The Ivalice Chronicles brushes a foundational work’s sharp teeth.
The way the game’s various mechanical ideas fit together is exhilarating.
The game puts a premium on learning how and why the world functions the way it does.
The last look at Square Enix’s sequel before launch is an eye-opener in several ways.
Square Enix’s job with the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is an interesting one.
Summerfall Studios’s game at least delivers on the promise of the first part of its title.
The game’s story may be the most powerful summoning spell ever cast in the Final Fantasy series.
No matter the game’s faults, the music sings for itself.
Those looking for more of a shakeup to the original Crisis Core formula will be disappointed.
All the things that made Final Fantasy VII Remake so great are on display here, albeit in truncated form.
The game flips the script on the very idea of nostalgia being the only guiding creative force behind a remake.
The world design and storytelling often fail to match the high standards set by the game’s ambitious ancestors.
So much of the game is build up to minor privileges and plot points that other RPGs freely give to the player.
Today, Square Enix released a story trailer for the game.
Final Fantasy XV is a game that chooses to leave its mythology disjointed and its emotions real.
Those desperate for a way to stay busy will find a seemingly inexhaustible number of grains of gameplay here.
At least FFX tries to be humanist. Its direct sequel, FFX-2, is hollow in its calculated pandering to fandom.
The game is as punishing and uncompromising as the continental war that it chronicles, and it will school you.
The game’s progression, while unhurried in nature, stays true to the orthodox route of the conventional JRPG, keeping things engaging primarily by way of its kinetic, multi-faceted battle system.
Although it allows you to choose a job, it insults you by pretending that the butterfly’s checklist of demands is somehow “role playing” or “simulating” life.