Chrono Cross (2000) - Video Game Review

Official Score = 2 Devils

In Hollywood these days, one of the things that it seems like the studios are doing are making a sequels to movies that came out 20 or 30 years ago... Now I haven't seen all of these, but again I have to wonder... Why? I mean most of these sequels that are coming out generally seem to be majorly past their prime!

Now as for video games, I feel like video games have a shorter window of what could be considered to be an acceptable time frame between sequels and what not... And so that is just one of the reasons that I hate to say it, but I was pretty disappointed in: Chrono Cross (2000)!

A sort of a mixed bag...

Developed and Published by Square Enix, and released in Japan in 1999 and in America in 2000 for Sony's 'Playstion', this game tells the story of the character, 'Serge' who after discovering that there is a parallel world in which he dies, he goes out on a quest to find out where the divergence between the two realities happened!

Now I am going to be honest with you guys and say that this game is not horrible, it is actually a lot of fun! The  main problem that I personally had with it, is that Chrono Trigger was a truly amazing game, and as a sequel it was really disappointing... So much so that for me... It really detracted from the game itself... As a stand alone game though, this game was actually pretty fun!

Final Fantasy 4 (1994) - Video Game Review

[caption id="attachment_415" align="alignright" width="350"] Official Score = 4 Devils[/caption]

Everyone, I have learned has there basic classification for which type of gamer they are... Now that doesn't mean that they don't ever deviate... A fan of RPGs (Role Playing Games), can end up really enjoying shooter games as well, (I know because as far as video games goes, for me, my main type of  game that I have found that I really enjoy is, 'RPGs'... But I do enjoy a good shooter game from time to time!)

The reason that I mention this though is that those in their right groups will find specific video games that they not only found that they really enjoyed, but in the end, found to be rather memorable!

For me... One of those games happens to be, 'Final Fantasy 4' (1994)!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="432"] I may be calling this game, 'Final Fantasy 4'... but that is the Japanese title, in America it has always been, 'Final Fantasy 3'[/caption]

Released by Square (now, 'Square Enix'), this video game told the amazing story of a group of powerful men and women who have one common goal... That goal being to stop the monster, 'Kefka' and to take down the evil empire that has been terrorizing them... And they will do what ever it takes to do so!

In the end, it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, and magic vs. machines!

Now I found the story to be a lot of fun, and extremely engrossing (even as a kid), I mean the action is pretty amazing! And as for the controls... Well just about every Final Fantasy game I have ever played has always had easy controls, and this is no different!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Sword & sorcery come alive in, 'Final Fantasy 3'![/caption]

As far as music goes, 'Nobuo Uematsu' is such a good composer, that... well... I may never have owned the soundtrack to this game, but I did end up getting the soundtrack to part 7 and loved it!

In the end, this game is a total freaking blast, and if you get a chance, check it out, I doubt you will regret it!

http://youtu.be/RDMWp1oLoA0

Final Fantasy VII (1997) - Video Game Review

[caption id="attachment_415" align="alignright" width="350"] Official Score = 4 Devils[/caption]

One of the things that I have learned being a gamer since the days of the original, 'Sega Masters System' is that there are always newer video games that in a lot of cases generally out class their predecessors... Trust me when I say that admitting that was not easy...

But I will say this, and that is, that the classics never die... I mean sure they were once the extremely hot item, but if you were in to say video games on the, 'Nintendo 64'... Then if you still have them, blow off the dust and give them a try... I doubt you will regret it!

Now you might be wondering why I mention this... Well simply put, there is a classic game that I had the luck to have been able to play it when it first came out, and a few more times since then, and I have to admit that I still freaking love this game... That game being Final Fantasy VII (1997)!

Now this game, which was released by Square Enix in 1997, and which was the first, 'Final Fantasy' game that was released in the United States that had not been released on to a, 'Nintendo' system, but had actually been released on Sony's, 'Playstation' had actually originally been intended for the Super Nintendo, when development of the game had started back in 1994!

[caption id="attachment_1818" align="aligncenter" width="450"] This game was one of the first of it's series to be made for the, 'Playstation'[/caption]

That's right folks, it looks like this game had originally been intended for the, 'Super Nintendo', and had later been moved to the, 'Nintendo 64'... But with that video game system still using, 'Cartridge' based games, Square Enix ended up moving it over to the, 'Playstation'!

And well, even though the tradition was broken with this one, the game itself was truly a landmark game... I mean this game was so good that the soundtrack to it had been re-released as a music album, the graphics were light years ahead of most games up to this point,  and the controls were easy as hell, and you know what else... All of that and so much more is what made (and in my opinion), still makes this video game to be one of the better ones to have ever been released!

In the end, if you like RPGs, then I think you will really like this one, it is an extremely engrossing and fun quest... But I got to warn you, if you do play, play on a weekend... This game will certainly help you to loose track of time!

http://youtu.be/TEN-p5e2WkM