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FINAL FANTASY V PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited

Calvin Cleary October 14, 2022 October 16, 2022 Video Games

FINAL FANTASY V was once a white whale for American JRPG fans. Can this rerelease live up to the game’s decades of hype?

FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST: Fantasies Revisited

Calvin Cleary September 23, 2022 September 23, 2022 Video Games

FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST tried to simplify the JRPG for American console gamers. Instead, it made a fascinating failure.

FINAL FANTASY IV PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited

Calvin Cleary September 9, 2022 September 19, 2022 Video Games

FINAL FANTASY IV, initially releasted state-side as FINAL FANTASY II, is the series’ first truly great game. And it holds up beautifully.

FINAL FANTASY ADVENTURE: Fantasies Revisited

Calvin Cleary August 26, 2022 August 26, 2022 Video Games

FINAL FANTASY ADVENTURE marks a surprisingly strong departure from the series’ JRPG roots with a ZELDA-inspired adventure game.

FINAL FANTASY III PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited

Calvin Cleary August 5, 2022 October 5, 2022 Video Games

Final Fantasy III didn’t come out in America until years later, which is unfortunate, because it’s a legitimately excellent JRPG even today.

THE FINAL FANTASY LEGEND: Fantasies Revisited

Calvin Cleary July 22, 2022 July 22, 2022 Video Games

THE FINAL FANTASY LEGEND, an experimental 1989 GameBoy JRPG, is both a fascinating misstep and the first of many FINAL FANTASY tie-in games.

FINAL FANTASY II PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited

Calvin Cleary July 8, 2022 July 8, 2022 Video Games

Final Fantasy II is not well liked. In nearly every list I can find ranking the Final Fantasy games, Final Fantasy II sits square at the bottom. Tellingly, for many American fans, Final Fantasy II doesn’t even mean Final Fantasy II; it means Final Fantasy IV, released in America as …

FINAL FANTASY I PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited

Calvin Cleary June 23, 2022 June 28, 2022 Video Games

Final Fantasy I’s Pixel Remaster is an approachable way to play an iconic game. How does the game itself hold up, 35 years later?

DORFROMANTIK: An Indie Game Review

Calvin Cleary May 17, 2022 May 17, 2022 Video Games

DORFROMANTIK, a relaxingly gentle new puzzle game from Toukana Interactive, is a cottagecore dream come true.

DARK DEITY: An Independent Game Review

Calvin Cleary April 6, 2022 April 7, 2022 Video Games

DARK DEITY, a FIRE EMBLEM-esque tactics game, is out now on Switch and PC. How does this indie game hold up to its inspirations?

SOULSBORNE: Every Game Ranked

Calvin Cleary February 8, 2022 February 8, 2022 Video Games

With ELDEN RING dropping at the end of the month, we wanted to look back at FromSoft’s influential Soulsborne franchise — and rank them from worst to best.