The Anatomy of RPGs, Part 2: Battle

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact It is time for Part 2 of a multi-part series on the anatomy of RPGs. This series looks at the many moving parts of turn based RPGs in order to shed some light on how they work. Today’s focus is on the actions that take place in an RPG battle. RPGs have many battles […]

The Anatomy of RPGs, Part 1: Stats

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Well, I have been playing a few RPG video games lately. Since I started playing Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Pokemon around middle school, I had been hooked on the genre. Today, I have something different from most of my other content. I will be looking at the many moving […]

Retro Review: Golden Sun (GBA)

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Today, I have a classic game that happens to be one of my favorite turn-based RPGs. The game is Golden Sun for the Game Boy Advance, first released in 2001, and it may be forgotten by many as this series hasn’t had a new game since 2010. I had first heard of the game […]

Good or Bad: Life Systems in Games

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Recently, I have been thinking about what losing in video games mean, and what it should mean for the player. I then remembered some old thoughts on the extra life systems used in many (but not all) video games. Years ago, I had the thought that they are somewhat meaningless in modern games, but […]

Review: Sonic Mania Plus (Switch)

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Today, I have a game I owned and played prior to starting this blog, but had somewhat recently obtained the DLC, but never touched it until recently. It is Sonic Mania Plus, the best Sonic game in a long time. The Sonic games were largely considered bad around the time they entered the realm […]

Retro Review: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact I had years ago got the Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Wii as a gift. This was when the trilogy collection was relatively new. I had started to play Metroid Prime 1, but lost interest part way through. I hadn’t touched the game in years, and I decided to review the only Metroid Prime […]

Review: Katamari Damacy Reroll (Switch)

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact A major game came out last month that overshadowed every other game release this past December. That game was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. What might have gone unnoticed was that another game was released on the same day for the Nintendo Switch. That game was Katamari Damacy Reroll. This remake of the first Katamari […]

Review: Mega Man 11 (Switch)

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Earlier last year, I had played the Mega Man 11 demo, and I wasn’t impressed with the game at the time. I think some of it was the level design, while the rest of it was the choice in graphical updates and voice acting. As such, I decided to put of acquiring the game […]

Tales of Unfinished Reviews

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Today I have something a little different for you. After the new year rolled over, I recently reflected on the articles and changes That’s All Games went through. What I didn’t cover, however, were the reviews that didn’t make the cut. It was interesting to see that I experienced quite a bit in terms […]

Kirby Star Allies’ Final Update

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact So earlier last year, I covered the Dream Allies in Kirby Star Allies. If you missed that article, you can find it here: Dream Allies in Kirby Star Allies At the time, only the first wave of updates were available, so I only mentioned the first six Dream Allies. Since then, wave two and the […]