I love the headcanon that FFXIV is just a sequel to FFTactics and FFXII way down the line. And suddenly the targeting arcs and zone-barrier dots make so much more sense. :P

Honestly, I think the shovelware/padding games are just there for the purposes of simply being able to make the number on the outside of the box larger for purposes of making it look more appealing. It’s not that the crap games are taking slots away from better games, it’s that if the crap games weren’t there, they…

My current Adventurer’s League character is a Half-Orc Barbarian. Gives me a reason to roleplay a bit of a gruff, no-nonsense personality, which is a departure from the more blatantly heroic / helpful characters I’ve done in the past.

Yeah, even if it were just 5 colored orbs in the 5 mana colors without the symbols, it’d be something.

My biggest problem with the Planeswalkers is that although Magic has always had a cast of characters and stories, they were there as window dressing around the Player, who was the one Planeswalker who fought in all…

My Free Company managed to get itself a medium house yesterday, by basically having multiple FC members with the required gil ready to go at patch time, but I recognize that not everyone was so lucky.

First step is that they need to limit you to one personal house per account, and just automatically allow your alts to…

Man, I feel even worse for XSEED now than I did when NISA first announced they were handling the localization. It’d have been one thing if they knocked it out of the park, but to take over a series that they’d been working on for years, and put out something like THIS? Yeesh.

It just looks all corporate and soulless now, like it was focus-tested to hell and back.

I also hate the fact that it’s putting the focus on Planeswalkers. If you had to add some sort of iconography to the logo, why not something with the 5-color Mana orbs? It’s just another clear sign that the current game of Magic is…

My free company is ready to go. We’re diving into the housing battle as soon as the server comes up to try to secure a Medium housing plot for the company.

Puyo Puyo Tetris is officially sanctioned by The Tetris Company, and follows the current Tetris guidelines for piece color and rules. “Tetris Attack” does not.

Right, I’m not saying there will never be a game like it released again, I’m saying that as consumers in the English-speaking market, it’s unlikely we’ll see a retro release of Tetris Attack specifically because of the licensing issues tied up in the name.

I was just trying to make a point that even if they gave…

It’d be cool, but licensing issues are almost always going to hold it up. Especially on games as old as these, so the selection will never be as good as people want it to be.

I’m pretty much resigned to the fact that we’re never going to see a VC or otherwise release of Tetris Attack again, just for the fact that it…

You can definitely sell your creations made with RPGMaker (PC versions). Their licensing terms are set up to allow you to sell your game as long as you’re not infringing on any third-party copyrights. If you’re using materials from the official RTP or add-on packs you should be fine.

Games made from RTP materials are…

So in your opinion, does combat get more involved later, or does it generally stick to the level of modern-day Atelier-series combat? There was another review I saw that mentioned a complete lack of equippable weapons / armor, so it made it sound like the JRPG side of it was somewhat weak, and it was more of a…

Until this post, I had no idea San Francisco even had a baseball team.

You might be a baseball fan and recognize the team names, and apparently have some sort of grudge against football (putting quotes around sport, etc), but it doesn’t change the facts that the general American audience is much more receptive to and…

Lesser evils?
As a Bills fan, I’m used to rooting for disappointment anyway.

Basically, an example of the difference between Translation and Localization.

The localization of Jets vs Patriots keeps the intent of the line intact, even though it’s not a completely accurate translation.

And everyone can get on board with hating the Patriots. :)

It’s all going to come down to whether PU and BlueHole managed to get a patent on anything related to PUBG or not. Copyright doesn’t protect game rules or game mechanics, as per the US Copyright Office:

That was the exact same conclusion my girlfriend and I came to last night, that this was the most Nintendo way of doing this.

Getting to go dual-pistols at the end of Tomb Raider felt like she had finally become the Lara Croft she’d been working toward. And then they dropped it in Rise.

I did enjoy that Rise of the Tomb Raider made it viable to use stealth to take out enemies, so as long as you don’t use a noisy weapon, you can strategically take out an enemy camp without alerting reinforcements.

Also doesn’t have the Uncharted problem of “There’s 5 guys here, once you shoot one, 30 more guys will…