Best Games/Os Melhores Jogos

Fantastic Journey

2009-02-14T04:05:00.000-08:00

Fantastic Journey - (personal opinion) Well, this was one mistake of mine...
One day as i was going through some games in a store i found Final Fantasy VIII and i thought to myself "damn! i can't believe it, i finnaly found this game!!". I bought it and i ran home to immediatly play it. But... unfortunatly, it wasn't working. Sadly i came back to the store and i got my money back, but i still wanted i game. And i saw this one, and i always wanted a good pinball game. So i bought it. Although it isn't a horribe game, it isn'tvery good.
Well, to begin i can say that i was disapointed with the game because i found out that there was only one pinball table. A good pinball game has a variety of these.
Although the action in the game is good, because you have to do missions and everything, i find the windows microsoft pinball much more satisfying.
The graphics (even in PS1 standards) aren't too good. Perhaps the only positive thing in this game is the music (which isn't that great either). I never finnished this game, for it is more than i can stand.. but from time to time i can still play it. In the end, it is a good game for those pinball fanatics. If you're not one of those, don't try this game.
Pinball for the gratest fans!

RZ RATING (1 to 10) - 4.5

Onimusha - Warlords

2009-02-12T07:51:00.000-08:00

Onimusha - Warlords (personal opinion) - I bought this game just because of two coincidences. First, it was on sale in a second hand store. Second, i had heard a lot about the name of this game, but on the other hand, i knew nothing about it.
It acctually lived up to it's name.
This is the first chapter of the Onimusha saga, and what a chapter. Although there was still of developments that could be made. But first things first.
Graphically this game went allong with expectations for the PS2, having good details and proper game graphicial work. As for sound, not much was involved in this game's music except for some songs of feudal Japan. Nothing too bad nor too good (a development for this would be for capcom to carry out some of the sound work of Resident Evil).
In terms of gameplay, a lot could be done... Samanosuke is an almost static character. Having the basic maneuver movements close to the movements of, for example, of Leon in RE2 (but RE2 wins, mainly because Samanosukehas a sword and Leon a gun. You expect much more maneuver abbility and more jumping and dogging from a person with a sword than a person with a gun). My advice would be to adapt, not fully of course, the gameplay of Prince of Persia. Just to make Samanosuke more able (im talking about combos and jumping, not running up walls or anything), for his combos just change from sword to sword.
A detail i am most fond of is the fact that your equipment grows stronger and gains levels as you proceed in the game. In other words, in the end of the game, your swords are totally diferent from what they were in the beginning, but they are the same swords (sword evolutions).
Being a slice up zombie i think it was a positive detail to not resemble RE in one way,the fact that when you go back to places you already went through, there are always monsters and zombeis out to get you (that does no happen in RE (mainly for the surprise element)).
In the end, and dispite the constructive criticism, this game stunned me quite a lot. A good surprise (finished in 1.5 weeks - length of game has a problem).
Will an entire legion of demons be enough to kill you??

RZ RATING (1 to 10) - 7

Onimusha - Warlords's Characters:

