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A great majority of video games have a “destructive” theme to them. In everything from RPG to action and even some puzzle games, one can’t get to the goal without killing hundreds of creatures or people on their way. The endgame tends to be destructive, too, what with many stories revolving around having to kill

Nostalgic gaming has become quite popular as of late. Gaming arguably became an acknowledged hobby and media form in the 1990s, and many that grew up with games in their lives at this time are hitting their 20s and 30s now. As we begin to grow older, start families of our own, and so on

Since its release, the Playstation Vita has become a dumping ground for ports and remakes of older games, with original releases few and far between. Due to the relatively low sales of the system, developers are hesitant to put time and money into creating Vita-original games. When an original game is announced for the system,

Earlier today, Spider Studios released a new trailer for its upcoming RPG Bound By Flame. The trailer shows off the game’s three main classes and the fighting styles they bring to the table, creating what looks to be a heavily melee-focused action RPG style game. Also shown are typical genre systems such as skill trees and

On April 7th, 2014, the company Arcade County announced the impending release of their spiritual successor to the Shining Force series, entitled Shining Empire. Funded by private backers and a Kickstarter campaign, the game received full funding the same day as the announcement. Shining Empire was originally conceived as an MMO fan successor to Shining Force, originally going by

A vast majority of visual novel style games are marketed to men, featuring a male main character pursuing a number of lovely animated women. Occasionally, though, a game comes along that switches up the roles to offer something to female fans. Known as “otome games,” literally meaning “girl games,” these are story heavy games that

In a couple of past articles I’ve written, I’ve mentioned the genre of games known as the visual novel. Actually, the term “game” is a difficult one to apply. The amount of interactivity between games in the genre varies, but all of them boil down to one thing: lots and lots of reading. There’s a

Final Fantasy Type-0, as of the moment of writing, remains one of the very few modern Final Fantasy games to have not been officially released outside of Japan. Interviews with the game’s team and Square-Enix over the past few years have strongly hinted that it might get a Western release, but no plans have come to

Just a day shy of its release date in North America, Amazon decided to hype up the release of South Park: The Stick of Truth with a new trailer. Released through the Amazon Video Games Facebook page, the new trailer gives a quick rundown of the game’s synopsis and characters. There’s not much new in the

Nearly a year after ending DLC support for the Rock Band series, Harmonix has been relatively quiet. The company announced one of their next projects, Fantasia: Music Evolved, at last year’s E3, but not much other news has come out of their offices. That is, until today. Earlier this morning, Harmonix released a debut trailer for a

Earlier today, Kotaro Uchikoshi, writer for the Zero Escape series (9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward) created an English Twitter page to share some news with Western fans of the series. The focus was on the development of the third installment of the Zero Escape series. Across a long series of Twitter posts,

A game’s aesthetic can make or break it. A game could be made that has absolutely everything that a gamer might be looking for and more – perfect engine, fun and engaging gameplay, involved story, etc – but put all that into a graphical style that people don’t find appealing, and many wouldn’t bother to

Back to Basics The First Person Shooter genre is probably the most popular genre of video games in current times. Of course, you don’t need me to tell you that, as you are likely aware of that already. The FPS genre dominates sales charts and the big names (Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc) command high

Left Behind Until recently, the Tales series has had a spotty history of Western localization. On average, one in three Tales games has yet to reach American shores, and even less for European regions. Namco Bandai is starting to change this, with two Western Tales releases scheduled for 2014, and a simultaneous worldwide release for

In recent years, the gaming industry has seen the revival of a once-thought-long-dead genre: the adventure game. Originally popular in the early days of gaming, back when a game was lucky to even have some kind of graphics attached to it, the adventure game was the most popular way to present a story heavy game.

[NOTE: It is difficult to discuss the story of Ys II without mentioning plot points of the first game. This review will have spoilers for the end of Ys I] Halves of a Whole Direct story continuation across video games sequels is relatively uncommon. After all, most game creators want to be able to attract a

The Obscure Third In the 1980s, there were three big names in the JRPG genre. Two of them are well-known to just about every gamer in the West: Square, the company that rose to prominence with the release of Final Fantasy, and Enix, whose Dragon Quest series exploded in popularity in the East. The third pillar, while

The North American Square Enix Member’s YouTube page posted an unboxing of the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII collector’s edition earlier today. A very hyped up Mat Kishimoto, product manager on the game, sits down with the package to show its contents to the audience. Alongside a copy of the game, the collector’s edition includes

Earlier today, Atlus USA released a new trailer for upcoming survival horror game Daylight. Unlike the trailer released at E3 2013, this one shows off the gameplay and some voice acting of the upcoming game. According to the game’s official website, Daylight’s major selling point is its procedurally generated levels. It creates a new world to explore with

In a bit of news that flew under the radar from Western fans, a new piece of the Final Fantasy X series was recently released in Japan. A novella, Final Fantasy X-2.5 has been causing some controversy among fans of the series in Japan. Various posts and accounts from readers of X-2.5 across the internet