Ah Dragon Quest. What RPG gamer DOESN’T like that series? One of the most influential RPG series ever, and also one of the most popular. This is a remake of the fifth game in the series. It was originally released on the Super Famicom in Japan, and eventually got a PS2 re-release(with upgraded graphics!) in Japan as well. This is the first time the game comes out in English (yeah, I know there’s unofficial translations, I played those too), and it’s completely revamped.
Is the DS version any good? Read on and see what I have to say about it!
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jobocan Games, Review
Star Ocean 2 was one of the first RPGs I played on the Playstation… which isn’t saying much since I didn’t play that many PS1 RPGs. Anyways, after going through part of the upgrade of the first Star Ocean, I was happy to see that SO2 was coming not long after the first. It was a really long time since I’ve played SO2, so I didn’t remember much of it.
I was kinda disappointed actually. Not a bad game, but I was expecting… an update. Yeah… I’ll go a bit more in detail over that later in the review.
Well read on!!
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jobocan Games, Review
I was pretty surprised when this was announced, and even more when it suddenly came out. Having played quite a bit of RO (on private servers) back when I was in high school, I was pretty excited to see what they’d do with it on the DS.
First things first though. This game is in Japanese. I don’t know Japanese. I did manage to understand most of the basic gameplay and navigation through menus, but because of my complete lack of Japanese knowledge I have no idea what to do in quests and what the story is about, and there’s lots of stuff I just don’t know about the game. So don’t count this as a review, but more of a first impressions thing coming from an old RO fan. Also, this will be a relatively short post.
MOAR after the jump!
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jobocan Games, Review, impressions
Just to follow up on Dave’s review of Prince of Persia. This is Prince of Persia : The Fallen King, which Ubisoft released on the same date as the PS3/360 version, to cash in on the popularity… I guess (being pretty confident there aren’t they?). Featuring the same Prince as in the console release, but using a more cutesy graphic style, this game basically tries to emulate a similar style of gameplay from the console versions. So let’s jump right in see if this attemp at cashing in on the latest PoP sucks balls or if it’s actually fun.
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jobocan Games, Review
Hey guys, Kyolux here. Haven’t done any review in a while with school and stuff. I’m starting to catch up now.
It’s always fun to go back to the roots of a favorite franchise. This is why I was happy to get my hands on Star Ocean First Departure, to revisit Claude’s parents adventure. The game is a remake of the original Star Ocean that was released on the Super Famicom at the end of its lifespan. This remake uses the Star Ocean The Second Story’s engine. I’m a bit lite on it since the game as been out for 2-3 months now, but hit the title for the full review.
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David A. Games, Review
