Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for iOS – TGS 2013 Hands-on Preview
By Janelle | September 23, 2013 at 11:44 am
Square Enix is re-releasing Final Fantasy IV: The After Years on iOS. It’s a remake of a cellphone game that was ported to consoles, and now it’s coming back to its mobile roots. But phones have acquired touchscreens since The After Years was first developed. I took a spin with the TGS demo on an iPad to see how the game fared on a tablet.
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TGS 2013 – Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster Hands-on Preview
By Janelle | September 19, 2013 at 12:00 pm
If you clicked this link expecting a detailed play-by-play of the Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster demo, sorry. In true, half-assed RPGLand fashion, I will come out and say that there isn’t much to say. It’s Final Fantasy X. In HD. The end. I played X during my crack at the demo, but I also watched someone play the X-2 demo while I waited in line, and can say that that also sure was Final Fantasy X-2, in HD. The 3 main girls were obviously more detailed than side characters and enemies, and seeing them together was a little weird, like they were from different games, but that might have been just the fact that I was a few feet further from the screen than I would have been, were I at home.
Since there isn’t much to say, that means it’s some good ol’fashioned Graphical Nitpicking Time!
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TGS 2013 – Maple Story: Unmei no Shoujo Hands-on Preview
By Janelle | September 19, 2013 at 11:55 am
Originally a Korean exclusive, MapleStory: Unmei no Shoujo is being brought to Japan in 2014 by Sega. This is the second portable take on MapleStory, a cutesy platforming MMORPG by Wizet that’s been running in some form for over a decade now. From the looks of the demo, MapleStory: Unmei no Shoujo does a good job of translating the gameplay elements of the MMO into an easy-to-play portable adventure.
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Bravely Default Famitsu Review Translated
By Janelle | October 13, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Often times, Famitsu review scores are posted online with no context. Well, here’s a little more flesh for the number that goes with Bravely Default: Flying Fairy.
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Sony’s HMZ Virtual Reality Headset Impression – Tokyo Game Show
By Janelle | October 10, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Two different virtual reality headsets get two different impressions.
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Bravely Default “Now THAT’s an RPG!” – Square Enix Interview with RPG Land
By Janelle | October 8, 2012 at 5:27 am
While hitting up the show floor at TGS, we got a chance to sit down with Tomoya Asano, the producer of the upcoming Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. Mr. Asano has previously served as the producer for Hikari no 4 Senshi, and the DS remakes of Final Fantasys III and IV. We discussed the upcoming Bravely Default, which will release in Japan on October 11.
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Soul Sacrifice TGS Hands-on Preview
By Janelle | September 22, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Is this one an RPG? It comes close. It’s close enough. Shut up.
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Shin Unozawa thinks Japan’s game industry has an image problem
By Janelle | September 20, 2012 at 11:57 am
Every year, TGS forum brings important industry figures together to debate and discuss important trends in the market and industry. This year’s first keynote speech was made by Shin Unozawa, the new Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) chairman and current Vice President of Namco Bandai games. The topic is one that has been debated around the internet in much less eloquent terms: “What Japan’s Game Industry Needs: The Outlook for the New Era of Game Business,” or in internet speak, why the Japanese Game industry is doomed, and how we can fix it.
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Fantasy Life TGS Hands-on Preview
By Janelle | September 20, 2012 at 8:40 am
Fantasy Life, on paper, seems like a perfect fit for plenty of JRPG fans. It’s co-developed by rising star Level 5 and old standby Brownie Brown, featuring music by Nobuo Uematsu, character designs by Yoshitaka Amano, and features a lighthearted tone that washes away the gritty, angsty funk of Serious Business JRPGs. But TGS tradition seems to require that I rail on a promising game for having a disappointing demo. This year, Fantasy Life is that game.
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Yakuza 5 TGS Hands-on Preview
By Janelle | September 20, 2012 at 6:50 am
After a radical departure from series convention with Yakuza: Of the End, Sega has developed another main-series Yakuza game for the PS3 that sticks strictly to the formula, if the demo is any indication.
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