random encounters
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The Rejuvenation Of Final Fantasy
14In the back of the Los Angeles Convention Center this week, on a massive screen that seemed more suited for a movie theatre than an E3 show floor, Square Enix was running a loop of video footage from their biggest games. Every 10 minutes we’d see their newest and most impressive announcement: Final Fantasy XV.
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My Love-Hate Relationship With JRPGs
I have a confession to make: I hate JRPGs. I also love them. Then I hate them. And I love them. And so on and so forth for 40 hours or so.
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The Little Things That Make JRPGs So Great
There’s a part at the beginning of Final Fantasy IX — a game that was once underrated, then overrated, and now feels properly rated as “totally awesome” by most RPG fans on the web — where you have to pretend to fight with swords.
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Tales RPGs Are Like Gumdrops, Says The Guy Who Makes Them
I like to compare the long-running Tales action-RPG series to fast food: they’re not particularly nutritious and you always know what you’re gonna get, but when you’ve got the craving, they can’t be beat. Hideo Baba, on the other hand, says they’re more like gumdrops.