Mortal Kombat Armageddon

2008-11-16T03:44:00.000-08:00

Mortal Kombat Armageddon - (personal opinion) Well as you know, the Mortal Kombat games are one of the best known beat em up games on Earth (Earthrealm if you like). I have always been a great fan of Mortal Kombat and Tekken, but i do believe that MK still has a lot to improve on if it wants to rival up to Tekken. I'll give you the example of Armageddon...
On the positive side there are more than 60 characters to play in this eddition, but there is the problem of the lack of substancial combos, even though the mid air combos have been added (you gain in quantity and lose in quality). I have nothing to argue about the "Kreate-A-Fighter" mode, its a good improvement, nothing much to say about it, the name of the mode says it all. (oh, you can create such characters as Goku and Superman in this game lol). As for the minigame mode "Motor-Kombat" i found it very pleasent, for it is a kind of "Crash Team Racing" in hardcore. Well up untill know the game does have some great atributtes to become a good success, if it wasn't for some problems....
Mortal Kombat is known for it's fatalities, which you always have to find how to make them as they don't come in the manual... Well, you might not have my opinion but, i believe that Midway did wrong when they deleted completely the original Fatalities of each character and replaced them all with a "Kreate-A-Fatality" design. I don't know if you, the reader, have a diferent oppinion, but i really like exclusivity, and when i make a fatality, i enjoy doing it in the knoledge that no one but my haracter can use it. With "Kreate-A-Fatality" my Fatality is your Fatality..... In my point of view, Midway should include in this mode the original finishers... for example... you start the fatality by making those normal combos (right,right,square;down,down,X;etc) but in the end there should be aspecial button (R1, example) that finishes off your oponnent with an original fatality. (plus, i miss the brutalities, animalities, babalities and friendships....)
Another problem i have found with this game are the endings.... Midway should really improve this sector of MK. Because after you have fought your way up to the final boss (Blaze), and you actually beat him...there is practicly no story nor images... Your character will simply make some combat moves on top of a piramid and the story will be read to you. To me that disapoints greatly.
Finaly, my last piece of constructive criticism goes to the "Konquest" mode, which although it is a quite good gaming experience, it lacks in variety... for you only play with one charcter out of more than 60. I reckon that MKA would have had a much better response if they would have made a "Konquest" mode for more characters (it doesn't matter if the mode became shorter, at least you could explore more of each character's story). In the end, MKA is a good game, but in the right hands, it can be Grandious.
Armageddon has begun

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 7

Mortal Kombat Armagedon's Characters:

Wipeout 2097

2008-09-11T07:03:00.002-07:00

Wipeout 2097 – (personal opinion) My first ever Playstation game. This game, at that time, taught me about the differences between Sega’s Megadrive and Sony’s Playstation, especially the graphic differences, which left me astounded. Wipeout 2097 is a racing game. But no ordinary racing simulator, instead of playing with cars you play with space ships through out a variety of tracks that were amazing, not only graphically but also in terms of difficulty.

Now, the analysis:

The graphics shown on this game, aren’t exceptional, but at that time they were very much, at least for me, they really took my breath away. And so I will have to take that in to consideration in my rating. In terms of sound this game was incredibly ahead of time, bringing a hole compilation of real musics (such as, and my personal favourite, The Prodigy’s Firestarter). This game was a major success because all of these aspects and many more, such as the ability for each ship to acquire weapons to crumble its opponents, such as missiles, energy fields, mines, etc; and, of course, the fact that these ships can gain an incredible speed, and to race around a track in such a speed without hitting the walls is an excellent challenge of your reflex capacity and really provides an experience that is out of this world.
Accelerated adrenalin rush for future people

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 8

Wipeout 2097's teams and ships:

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee

2008-09-11T07:03:00.001-07:00

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee – (personal opinion) This is one strange but very entertaining game. It gives you a very different experience from other games. I first saw this game in a Playstation demo CD and thought it wasn’t much of a game but I got so curious that I started playing it and in time I started to see what an intelligent game that was. Remember Flashback for the Sega Megadrive? It has the same gameplay, but instead of a man with a gun, you play with a alien that has to save his friends (99 of them if I am not mistaken) from slavery and annihilation by making them run through escape portals your character summons. The intelligent bit about this is that most of the time you cannot be seen by the enemy or you (or your friends) will be shot. For the purpose of saving your 99 friends your character has only the ability to talk (by saying "hi" and "follow me", "wait", etc) and the ability to possess one certain enemies, making them do whatever you want (note that it takes time to possess and you cannot do it in front of the enemy, obviously), so, as you can see, this game has a great plot and a revolutionary gameplay. As for graphics, this game is played entirely with your character in side view, almost 2D but it is actually 3D, for you have always a sense of depth in the game, but can’t quite explore it. But this level of graphics makes the game very interesting and, in my opinion, better than if it was made in 3D. In terms of the sound capability, Abe’s Odyssey has an adequate music and sound effects, that don’t dissimulate the effect the game has on the player, and I particularly like the sinister and dark beginning music. Another great detail of this game is the fact that in the end of the game there are two possible scenarios, if you were a great hero and saved at least half of the aliens you were supposed to save you get the good scenario; if you were slack and didn’t give a shit about your friends and had less than half of the aliens saved, you get the bad ending; which makes you fight not only for your survival but also for the survival of your friends (if this doesn’t make you any less selfish, you are hopeless).
In the end, this was a great surprise for me as a game, and I know that it could be for you too.
A game where you must be the true hero

