Game Reviews

Title screen Title:  World of Final Fantasy: Maxima Genre:  RPG  Developer(s):  Square Enix Platform(s):  Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One Release Date:  October 25, 2016 About the story: Amnesiac twins Lann and Reynn journey through the world of Grymoire to gather pieces of information about their past. In their quest to regain their memories, they meet people and creatures who knew things about them. The world is currently engulfed in a war and they are the ones prophesied to put an end on it. World screen Battle screen Gameplay: World of Final Fantasy ( WoFF ) is one of the many Final Fantasy spin-offs, WoFF employs the Active Time Battle ( ATB ) system but the game can also be set to the classic turn-based where the enemy will wait for the player's command before acting. The player mostly battles mirages (monsters and a couple of characters) from the Final Fantasy lore. mirages can be imprismed  (captur...

  Title screen Title:  Octopath Traveler Genre: Turn-based RPG  Developer(s):  Acquire, Square Enix Platform(s):  Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Stadia Release Date:  July 13, 2018 About the story: Octopath Traveler is set in the land of Orsterra, people believe that their world was created by 13 deities. 1 of the deities was sealed by the other 12 after trying to seize control and power. Play through 8 unique main and hundreds of side stories revolving around a rich lore. World screen Gameplay: A turn-based RPG that mixes old nostalgic aesthetics with fresh gameplay features, Octopath Traveler gives you that old school turn-based battles with a twist which is the shield  and boost points (BP). Every enemy has a set of number of shield(s) and weakness(es) which is hidden from the player if it's a first encounter with the said enemy or if the player hasn't exposed it through attacking / using magic that matches the enemy's weakness, hitting the ene...