Final Fantasy 2 took a lot of risks, that much is clear. For a game released in 1988, it had a lot of ideas that even today aren’t used often. The most obvious of which is that it is a skill-based game, not a level-based game. As a general rule, I prefer skill-based for my…Continue readingFinal Fantasy 2
Over the last several years I have put a lot of thought into what exactly makes an RPG an RPG. A big reason this has been happening is the inclusion of games that are clearly NOT RPGs into the genre due to the inclusion of Levels and Items in that particular game. Borderlands is probably…Continue readingWhat it Takes to be an RPG
A couple of years ago in my goals for 2010, I made a goal of mine be to play through as many RPGs as I possibly could. Well I forgot all about this goal in 2010, and when 2011 rolled around and I reviewed my goals I decided it wasn’t worth sticking with.Continue readingAn RPG Project
