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Side Quests

Posted in Article, Diablo, Elder Scrolls, Kings Quest, Mass Effect, Rant, Two Worlds on January 19, 2008 by ninjasquidge

Today I do a mini-rant on sidequests, an RPG staple.

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The Future of JRPG’s ?

Posted in Article, Blue Dragon, Cry On, Eternal Sonata, Final Fantasy, Infinite Undiscovery, Lost Odyssey, Persona, Shadow Hearts, Star Ocean, The Last Remnant on January 12, 2008 by ninjasquidge

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The fact is lately JRPG’s don’t seem to have been hitting as hard as they used too. Back in the glory days of Final Fantasy people would want a PS1 just to get hold of the seventh installment but gradually wstern increase in JRPG’s have been decreasing and judging by several reports out of Japan this is gradually happening there to some degree. Now in my opinion to truly succeed and bring JRPG’s into the “next-gen” as it were they need to be different. Lets face it, Blue Dragon was bad at worst and extremely average at best. The PS2 is still the place to be for RPG’s and the new consoles are slogging away while Persona III manages to better anything they can produce. So where do I feel the JRPG genre has gotten a little lost? And how can it bring itself into the next gen?

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Top 5’s: My Top 5 Most Wanted RPG’s of 2008

Posted in Article, Blue Dragon, Elder Scrolls, Fable, Fallout, Lost Odyssey, Might And Magic, Sacred on December 16, 2007 by ninjasquidge

With 2008 looming on the horizon like a big year shaped thing, it’s time for me to look to the year ahead and what titles due out in 2008 I’m most looking forward too. Of course with quite a few titles release dates still speculative some of the titles im excited about may appear next year or may not so I’m only going for titles with definate release dates.

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