Patrick’s Top 10 Games of 2015
by Patrick MifflinSo, another year’s gone by already… kind of disturbing how fast that happened.
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“The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC” Review
[WARNING: This review is of a direct sequel to a previous game. I tried to keep it as spoiler-free as possible while still adequately covering the game. In order to do that, I had to work from the perspective of having played the…
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“Lost Dimension” Review
It’s become something of a tradition over the years that, as a PlayStation console’s lifespan winds down, it gets treated to a litany of solid JRPGs. If you’ve so much as recently glanced at the PS3 section at your gaming…
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“Final Fantasy Type-0 HD” Review
The mixed bowl of franchise soup that is Fabula Nova Crystallis started out convoluted and only got more so as time passed. The initial game, Final Fantasy XIII, went on to become a trilogy in its own right, while Final…
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15 Minutes of [GAME] – Virtua Fighter 2
There are a lot of great 3D fighting games out there, but only the first three Virtua Fighter games have claimed their place in the Smithsonian. Here’s 15 Minutes of arguably the best of the three, Virtua Fighter 2.
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Voice of Dissent #7 – MORE DAKKA
For what it’s worth, Square couldn’t have picked a better slice of the game to serve up as the demo to bundle in with Brave Fencer Musashi a year before Final Fantasy VIII’s proper release.
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Voice of Dissent #6 – The Grinding You Won’t Be Spared
In which I show what a pain OCD truly is when dealing with a game of FFVIII’s unusual progression methods. Coming up on the five-hour mark, and not a foot has been set on Dollet.
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15 Minutes of [GAME] #9 – Sega Rally Online Arcade
When Sega formed a new racing team to bring their catalog of arcade racing legends out of mothballs, Sega Rally 3 made a great first impression. Sega Rally Revo, not so much. The latter was so poorly-received that the new…
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15 Minutes of [GAME] #8 – Mega Man 9
Before Keiji Inafune and Capcom went their seperate ways with about the same degree of turbulence as the Dave Mustaine/Metallica split, they brought forth a renaissance in the Mega Man franchise. We reminisce on better times with 15 Minutes of…
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Voice of Dissent #5 – …Then You Start Playing It
I shift gears, moving away from Suikoden in order to turn my discontent toward one of my favorite targets from over the years: Final Fantasy VIII. How can this not be good?
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Voice of Dissent #4 – An Insult to the Concept
I play through the Lepant recruitment story and wrap up my thoughts on the early Suikoden games, as well as why their simple gameplay rubs me the wrong way.
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15 Minutes of [GAME] #8 – Shinobi
The character action genre is largely considered to be the genre form of Capcom’s Devil May Cry. During the genre’s formative years, however, Sega’s Overworks studio had a different idea of how it should work. Check out Shinobi’s 15 Minutes…
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