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 7,5

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee characters:

Need For Speed Most Wanted

2008-09-11T07:02:00.000-07:00

Need For Speed Most Wanted – (personal opinion) The eagerly anticipated sequel to Need for Speed Underground 2. This game, for me, was much more exciting than it’s predecessor. Although NFSU2 has some aspects that I consider to be remarkably ahead of NFSMW, in terms of entertainment NFSMW wins. Let’s analyse. Comparing, both of these games have very similar graphic capability, which is very good indeed, for both of them have graphics that are incredibly realistic. As for the sound in this game, one is as great as the other, with a great variety of songs, I can only give NFS Most Wanted the 1st place in terms of music because of my personal style, I really like the songs from Mudvayne, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, etc. In terms of details, I am sad to see that the development of the game in terms of tuning didn’t go forward, in fact, it downgraded. Before you could use lots of different parts to equip your car to the utmost detail, now you can’t even put neon, or equip scissor doors, etc. This game would have a 10 if it weren’t for this detail. As for the entertainment, I have already said that NFSMW gives a much better experience because of the police factor. The fact that you can engage the police and try to evade them and so gain a bounty is excellent. The fun I had with running away and evading spike strips and helicopters and everything is unexplainable. NFSU2 would have a 10 if it could possess such a quality. In the end, I can clearly state that one game complements the other, and so, a game that merges these two titles can be the best NFS. And this is my theory (don’t you try and say its your theory and gain money with it, I have copyrights get it? And a knife too get it? Scared aren’t you? No? Damn.), now let’s hope EA makes NFS Undercover like this or better.(might I remember the reader that no one has ever gotten a 11 in my RZ RATING, let’s see if that happens)
NFS Hot Pursuit, but astoundingly better

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 9

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

2008-09-11T07:01:00.000-07:00

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – (personal opinion) regarding this particular game I can say that, in analysis, these types of games are the central games, where other games should orbit around, in other words, it is very important for other games to acquire the sense of freedom and longitude this game has. This sequel to GTA Vice City evolved very much in the sense to give an even more stunning experience than it’s predecessor. And if you can beat an excellent game, you know that you have created a masterpiece.
The only big problem I can find in this game is the fact that graphically much can be made, don’t get me wrong, it’s graphics are good, but could be much better, you can almost sense that the graphics of the cartoons you see in the beginning message are the same you see in the game itself (only in 3D). So that is an aspect that, although it was improved from Vice City to San Andreas, it could have been an even greater improvement (which was made in Grand Theft Auto IV). In terms of sound, this game carries on the reference to an in game radio, as did Vice City, playing every time you enter a vehicle (the PC version even gives you the ability to put your designated mp3 on a proper radio station), this is an excellent attribute and I believe that Rockstar Games have done very well to maintain. As for gameplay, I hive to give it to the creators of GTA, its is spectacular how they’ve made such a complex game with so many possibilities of actions, with such an easy to learn commands, very well done indeed. As for story and detail of this game, GTA San Andreas is a very well thought game, and even it’s story is very good to keep you in the edge of your seat, "watch and play as your success can be undermined by those most close to you" could be this game’s story slogan; this game has also included great details not available in GTA Vice City, such as the ability to have a gang, and have gang wars or recruit gang members; go to the gym, gain weight or muscle, you choose; and of course, GTA SA has a much bigger world to play in than GTA VC, which is always a big plus, not only in the fun you get out of the game, but also because it makes the game bigger and longer. In the end, this game is one excellent experience as you can do what you can’t do in reality, so it’s always a game that will most definitely sell.
Hey you, geek sitting next to the computer. Want to kill people like your boss or your mother in law? Buy GTA San Andreas, and thank me later.
Welcome to Hell on Earth

