Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – TGS Hands-on Preview
By Janelle | October 3, 2013 at 7:26 am
I’m sure a lot of people are approaching Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII with the same trepidation I was. The first two games were worth playing for their solid battle systems, though opinions on the merits of the other aspects vary widely. But on the Tokyo Game Show floor, for better or worse, Square Enix seems to have hooked me in for a third go-round in the world of Pulse and Cocoon.
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Theathrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call – TGS 2013 Hands-on Preview
By Janelle | September 23, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is like a Director’s Cut version of Theatrhythm, the Final Fantasy-themed rhythm game that came out for the 3DS in 2012.
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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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Hey, is this your bag of chains?
By Heath | September 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm
I just thought this was a little bit odd, to find lying around the TGS floor.
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The Can’t-Miss Mobile Games of TGS
By Heath | September 21, 2013 at 8:18 pm
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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