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Why the notion that games need photoreal graphics to tell better stories is backward nonsense

GamesRadar:

A lot of nonsense gets talked in this industry. And a lot of it is best ignored. But sometimes you come across a statement so wrong on so many levels that it's like a delicately-balanced Jenga stack of wrongness, with so many multi-layered wrongs intricately holding each other in place that it's almost artistic in construction.

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Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.

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Chard33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now

Furesis33d ago

I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.

anast33d ago

It's worth a play through today.

gold_drake33d ago

the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better

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30 Years Later, Final Fantasy 6 is a Perfect Time Capsule for the Franchise

Looking back at Final Fantasy 6 on its 30th anniversary provides a snapshot of one of gaming's most important franchises at a pivotal turning point.

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Spenok53d ago

Still the best in the series.

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Final Fantasy I Pixel Remaster – Step Back in Time

Gary Green said: It’s interesting to revisit the roots of your favorite franchises to see first-hand what’s changed and what’s stuck around all these years, though perhaps ‘visit’ would be more accurate than ‘revisit’ since apparently, Europe wasn’t worthy of the original six Final Fantasy games the first time around. By the time we started getting ports of these iconic games, we’d already been through the PSOne JRPG golden age. So we’d already seen the best of what Final Fantasy had to offer, while these predecessors looked outdated, unrefined, and (dare I say it) ugly. We aren’t bitter about the delayed releases, honest…

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shinoff218354d ago

I'd love to but square said fk you to the ps fanbase that wanted these physically. Meanwhile switch got a physical release.

Asplundh54d ago (Edited 54d ago )

I'd buy it for the Switch but a NA copy runs for $800.