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 9.5

Need for Speed Underground 2

2008-08-25T08:24:00.000-07:00

Need for Speed Underground 2 – (personal opinion) If you like to tune cars up, than this, my friend, is the game for you. A quite excellent sequel to an already great game, EA games, are showing everyone who’s boss with this one. A great driving simulator with the intense addition of street racing. This game is quite excellent in every aspect, as you will see by my analysis. Well, NFSU2 has great graphics, both the cars and the scenery are incredibly well designed and have an immense realism, I really like the aspect in all of NFSU that in the beginning of the race you can see the crowd all around you and the hot babes giving the signal to start your engines, that really gets the adrenalin pumping. As for sound, you can’t complain, Snoop Dog and Rise Against are just some of the big names in the track listing. Not much can be said about the story of this game, normally it has always an undercover path similar to the Fast and Furious movies. As for this game’s game play, it has been improved very much because of the free roam mode that has been included in the game, now you have a whole world to uncover; this freedom brings the game to a higher level (in my opinion there should be an even bigger exploration of this freedom). To conclude my approach to this game I would like to add that I really love the detail and the variety of things with which you can modify your car, and I believe that the whole world would appreciate you (EA) to continue developing this aspect and don’t downgrade it to, let’s say, tuning kits (needless to say, they didn’t listen to me). Well but we can’t whine, nobody is perfect, and neither can a game be, but this one came close.
Tuning at its very best

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 9

Bloody Roar 2

2008-08-25T08:22:00.000-07:00

Bloody Roar 2 – (personal opinion) One of my favourite Beat’em up games, Bloody Roar 2 has not only entertaining qualities as a fight game, but the story behind is also cool and involving. Graphically this game is very interesting for, although it doesn’t have a level of visuals that makes you cry just to see them, it has quite good graphics that assure a great fighting experience. I personally like the fact that when you make your final attack that makes you win the fight, if that attack sends your opponent to one of the walls of the arena, these walls will break and your opponent can be (depending on which scenery you are playing in) thrown in to water, fall about 20 meters on to the ground, etc… But this also could be improved, I always thought that although the arena with walls isn’t bad, it would always be better to fight in an open space, something where the environment itself can hurt you (much like Tekken 5), if Virgin were to look in to this, (which didn’t happen in Bloody Roar 3) they could have made a good game, excellent. As for the gameplay, there are excellent combo moves and attacks that will amaze you, and also, and as I always say, a game where characters transform is always fun to play. As for the sound, there are incredible songs and riffs in this game that have surprised me a lot (being an enthusiastic fan of Rock music), there is one music (in the opening of the story mode) that has even made me think about going to the Avenged Sevenfold Myspace to try and comment that, that specific tune and riff could be one of their songs. So, big thumbs up for the music coordinators in BR2.As for the story and as I was saying, like in every fight game, each character has his different story and\or problems and\or rivalries, but in this game the story attracts the player very much for the exclusiveness of each character, either you must save your friend, or get revenge.. etc. All this in a place where mutants are real, and as some feel ashamed of being one and try to find the cure for this, others are strong and prideful that think of themselves as superior beings (very close to the X-Men story right?). To conclude, I can clearly state that this game is a very entertaining one, and I still, often, find myself playing it and enjoying myself enough to scream “Take that Bitch!!!” or “Can’t touch this motherfucker!!!”. Definitely recommended.
A game where the true fury resides

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 8

Bloody Roar 2's characters:

