While Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was widely acclaimed upon its release earlier this year, the title attracted some criticism for its pacing, among other things. The free-roaming, open-world nature of the title, combined with the original game’s story structure and pacing, led to an unusual pacing for big narrative and character moments. AND Renaissance injects a good dose of his own erratic madness into the proceedings, which only adds more confusion. Of course this worked well for the second installment, not detracting Renaissancebrilliant comments. FF7 Rebirth remains one of the best JRPGs of 2024 (with some healthy competition from the…
Author: Pramath Parijat
Nintendo’s development ability is rarely questioned. The company is one of the most respected and beloved developers in the world and has a track record of releasing genre- and medium-defining games over a period of more than three decades and counting. And of all the various acclaimed games, games, and IPs that Nintendo works on, arguably none better showcases the game creator’s incredible development talent than The Legend of Zelda series. THE Zelda games evolved in parallel with Nintendo consoles and software development. Since the original groundbreaking NES, there has been a Zelda game for virtually all Nintendo systems. The…
With Red Dead Redemption having recently released on PC – yes, that’s the original 2010 classic that has finally arrived on PC more than 14 years after the fact – a whole new audience is learning that the incredible attention to detail and obsessive hidden flourishes that characterize 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 can be traced back to that original game. There is a impressive amount of content hidden in these titles, details that were put there by the developers for the minority of players who notice. With Red Dead fever back on the menu, this is a great time…
With Nintendo recently announcing that fan favorite Xenoblade Chronicles will arrive on Switch in March next year, other underappreciated Wii U titles have a chance to find a bigger audience and wider acclaim. Exactly this has happened multiple times throughout the Switch’s lifecycle – Nintendo will re-release one of its Wii U-era games with minimal to no changes, and the games will end up having greater critical and commercial success than their original ever found. console. With how regularly Nintendo has ported games from the Wii U, it can often be tempting to assume that virtually every major title from…