Review by Matt C. By now, there’s a certain comfortable rhythm to Final Fantasy XIV’s expansions. You know what to expect: a new arc of the game’s ever-expanding story, six new zones, a couple of new jobs, a new dungeon every other level and two more “expert” ones at the…
Read MoreBy Matt C. Being an MMO hasn’t stopped Final Fantasy XIV from delivering one of the best stories we’ve seen from the Final Fantasy in a long time. This much has been at least since the game’s relaunch in 2013, and each new expansion has taken it from strength to…
Read MoreBy Matt C. I can remember, in the first few days of World of Warcraft’s first expansion, logging in before going to school in the mornings. That way, if I was lucky, I might be almost at the front of the login queue when I got home at the end…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Ice will melt, water will boil, two similar IPs from the same creator will have a crossover. Unlike the gaming world’s zanier crossovers such as Pokémon Conquest, Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight is the type of collision that’s only natural. Based on two…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Final Fantasy XIV is a remarkable success story, especially in the face of the ongoing discussion about what makes a good MMORPG. It continues to prove the viability of a subscription model in an industry convinced that free-to-play is the only option for such games. It’s…
Read MoreImpressions by Matt C. Welcome to what will be the last of my Stormblood diary series. When I left you last week, I’d just finished the main story, which left me with mixed feelings – it had a great build-up to a rather anticlimactic final act, which wasn’t helped by…
Read MoreImpressions by Matt C. Welcome back to my Stormblood diary series! When I left you last week, I had just finished the Doma portion of the expansion and was heading into the final act of the main story. I’d been taken in by the beauty of Doma and its surrounding…
Read MoreImpressions by Matt C. In the past week, I’ve visited a Japanese-style temple at the bottom of an ocean-bed ravine, I’ve taken part in a battle royale among Mongol-inspired nomadic tribes, and I’ve seen a subjugated people rise up after 25 years of oppressive rule. I’ve fought primals, voidsent, elite…
Read MoreFirst impressions by Matt C. After plenty of anticipation, Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is finally here, bringing with it new areas to explore, new jobs to level, and a new chapter in the story of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. I’ll have a full review together in a few…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Sword Art Online’s video game adaptations should be applauded for bringing a storied concept from the source material to life. That concept is of course the titular world of Sword Art Online, a fictional virtual reality-based multiplayer game (or, to use the inelegant acronym, a VRMMORPG).…
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