Rampage 2 - Universal Tour

2008-08-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

Rampage 2 - Universal Tour – (personal opinion) The sequel to the Rampage World Tour, where you could destroy everything and kill anyone in the World. Now you can destroy everything and kill anyone in the Universe. In other words, nothing much changed, the first game, for me was better in a way that it was a breakthrough. A new idea that actually had potential. But with the release of the sequel I had thought that the main problem could have been solved but, to my surprised, it still remained (monotony). Don’t take me wrong, I know that it is hard to find an adequate solution for this problem but some better attempts could have been made. Let us begin the review. The graphical work of this game is one of the improvements I was talking about, neither GT Interactive nor Midway had the idea of improving the visual of this game, and so it remained the same. As for the sound, it has about the same capacity as the first game, so there isn’t much more to say. In terms of gameplay, here should have been some improvements, I’m no game designer, but you always destroy the buildings the same way, there should be some other ways of doing that, or even, other ways to eat people (may I remember you that in the first Rampage when you tried to eat a nun you would get struck by lightning. Now, not even that occurs). As for the improvements in this game, for me there were only three, the ability to control four or five more creatures to destroy the world (other than the three already included from the first game); the fact that you can travel through the world and free these creatures. And the fact that you can now go to other worlds and destroy the alien civilizations as well.
To conclude, I can suggest this game to you if you don’t mind to have a game that you will only play once or twice and feel that you have played it one or two hundred times. It will give you a good experience because it is always fun to destroy things, but its monotony increases throughout the game.
A different adventure of destruction

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 6

Valkyrie Profile

2008-08-21T17:35:00.000-07:00

Valkyrie Profile – (personal opinion) This is one different RPG. Not only in terms of combat, but in terms of story too. I never got the chance to finish this game, but I got to the very end, which I believe it is enough information to create a dignified review. As the title shows, the main character is a symbol of the Norse mythology. The stories of these characters had the power and the duty to reach out to the dead and recruit their souls to come and fight the forces of evil in the Judgement Day (Ragnarok). This is the story of the game, the main character recruits souls. And as if the story isn’t polemic enough you see how these people have died, and you discover a bit of each person’s personal history and even, their own personality.
This game’s graphics are nothing really special but the scenery has great beauty and actually makes you feel inside the game, despite the 2D characters (which although they don’t involve you like 3D characters, it is better a great 2D than a shity 3D). Not much to say about the musical score of this game, it has great songs but nothing from another world.
A great innovative detail about this game is its combat system, It’s incredibly active, in the firs place you are never surprised with random combats that appear from time to time, you can see the enemy and you have about 3 choices, go next to him and attack him, which will initiate the battle system (and make you the first to attack); you can also merely touch him, which will initiate the combat system (and make your enemy strike first); or you could freeze him and never even start the combat system.
Once you have attacked or touched the enemy you shall start the battle where your team will align in a diamond formation and a button shall be assigned to each character (for instance, the character in the top of the diamond will be the triangle button, the character in the front of the formation will be the square button, in the bottom will be the X button, and in the back the O button. When it is your turn to attack you press these buttons in the order you want, so that the characters strike in the order you want. If the combo is good, you will get a special attack (in which you can also decide which of the characters will do it).
To finish, I recommend this game to the enthusiasts of RPG for it definitely is a different experience, I was positively surprised, in a good way.
A sad but prideful epic.

