Category Archives: RPG

Review: World of Warcraft: Midnight

Posted on June 13, 2026 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  As before, I write the review after having completed the leveling experience for the first time. 11 Expansions and 22 years later, World of Warcraft is back! Despite the game-breaking bugs and glitches that were reported during both Alpha … Continue reading →

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First-Look Review: Dragon Quest I and II HD-2D Remake (Switch 1 version)

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  As of the evening of November 2, I beat DQI HD-2D Remake in 3 days. I got it on launch day and only played it a few hours a day. Granted, I did also play on Easy Mode with … Continue reading →

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Iconic Voice Actor Yuri Lowenthal confirms a Persona 4 Remake IS in development…and all voice roles will be recast

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Yuri Lowenthal, who voiced Yosuke Hanamura in all English versions of Persona 4 and its various spinoffs revealed to the world earlier this week that Atlus is working on a Persona 4 Remake ala last year’s Persona 3 Reload. … Continue reading →

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I recently got my hands on Tales of Graces f Remastered and it raises some important questions about Namco Bandai’s Project Remastered

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Originally released in Japan on the Wii, Tales of Graces got a western release on the Playstation 3 as Tales of Graces f. It was also the first of three mainline Tales of games the PS3 would get, the … Continue reading →

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It’s now safe to say Persona 4 and Persona 5 foreshadowed current events in the U.S.

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  I said “foreshadowed”, not “predicted”. For context, both games were developed a few years before Donald Trump’s first term as president. Persona 4 was originally released on the PS2 in 2008 (P4G was first released 4 years later) while … Continue reading →

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It took legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu 15 YEARS to make the iconic “One Winged Angel” as he originally intended to

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  For those who don’t know, Nobuo Uematsu has written music for the Final Fantasy series almost from the beginning. No song is he more known for than this legendary track from (the original) Final Fantasy VII’s final boss battle: … Continue reading →

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Postgame Review: Fire Emblem Engage

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Although I bought it in the Spring, I largely played the game off and on throughout the year. I played up to the final battle before putting the game aside to play other games. When I finally bothered to … Continue reading →

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I now own all of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster titles on the Nintendo Switch, Looking to buy more physical games later this year

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Lavon Samuel Davis

For those who might not know, the FF:PR highlights first six mainline Final Fantasy games (I-VI). This is well known to most RPG fans but at the time it was made, Final Fantasy I was made by Squaresoft (now Square … Continue reading →

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First-Look Review: Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 (Nintendo Switch versions)

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Lavon Samuel Davis

Updated 2/22/2023:   …I am keenly aware the first game was released back in 2018. Although I obviously have a Steam account and had my PS4 at the time, I decided not to get it because I felt it would … Continue reading →

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Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster coming to PS4 and Switch in Spring 2023; Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden come in January 2023 [Updated 1/8/2023]

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  …When I first got my Switch last month, I was surprised to see the Pixel Remasters of FF I through VI were not on the platform. After all, they had been released earlier this year. Square Enix confirmed rumors … Continue reading →

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