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Chrono Series
- Chrono Trigger
- Let's start with the best, a review of many would call the best JRPG ever, let alone the best of the SNES era.
- Chrono Cross
- Chrono Trigger is great and we'll fight anyone that says otherwise. Chrono Cross, though? Not so much. Let's see if we can figure out why.
Final Fantasy Series
- Final Fantasy
- We take a proper dive into the Final Fantasy series with a look at the game that started it all, the NES original. It's a brutal game, but someone has to play it. Will it be you that next takes up the challenge?
- Final Fantasy II
- The series takes a weird diversion, crafting an entirely different way to craft your characters, in this deried game that feels too different from anything else in the series to be a proper sequel.
- Final Fantasy III
- A return to form for the series as four Onion Knights take up a quest to light the crystals and save the world, in an adventure that also introduces the much beloved "Job System".
- Final Fantasy IV
- The series moves to the SNES for its most expansive, and rewarding, adventure yet in a true masterpiece for the series.
- Final Fantasy V
- Four heroes come together to save the crystals that control their world, and then pick up a number of careers on the side in the game that redefined the Job System.
Mana Series
- Final Fantasy Adventure
- We then turn our sights to the Seiken Densetsu series, as it's known in Japan, with the first of the titles in the series. Is this GameBoy adventure a classic or just an oddity?
- Secret of Mana
- The SNES follow-up to Final Fantasy Adventure improves everything while adding in better graphics and music. But does it really create a winner, or is it more weirdness from the Japanese company?
Other Games:
- Dragon Quest
- The land of Alfegard is in danger, dominated by an evil being known at the Dragon Lord. You take on the role of the hero, sent out into the world with the clothes on your back to defeat the evil and save the day. Or, you know, never leave the opening zone and commit slime genocide. At least, that's what we did.
- Secret of Evermore
- Finally, a true odd-ball, an America-only game built upon the Mana engine. We take a look at the game to see why it never made it outside the States.
- Octopath Traveler
- A game with eight characters, eight storylines, and eight long plaths to take through the adventure. We're taking a deep dive, chronicling each path we follow in the story, and you can join our adventures:
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