RZ RATING: 8

Breath of Fire IV

2008-08-21T17:32:00.000-07:00

Breath of Fire IV – (personal opinion) The sequel of the game that had lured me to the RPG for the very first time. I was definitely surprised with the outcome of this game. I didn’t expect much of a sequel to the third chapter, not because I didn’t like it (because I really loved it), but because I knew it didn’t have the success I hoped it could have. But this game surpassed my previsions and, for me, it surpassed the quality of its ancestor. The main hero and his love are always the same people, only changing the hair and the garments. This in my opinion is a great quality of originality in these series of games.
But on with the criticism… From my point of view there is a whole panoply of improvements to this game that where constructed upon a great revision of Breath of Fire III. One of them is the graphical work, which almost didn’t change, but changed enough to make the game much more interesting and cool. Still with 2D characters and 3D scenario, the makers of this game surely wanted to keep in mind the tradition behind the arts of the BOF3, but they wanted to, somewhat, improve the graphics, so what they did was turn some of the magic, dragon summons, and the dragons the main character transforms into, into 3D. I can gladly say that I like transforming the main character in the BOF3, but they even changed the transformation design in the BOF4, to which now I love transforming the main character and his nemesis. In terms of sound, the music is very good (I particularly like the combat music when you play with Fou-Lu), like the BOF3 music (in which the combat tunes were always excellent), with a similarity that both of these games have in the main moments of the game songs that derivate from a principal tune that, for me, is the main song of the game.(Another exclusivity for BOF).
Other things of interest have been added to this game, such as minigames to proceed with the plot; the summoning of Dragons, which was unheard of in the third chapter; the creation of magic combos which can increase the damage given to un opponent was an excellent feature, the detail of mixing a water magic with an earth magic to make a mud attack is filled with potential to make the next BOF’ even better (which didn’t occur), or the ability to attack monsters with a poisonous magic and afterwards make an attack that becomes poisonous because of the previous attack is nothing short of fantastic in a game. The only thing that I can find that was not constructive when this game was created is that the about 30 crystals I had mentioned in BOF3 to make the main character transform into a dragon have disappeared. This is a shame, because before there were a great variety of transformations we could use (which is always a good thing in any game, God knows how I like variety, especially in terms of women, but that’s another story), and know we can only have about 6 different dragons to turn into (and one of them is everything but a dragon (that’s right, I’m talking about Punk)).
But in the end, this is a mere one inch stain in a house sized cloth. 4 thumbs up for BOF4.
A classical (and yet new) RPG adventure

RZ RATING: (1 to 10): 9.5

Breath of Fire IV's characters:

Doom 3

2008-08-21T17:30:00.000-07:00

Doom 3 – (personal opinion) This game introduced me to the horror FPS, and what an introduction it was! This is one great game, which will make you tremble as you enter each different room. This video game is, for me, a success because of many aspects. One of the best is the inclusion of the PDA in this type of game, and the ability to download information from other PDA’s, this makes the horror experience of the game increase for it gives you the advantage to read other peoples SMS and voice recordings. These voice recordings were made with incredible precision to give a horrific sense to the game, you can actually hear and feel the terror creeping in the voice and words of the people. It is a sensational addition to a great game. In terms of sound, I can say that this game is close to perfection, the detail of the noises in each different environment is exquisite. Graphically, it has much realism which, of course, contributes to the enrolment in the game. One interesting detail that this game has presented to me is that, every time I play it, the feeling of loneliness and solitude becomes evident as every time you encounter a person alive you feel better and you want to follow that person. That is a great sign of a great game. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to mix this type of game with the saving of the creatures in Abe’s odyssey? As you make your way to save yourself, you find civilians to come with you… and you must protect them from harm. Good right?? But that’s beside the point.
Back to Doom 3, I have only found one problem with this game, its environmental monotony. From start to almost the end of the game, the environments are all practically the same. The creation of different environments to play on would make this great game even better. But I understand the difficulty of managing different environments on Mars… This is practically unconceivable. But in the end you will enjoy this game very much, believe me, I sure did.
A lone mission of horror

RZ RATING (1 to 10) – 8,5

Resident Evil 2

2008-08-21T17:26:00.000-07:00

Resident Evil 2 – (personal opinion) I never thought I would like the games with too much gore and horror in it. Ohh how this game proved me wrong! It gave me more profound experiences than many RPG games. Let’s begin by analysing the usual aspects. Firstly, the musical score, one word, phenomenal. I can’t remember how many times the music fooled me to think that there was a zombie behind me, or a door opening. The background music involved in this game really aids in scaring your pants off. Graphically speaking this game can’t brag too much, for it hasn’t the graphics that could have been implied to give a true scare, although the scenery is very very good, it is the normal PSX graphics, but both me and the reader know that this console, if well worked, can provide great graphics. Concerning the story, it is basically always the same; if something is good why change it right?? But I still believe that there is some other way to give more impact to the game than the traditional T Virus. I’ll try to come up with something to send to Capcom. Don’t worry, I won’t complain about this game, I’ll rather thank them for the moments of stood up hair that they have provided me with.
Horror like you never witnessed

