Tag: gaming

Imperator Rome Cicero Update Launches Today

For those that love the Paradox Grand Strategy Games, the long-awaited Cicero updated has come out today. The 1.2 update is basically a complete game-changer in a very real way. There are new buildings and laws and, well just check out the video below for all the details. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha

Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha will be released on January 21st 2020 for the Nintendo Switch by NIS America. They were kind enough to send me over a gameplay trailer so I didn’t have to go searching for it on youtube, and now I will save you guys that same 12 seconds. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Classic Dragon Quest Games Coming to Nintendo Switch

Honestly, the title of this really says it all. September 27th. Known as the Erdrick Trilogy, the first three Dragon Quest games are coming to the Nintendo Switch. The first will be $4.99, the second will be $6.49 and the third will be $12.49. Here is an excerpt from the official Email about the games that will be available digitally. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

The iconic Erdrick trilogy begins in the acclaimed DRAGON QUEST where players begin their voyage as the “Hero,” a descendent of the valiant hero Erdrick in an epic journey through the historic realm of Alefgard. DRAGON QUEST II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line takes place a century later, where the young prince of Midenhall embarks on a journey to find the other two descendants of Erdrick in order to defeat the nefarious Hargon. The third and final title in the Erdrick trilogy, DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation, takes players through the land of Aliahan, where a young hero has been charged with an impossible task of slaying Baramos, the master of darkness.

Super Dodgeball Beats (Review)

As always, huge shout out to Playstack to hooking us up with a review code for this one. Always an honor to be chosen to review a game and this one is no exception.

I am going to preface this review by saying this, on a personal level I did not enjoy playing this game. Rhythm games are always hit and miss for me and this one was a huge swing and a miss for me. My personal enjoyment out of the way, everything after this will be based solely on the game itself because I do have quite a few positive things to say about the game.

First, the music in the game is catchy. It matches the atmosphere well and I was never sitting there wondering why it was chosen. I even found a few times I just left the game on while I was doing other stuff listening to the music because honestly I kind of suck at the game anyway and my daughter liked dancing to it.

Graphically the game is also very nice, I loved the art style and how the story played out in a sort of graphic novel comic book effect The gameplay itself is on the surface pretty simple at least to learn. The characters on your side of the screen are lined up in the same order of the buttons, for example on PS4 the circle square triangle and X buttons. (I’m not calling it a damn cross) As the white circles get where they need to be you hit the corresponding button. Sometimes you need to hold the button or use the left analog stick.

The game itself is pretty well made and as the difficulty ramps up it can become insane, challenging and frustrating in a good way. While the game was not fun for me, I understand the appeal and I would never discourage anyone from buying it. It wasn’t fun for me, but it will be for many others. The game is a solid 7 of 10. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Final Fantasy 8 Remastered

Oh Final Fantasy 8, how I have loved thee since I was a child. The GF’s, the characters, the world itself and the monster designs. As a kid, I used to love these things. However, did this translate to modern times and how did this remaster come out? According to my Platinum trophy pretty damn well.

The story is as you remember, that hasn’t been altered. You play as Squall Leonhart. Student of Balamb, member of SeeD. After being sent on his first mission and meeting Rinoa Heartilly things suddenly take a weird turn and our crew ends up on a quest to stop the Sorceress.

The story aside that I don’t want to delve into deep. The graphical upgrades to the characters are amazing, tho I am a bit disappointed the same treatment wasn’t given to most of the environment. The upgrades to the combat system are nice for an odd reason. You can up the game speed by 3 times, have no encounters and easy combat which basically makes you invincible unless you get killed in one hit, makes your gauge charge almost instantly and your limit breaks will always be charged. This makes the game a breeze to play outside of certain battles. However, if like me you are impatient and hate how long drawing all the magic takes, you can now do in minutes what used to take hours. That alone for me is worth it.

For the trophy hunters in this group, I won’t call this one easy but I will call it straight forward. Only about 3 of them are missable and if you are careful, those aren’t hard to get anyway. You only have to go slightly out of your way for them the benefits for doing so are pretty worth it.

The only issue is if you use the 3X speed upgrade, the game feels really slow in combat when you stop, and it’s really tempting to use the combat assist to heal yourself. Unless you are strong-willed or just want to experience the story avoid using them at all.

I did, however, love the game and have no real complaints with the remaster itself. I for one am glad to finally see this on a modern console and encourage everyone to give it a shot. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Multiple Combat Modes in Final Fantasy 7 Remake

As reported by Polygon and many others, it has recently been revealed that the Final Fantasy 7 Remake will have multiple combat modes. The one we have all seen in recent trailers, and for those fans of the classic turn-based combat, a classic mode. Combat mode will turn the normal combat into a more turn-based classic mode with menus. This still makes me a bit nervous, honestly, but it is a nice attempt at meeting fans of the original halfway between what they wanted and what they are getting. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Truck Driver (Preview)

Anyone always liked the look of American Truck Simulator or Euro Truck Simulator 2? Don’t have a computer strong enough to play one? Well, you are in luck ladies and gents, Truck Driver is your chance to experience that genre on the consoles. It will be on the PC as well, but they have options. Finally, the console gamers have their shot. Drive around in a huge truck, attach trailers, deliver cargo and hopefully not get nailed with speeding tickets are car accidents. Enjoy the launch trailer below, and check it out when it comes out later in the week. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake New Trailer

After watching the new trailer that showed off some of the fan-favorite scenes from the original such as Shiva, the opening scene a bit, the battle for the plate and even the famous cross-dressing scene with The Don. The game looks beautiful and they have clearly added quite a significant amount of content. The problem is as they show more of the battle system the more it just doesn’t do it for me. So much of what made the original great just won’t work with this new battle system. Now I get it, this game isn’t made for me. It is made for a new generation so they can enjoy it. Also, they know most fans of the original will buy it anyway either to enjoy or to complain about it.

So enjoy the trailer below, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Frostpunk Console Release Date

Frostpunk is one of those games many people have never heard of if you are a console gamer. On PC however it is known as a challenging and beautiful game with pretty high scores across the board, such as 9/10 from IGN or 89% from PC gamer.

Console gamers, however, will finally get their chance to enjoy this one come October. Enjoy the trailer below and may the gaming gods bring you glory.