Monthly Archives: June 2016

Disney Magical Dice

Disney Magical Dice is a mobile board game created by Netmarble and officially licensed by Disney. Players can join a cast of Disney Characters and embark on an epic adventure across multiple Disney worlds.

Features:

Well-known Landmarks: Visit Cinderella castle, Peter Pan’s Jolly Roger, Daisy’s garden and more.

Customization: Collect costumes for your avatar including Cinderella, Maleficent, Snow White, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Woody, Buzz, Rapunzel, and more.

Power up: Expand your collection of Disney costume card avatars and strengthen them through power-ups and fusion to be the best at the game.

Play modes: Enjoy multiplayer games of up to 4 players playing at the same time using Bluetooth or the internet

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age returns to the war torn Ivalice in a time of great turmoil and oppression, along with revamped systems Square Enix has improved the audio and visuals across the board for a fresh adventure, available for the PlayStation 4.

Features:

Master the Remaster: Experience the original 2006 release all over again in glorious high definition.

Freeeeeedom!: Dalmasca has been conquered and the world is at war, fight for freedom with a cast of unlikely allies.

Zodiac Job System: Leveling characters now caters to the player’s preference for dynamic progression.

World of Final Fantasy: It’s a Good Thing.

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Now, I have a lot of friends, a surprising number of friends who play games and either say they 1. Have never played a Final Fantasy game, or 2. They have no idea where to start the franchise. I mean, the franchise is HUGE.  When I was a lad, we had Final Fantasy 1, and by the time I left Elementary School there was 2 and 3 hit around Middle School.  I’ve been really thinking hard about this lately, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I love the idea of World of Final Fantasy. I already thought it was adorable, and it has a lot of crossover [since according to the game, the world of Grimoire is where all the Final Fantasy characters live] potential.  Monsters from all the games will probably be visible, so expect Behemoths, Floating Eyes, Cactuars, Tonberries, the whole gang.  But why does Square-Enix think this will be a good introduction to the franchise?

Because it has probably every major character in Final Fantasy! I imagine that they will be more true to their home game, unlike Kingdom Hearts 2, where they’re a little different [Looking at you, Y.R.P. . . ] and will help people find the characters they like. Sure it’s chibi/adorable versions of the characters, and they have their own reasons for doing what they do in the story, but I have the deep hope that they will be true to their original source material. Find the characters you like, and you find a new game to play! And there’s really no order to heed, except in very few cases.  There are games that take place in the same universe/timeline, of course. Examples being:

  • Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X/X-II
  • Final Fantasy Tactics, XII, and Tactics Advance.
  • XIII, XIII-2, XIII-3.  What? I laughed.

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I love this though. There are so many Final Fantasy titles that have been/are being remade, and now more than ever people have access to updated versions of some of the greatest RPGs of all time.  Especially with the PS2 versions [X, X-2, XII] which come in the International Editions, which have new/improved content. Not all of these remakes are good though; Square-Enix, stop using mobile versions to remake/port, please. PLEASE. PLEASE.  They all come out looking like garbage; shit. Pick a word. Lots of people have a favorite Final Fantasy though; typically it’s the first big one they played, like VII, VIII, maybe IV or VI. But whichever one you love, of course you’d want other people to experience that love too. Whenever someone asks me what game they should start with, of course I pick my favorites. But this could be a much better way to let them choose their own path.

Choose your own Final Fantasy. Square-Enix, kindly forward my royalty check to Bottom Tier.

Do you have a favorite Final Fantasy?

Blizzard is Teaming up with Facebook?!

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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this haunting notion: Social Media tying itself to a Blizzard product.  Do I think it’s an interesting idea? Of course. But I won’t lie to you guys; as a long-time WoW/Diablo player, I don’t feel like it’s necessary to be able to take selfies and attach them to Twitter or Instagram. Are there people who love it? Sure! And you’re welcome to it! I’m not going to call you an idiot for it. But I might snicker a little. But to be able to watch people play Overwatch or WoW or Diablo on Facebook?  It sounds like a deliberate jab to Twitch, or the other big streaming websites.

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Next thing you know they’ll tag “subscribe” buttons to Facebook users.  I have pretty mixed feelings on this, but most of them are negative to be totally honest. I think it could be a really fun thing to engage people in Blizzard activities. Don’t underestimate the power Facebook’s metrics have. Blizzard could be using this to figure out what exactly they need to climb back to the top of the food chain. Because let’s face it: WoW isn’t what it used to be. I’m not saying “VANILLA IZ BEST HURRRR” because it wasn’t. Fun, challenging, but not “da best”. The game has slid downhill though, and I see this as a potential way for Blizzard to get in touch with their people. I know a lot of people that play WoW to escape social media, to just immerse themselves in a game for a little while.  I doubt it will be a mandatory thing, so those people should have peace and quiet. But this is a prime example of two huge megacompanies that have no clue how to implement their user feedback. Blizzard is probably the worst for that. What could possibly go wrong?

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Seriously. What could go wrong?