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 8,5

Final Fantasy IX

2008-08-21T17:22:00.000-07:00

Final Fantasy IX – (personal opinion) Another chapter of his incredible series of games, and it is my honour to keep commenting these great quests of adventure, love and friendship. And this is one of the best Final Fantasy’s that have been made, second only, in my opinion, to the seventh chapter. Well, the first thing I can clearly state is that when I saw the graphics of this game for the first time I was absolutely blown away. Although the game didn’t have the realism of the seventh and eighth chapters, it had almost enough graphical work to be a PS2 game. It took the PSX to its limit. Musically speaking this game has incredible symphonies, I personally love the one that appears in the main title, it is superb; even the combat music is very cool, as you would expect. As for the story that surrounds this great epic, it captures the player and releases him in an in an astounding adventure through out the world, where your objectives keep changing with time and as you discover that you are involved in a bigger and bigger matter every time. But, but in terms of characters I have found that each of their personalities aren’t as charismatic or as epic as the characters of this game’s ancestors, it is always a good characteristic of a game if there is a certain character that the player himself wants to become. This is a recipe for success in an RPG. Another detail that I have found somewhat confusing is that most (and I mean most with capital m) of the most interesting items and the best summon of all in the game can only be acquired by using the traditional chocoboos, and, as I see it, it downgrades the game a bit. Aside from this, it is a great gaming experience for those who like this genre.
A magical epic

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 9

Final Fantasy IX's characters:

In Cold Blood

2008-08-19T09:22:00.000-07:00

In Cold Blood – I really like this game, I played it about two or three times and it gave me a very positive experience. Its not my favourite type of game, but when it comes to a good game, I’m not a picky player. This is a great action thriller with imaginative gameplay and stealth action. The story starts in an incredibly different fashion from other similar games, as the main character’s memory is the key to the whole game, the problem is that this character doesn’t remember much, and to make matters worse he has been captured and his captors torture him to make him remember everything. The story unfolds from the visions of the memory of the main character as you play from the past to the present. Graphically, this game is very well designed, the backgrounds are exquisite and the characters have strong personalities, but remember that this is an espionage game, and you can’t afford to trust anyone but yourself. In terms of constructive criticism, I always finish this game with one thought “New Record! I finished this game in 2 days!”; in other words, it lacks in longitude. A game so good should have been bigger, 2 or even 3 discs could have made the difference in my rating. But, never the less, it is a good gaming experience, and if you like the type of game, you will most definitely love this one. An intense and immersive adventure

RZ RATING (1 to 10). 7,5

Breath of Fire III

2008-08-19T09:17:00.000-07:00

Breath of Fire III – My first RPG game. I bought it when I was about 8 or 9 years old and I still feel a connection to it, for it introduced me to this style of video game which I, now, love.
This is and has always been another of my personal favourite games, but most people don’t even know of its existence. It is another case of a game that should have been given more publicity; its games like these that really develop your culture as it has a incredibly mature theme that makes you think, and, in my opinion, that is what a excellent game must do. In revision of this game, I should salient that its graphics aren’t optimal (but 2D never hurt anyone), but the combat sequences are very good, I just found one problem with these, the player doesn’t run towards the opponent when attacks, it is as if I were to attack you and you are 20mts away from me and I just swing my sword in the air, but you still get attacked. How? Beats me. But the rest is pretty impressive with well thought game planning. My favourite detail in this game is the fact that you follow the development of the main character since his childhood to his teenage days, but not only that, other characters will change with time which is a great detail for a game, and increases the feeling of its story. Another great detail in this game is that you need crystals that make you main character transform into a dragon, the beauty in this is that you can collect about 30 crystals, and in one transformation you can combine up to 3 of them, this makes the game very intriguing because it gives you hundreds of possible combinations, which gives you different types of dragons. I’m trying to find all of the combinations, if you can help me, please post! A classic adventure.

