In today’s remake and nostalgia-driven market, there’s no franchise too big or small to be trotted out in the town to help bolster fiscal earnings. Some, like Capcom’s Resident Evil or Square Enix’s Final Fantasy manage to go the extra mile, churning out high-quality remakes and new sequels in tandem …
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Living in your siblings’ shadow is tough, and if Square Enix’s Visions of Mana were a person, it’d likely agree. Its bigger, more famous brethren like the Dragon Quest series keep iterating on traditional RPG designs from the Nineties, while Final Fantasy is always evolving and experimenting with what the …
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After saving the fabric of reality from being erased, even the stoutest of heroes need a vacation. For the last decade, Final Fantasy XIV has been all about building your legend, becoming the mythical Warrior of Light. The world revolves around you. Following up on a lengthy and beloved story …
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As anyone familiar with Hollywood could tell you, remakes are hard. Other than bringing something old to a new audience, many remakes struggle to bring anything fresh enough to justify the double dip. In the world of video games, it’s a little different. Based solely on the tech aspect, remaking …
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In 1997, Japanese developer Square released a juggernaut with Final Fantasy VII, a game generally considered one of the greatest ever made. Ten years later, they’d expand that world with a prequel, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, released for the PlayStation Portable. Relatively well-received at the time, that title would …
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