First Impression: Trials of Mana (Demo)

April 7, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Initial release date: September 30, 1995Composer: Hiroki KikutaSeries: ManaDeveloper: SquareGenre: Action role-playing gamePlatforms: Nintendo Switch, Super Nintendo Entertainment System When the world was shrouded in darkness, the goddess of mana Drew forth the sword of mana to smite the eight benevodons, monsters of destruction. She sealed the horrors inside the eight mana stones, bringing the […]

First Impression: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Demo)

March 10, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Perfection. That’s what I am hoping for with this remake that after 5 years of development, it has seen the light of day. On 4/10/20, the full game (sort of) will be released and fans can finally play it on the Playstation 4. The demo was released on 3/3/20 (my wedding anniversary!) as an appetizer […]

First Impression: Final Fantasy X-2 Last Mission

January 16, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

My backlog is always….backlogged, among several systems. On Steam, my Nintendo 3DS, PS4, or PS3 there are world’s I have yet to explore and quests yet to be completed. During my winter break from work (I work as a teacher in a charter school), I wanted to see which games I haven’t played on my […]

First Impression: Iconoclasts

December 28, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Welcome to my new section of reviews, titled “First Impressions”. I got the idea from Beneath The Tangles, where we write short articles on the new anime of the season after watching it for the first time. They are short and to the point, which got me thinking that I could do the same for video […]