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 8,5

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The Legend of Dragoon

2008-08-19T09:07:00.000-07:00

The Legend of Dragoon – (personal opinion). This is one great RPG. I have played this game dozens of times and it still provides excellent entertainment. One of the my favourite details about this game is the fact that its music and scenario have a touch of the feeling of mystery and beauty of the Middle East, this can be noticed through out the game. Another of my personal favourite details in this game are: the revolutionary water graphics, that were absolutely impressive; and, of course, its unique attacking system which differs from other epic RPG’s because a character can build up combos by pressing repeatedly the X button in the right moments. Added to all this, The Legend Of Dragoon has a stunning story, which has great durability (nothing else would be expected with 4 CD’s) and heroic characters.(its always a cool game when all the characters can transform themselves!). The only problem I have found with this game some parts of it have been translated very poorly. All and all a game that, for me, should have gotten more popularity. It deserved more! I beg for a second release. If you have the same opinion click here.

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 9

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Final Fantasy VII

2008-08-18T16:09:00.001-07:00

Final Fantasy VII - (personal opinion) This is, for me, THE game. One of the best games ever made, if not the best. I have only played this game twice, mainly because when I discovered my love for these types of games, FF9 was being unleashed and FF7 was nowhere to be found, and to this day my search continues for this game. (If anyone can help me please post, you would be making me the favour of my life). But as I was saying, I only played this game twice, but in those hours I was completely blown away, I never expected a mere video game to dig so deeply into someone’s feelings, to make me feel as if I really was an integral part of the story. And every little detail of this game contributed to this opinion of mine. Let’s analyse. In terms of storyline, it is captivating from the very start to its unfinished end, this story touches you and makes you feel absolutely inside the game atmosphere, you can feel about every sentiment there is too feel with this game, sadness, happiness, anger, grief, courage, fear, love, hate…. It is a cultural treasure as it even can make you think about yourself as you make each choice throughout the game. The detail that was incredibly unveiling of Square’s intent of making “Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children” was the fact that it was the only chapter of FF that didn’t say “The end”; so I always thought the game would have either a preceding game or movie, or maybe even a remake. I have pondered the best possibilities, and I have found that there is a petition that you can sign if you believe that a remake of FF7 for PS3 would be a good idea, if you want to sign click here. I personally have signed it, but I have made some conditions, because I sincerely believe that the only thing to upgrade in a remake of this game would be the graphics AND NOTHING MORE. Maintain the music, don’t change it in anyway for it is the flesh of the game, and don’t even think about changing the battle mode to the same as Final Fantasy XII or Final Fantasy VII – Crisis Core, because by doing this Square would be damaging the very skeleton of FF7. I have also suggested the idea to Square to make a game version of FF7 – Advent Children, if you believe in this suggestion please post. Back to the original FF7, and as I was saying its graphical work was at that time an astounding work of art (another reason for me to pick my jaw of the floor when I played this game for the first time) and for me I wouldn’t mind if the original game didn’t change in any way, so I created that possibility and presented it to Square; As for it’s musical score, I haven’t played FF7 in years (because I’m still looking for it) and I can still remember the songs, they can really reach into your very soul, since the beginning symphony, to the epic battle songs, to the beautiful tune of Aeris. Its characters are emblematic, ideological and charismatic (a thing that would have made FF9 a much greater game). They give you a real sense of where they stand philosophically, every state of mind, every personality is unique. In my opinion, 5 words… THE GAME OF MY LIFE!
A game to remember forever.

RZ RATING (1 to 10): 10

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