Don’t scratch too far beneath the surface, and it’d be easy to write off Harvestella as a somewhat undercooked mashup of JRPG and farming sim. Indeed, I’ve seen more than a few comments asking such lines since the game launched a few months ago (sorry for this extremely late review!), …
Before Final Fantasy Tactics, there was Tactics Ogre. It’s hard to overstate the significance of Yasumi Matsuno’s Super Famicom epic—not just in how heavily its ideas drove the iconic FF spinoff, but in how it influenced a whole breed of tactical RPGs. Even if you set that legacy aside, Tactics …
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Final Bar Line was one of the highlights of last week’s Nintendo Direct. The Final Fantasy rhythm game series has been long dormant on consoles, but it’s finally making its way to Switch and PlayStation 4 next February, and with a whopping 385 songs included—502, if you …
Update: We’ve now got a full list of the tracks in the base game! Original post: It feels like a new Theatrhythm has been a long time coming. It’s been eight years since Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call landed on 3DS in 2014, and while the series has had some …
If you assumed The DioField Chronicle was another “traditional” turn-based tactical RPG, guess again—we’re going real-time, this time. I clearly haven’t been paying close enough attention, because ever since its announcement a few months ago, I’ve just assumed The DioField Chronicle would be another turn-based tactical RPG of the Final …
Over the last couple of years, Square Enix‘s mobile manga platform Manga UP! has been making its mark in Japan, giving convenient and speedy access to a wide range of popular titles to some 19 million years. Now, the rest of the world can get in on the fun, too, …
It looks like the dark days when Sony’s approach to classic games was “Why would anyone want to play this?” might finally be over. With the new PlayStation Plus and the Classics Catalogue that’s included in the highest tier, a handful of games from older consoles are finally playable on …
Update 23/09/2022: Unfortunately, Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth for PS4 and PS5 has been delayed until December 22. Original post: Today, Square Enix officially announced a September 29 console release for Valkyrie Elysium (and November 11 for Steam), confirming earlier reports resulting from store leaks. That’s good news, but the publisher buried …
Despite the rather surprising ending of Kingdom Hearts III, a sequel was inevitable—series creator / director Tetsuya Nomura confirmed as much even before III came out. But now it’s officially official: during a Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary event overnight, Square Enix unveiled Kingdom Hearts IV with an intriguing-looking new trailer. …
The late ‘90s were an odd time to be a JRPG fan outside North America or Japan. The genre had been steadily growing in the West, and the runaway success of Final Fantasy VII in particular opened a whole lot of doors for localising games… at least, in the States. …
