RPGs were long considered by many to be best handled by Japanese developers like Square Enix, Level 5, and Game Freak. Square Enix’s Final Fantasy titles have all sold over one million copies, some of them having sold more than four million, like Final Fantasy VII which has pushed ten million copies to date. Game Freak is responsible for developing…
Author: Kyle
From JRPGs to WRPGs
RPGs were long considered by many to be best handled by Japanese developers like Square Enix, Level 5, and Game Freak. Square Enix’s Final Fantasy titles have all sold over one million copies, some of them having sold more than four million, like Final Fantasy VII which has pushed ten million copies to date. Game Freak is responsible for developing…
Analysis Essay
Mass Effect’s name has recently become synonymous with controversy due to the recently released third title in the series. The controversy surrounds the game’s various endings, all of which seem to have the greater portion of the game’s player-base outraged. It has become such an issue that even the Federal Trade Commission has been petitioned to force Mass Effect’s developer…
The Decline of Square Enix
In a previous Checkpoint, I discussed the recent fad in the video game industry where games from previous console generations are being rereleased in HD. My main focus was whether or not this fad was proof that consumers are purchasing games either for graphics or for gameplay, and not necessarily for both. I wanted to narrow my focus on a…
Creative Project: Max’s Avenger
This is the interactive storyline I created for my project. Max’s Avenger, as I titled it, is set in a future where humanity has moved to a new galaxy. Humans are spread across various planets that they share with other sentient races. The story focuses on a nameless character who comes to find that his friend has been murdered. In…
Faith
Faith is a term whose meaning and value rely within the interpretation of the one(s) using the word. According to some, it is merely seen as a system of belief, perhaps even at times a system which is misleading and often hedged by the dogma of religion, the symptoms of which are “faithful” followers. However, others would use the term…
HD Remakes, Remasters, and Rereleases
It has lately become a trend for video game developers to rerelease the more successful titles they have developed. These “HD remakes,” most commonly PS2 games being upgraded to PS3 titles, bring some things into question. For one, we have to consider whether these titles are worth buying for the sheer reason that they have updated visuals and not necessarily…
Progression of Story Lines in Gaming
Video games are quickly standardizing themselves as the leaders of modern story-telling. Whereas novels, short stories, and poetry have been the former vessels of fiction, video games are adding an element previously unharnessed – interactivity. Video game developers are creating environments which are all-encompassing in that they often contain ancient lore, mysterious lands, and unimaginable inhabitants of those lands. And…