Ramblings of an Englishman

Spoilers for Final Fantasy 7, Dragon Quest 11 and Final Fantasy 15 ahead The remake of Final Fantasy 7 has lit a fuse underneath me in terms of this game series. I have to be honest, looking at the back catalogue of games I have played over the last year Square Enix. From the aforementioned remake of Final Fantasy 7, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Dragon Quest 11 I can't think of another video game company that I have invested as much time into the worlds and characters they build (except maybe Football Manager but that's a different story), seeing these characters their growth with each other and evolution made me realise something and that being Final Fantasy 15's main cast of four really fall flat when it comes to being compelling or interesting characters. Now don't get me wrong I think the quartet of lads had some good moments and they had potential but something felt off to them. I hope over this article to look into the failings of the crew and where they fall short when i...

When mentioning the game 'Final Fantasy 7' to any video game player 9/10 it would invoke some kind of emotion. Widely regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time many clamoured for a remake of this for a new generation in a new era. It wasn't out of the realm of possibilities after all we had seen several games get remakes such as the first three generations of Pokémon so when the remake for Final Fantasy 7 finally released we finally got a look at (some of) the iconic characters in high definition and how this remake has helped bring new life to this game and the sub series around it.  Ok just to preface this I haven't finished part 1 of the remake as I write this, I'm currently in Wall Market and loving the game so far. As well as this I have to be honest the original version  of this game is 11 days younger than myself so I don't know the hype around it when the original release came out or my thoughts playing it. I have vague recollections of see...