Apr 19, 2011

Format: PSP Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix Players: 1-2 Site: http://www.dissidia012game.com The original Dissidia is amongst the most bizarre genre mixing games in existence. It mixed heroes and villains from every generation of Final Fantasy and pitted them against one another in extravagant battles under the pretence...

Jan 26, 2011

Mistakes can sometimes be a good thing. If you can take the mistake and then move on and learn from it, then at least something positive came out the other end. The second MMO in the Final Fantasy franchise however has been making substantial mistakes since before day one – and has yet to make any effort to learn from them. Though they have yet to learn...

Dec 10, 2010

The latest instalment of the Final Fantasy series and the second to be of the MMORPG variety has had a rough time since release a couple of months ago. The game was ripped apart by reviews, which cited a clearly unfinished, sloppy product filled with boring mechanics and simply not enough things to do. In order to combat this the free trial period for those who...

Complaining about cutscenes feels like a futile pursuit for a couple of reasons. Partly because it feels oddly similar to banging a bit of bamboo against the stiff rigor mortis flesh of a deceased equine; partly because it must surely be a fruitless endeavour at this stage. Cutscenes are clearly here to stay and developers are making no secrets about the fact...

Mar 26, 2010

Format: Xbox 360 (version reviewed), PS3 Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix Players: 1 Site: www.finalfantasy13game.com If you’re not a patient person, you may as well write off Final Fantasy XIII right now. Square’s latest is an unfinished experiment, and the players are the unwitting guinea pigs. The game...