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• 29Mar 12

  Ten Years - Now What?

  Ten years ago, something happened. Something great happened. One of my favorite RPG/Adventure games was released. This game didn't seem promising, the cover looked lame... it looked like something a child would buy and play -- which, in turn, is something teenaged me wouldn't. So, instead of buying it, I waited a year or so and eventually found it in the used-games bin. This game blew me away. It featured great character development, smooth controls, a rockin' soundtrack, and a unique story accompanied with new takes on old ones.

  Yeah, all that said and done, let's go back to the ten years thing.

  On March 28, 2012, Kingdom Hearts officially hit stores in Japan. The game was recieved well and ended up being a commercial success.This gutsy new title, which had attempted something unthinkable, had spawned more than 5 spinoffs. It was one of the very few games with a very interesting take on travel (Final Fantasy's Cid, the Chipmunks and the Gummi ships - I'm looking at you!). It had great character selecton, ranging from the default Goofy and Donald to Simba and Jack Skellington!

  What's this? What's this?

  There's color in the air.

  What's this?

  There's awesomeness everywhere

  What's this?

  I can't believe my eyes

  I must be dreaming

  Wake up, NColdhardt, this isn't fair

  What's this?

  A-ahem... I make have gotten a little bit excited, I apologize. I get carried away easily whenever anything Nightmare Before Christmas is mentioned.

  

  So yes, back to the original purpose of this blog post, Kingdom Hearts had many spinoffs but only two main titles. The third, Kingdom Hearts III, isn't in production yet. It will be, though, as soon as Final Fantasy XIII-Versus (the only remaining FF game I still have hope for) is released. Because, you see, the people who are making XIII-Versus, right now, troubling and toiling, are the same people who have been creating the main titles in Kingdom Hearts.

  Have you played Kingdom Hearts? If so, what's your fondest memory of the game?

  Don't like it? Then tell us about your favorite RPG!

  • Posted Mar 29, 2012 1:26 am GMT
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• 18Mar 12

  The best thing Square has released since FF-X

  I present to you... the greatest thing Square Enix has released for nearly ten years.

  ***SPOILER***

  

  

  • Posted Mar 18, 2012 8:25 am GMT
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• 23Feb 12

  Mass Effect 3 - EA is Bioware's Cancer

  Many of you who track my blogs know that I'm an RPG fanatic. Games such as the old Final Fantasies, Xenogears and Chrono Trigger are what I consider to be the best games ever. However, as I grew older, the JRPG genre lost its so-called spark because it kept catering to the same audience rather than their fans. Western RPGs became my niche.One day, out of the blue, I played Mass Effect. The reason I did this was because I had recently finished Dragon Age. I fell in love with the game and Bioware quickly became my favorite contemporary developer. Maybe, just maybe, Mass Effect might be good.I was wrong. It was great. The setting was amazing. The storyline was amazing. The characters were amazing. The races were amazing... It was all, well, y'know... amazing.

  The point is, the game ended terrificly. It didn't need a sequel, but they were going to make one anyway. Mass Effect 2 came out and I was surprised. They integrated the story well and I ended up enjoying the game more than the original. The game, however, had a cliff-hanger type of ending that left things open for another obvious sequel - Mass Effect 3.

  Now, I spent Valentine's Day playing ME3's demo and it was terrific. The only problem is that they're releasing a $10 DLC on launch. It isn't lame, aesthetic DLC like horse-armor either. It adds a new character and its integrated to Shephard's (the main character) backstory. The DLC was complete before launch and it should be on the disk. They're releasing incomplete product and selling content that's important to the game main storyline as DLC. This has to stop. Publishers are abusing the DLC system to milk cash out of consumers.

  It just goes to show that this is becoming more and more accurate.

  More on the DLC here.

  • Posted Feb 23, 2012 7:37 am GMT
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