Tag: RPG
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Hall of Fame Review – Icewind Dale II (2002)
by Benjamin Fitzgerald Developer: Black Isle Publisher: Interplay Release Date: August 27, 2002 Genre: Role-playing Mode: Single-player, multi-player Rating: T for Teen Icewind Dale II – The Story Begins Twenty years have passed since the intrepid adventurers from Hrothgar’s fated mission to Kuldahar ended the proxy war waged by infernal forces and defeated the demons…
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Hall of Fame Review – Planescape: Torment (1999)
by Benjamin Fitzgerald Developer: Black Isle Publisher: Interplay Release Date: December 12, 1999 Genre: Role-playing Mode: Single-player Rating: T for Teen ***Before I begin, I would like to send a huge wave of praise to the amazing artists whose representations I have used in this review. They really helped bring a lot of…
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What We’re Playing This Week – Star Fox Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cNp80bDRwQ Jake Rushing – Pokémon Yellow (Gameboy), StarFox Zero (Wii U) For this week, I will be focusing on going through Pokémon Yellow. So far, I managed to beat Misty, and now I’m going through S.S. Anne and battling trainers on the ship. I’ll try and get to the halfway point before Star Fox Zero…
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War Never Changes – FallOut 4 Review
Release Date: November 10, 2015 Rated: T for Teen Publisher: Bethesda Game Studios Developer: Bethesda Softworks Platform: Xbox One, Playstation 4, PC Completion time: 3 days, 5 hours and 20 minutes aka 77 hours and 20 minutes. FallOut 3 had a bevy of expectations lobbied against it before its eventual release. Fans of the franchise had been…
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What We’re Playing This Week – Easter Edition
From all of us to you, Happy Easter Everyone! Jake Rushing – Pokémon Silver (Game boy), Pokken Tournament (Wii U), Metroid 2 Return of Samus (Gameboy): This week, I’ll continue to play Pokémon Silver. As I’m trying to find a way to get through the game as quickly as I can so I could move…
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What We’re Playing This Week – Marchin’ On
Isaac: Well, Stardew Valley just came out, so there goes my week. If you haven’t heard about this game, it has been in development for several years by one of the same minds at Chucklefish that brought you Starbound (Terraria in Space!). This one is a Harvest Moon clone on the surface, but it looks…
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Tom Clancy’s The Division Beta Impressions
*Beta was played on the Xbox One Open world games have always been an anomaly for me. There’s always a sense of a disconnect between what the developers want to do versus what is accomplished as a final result. Each game attempts to build a living breathing world through various ways; the open, expansive maps,…
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Hall of Fame Review – Baldur’s Gate (1998)
by Benjamin Fitzgerald Developer: BioWare Publisher: Interplay Release Date: December 21, 1998 Genre: Fantasy, role-playing Mode: Single-player, multi-player Rating: T for Teen Ah, Baldur’s Gate. Ugh, Baldur’s Gate. I don’t know if I’ve ever played a game that’s so simultaneously rewarding yet antagonizing. I’ve plugged around 100 hours into this game, and as…
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Journey to the Frozen Tundra of Icewind Dale
by Benjamin Fitzgerald An elven sorceress, a half-orc priest, a roguish dwarf, a half-elf bard and two warrior women walk into a bar. It’s not a joke – it’s the opening of Icewind Dale! BioWare developed the Infinity Engine between 1997 and 1998, and it was employed for the first time in Baldur’s Gate.…
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Undertale: Just Another RPG?
By Isaac Smith I’m well-versed in the JRPG style of game. I whet my teeth on Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger and The Secret of Mana. I played indie tributes to games like them. I’ve played games that possess many similar characteristics to them, but manage to be different in their own way. Undertale is all…