001 GBA RPG, is never anything less than utterly stunning. Every location … Continue reading Magical Vacation: From the spelltacular to the magically mundane
Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster 