The
hottest game for me at the moment. The English version finally
arrived and I bought my copy on 20 Sep 97. Been playing ever
since. It runs on the PlayStation console and comes in 3 CDs.The game's strongest point would probably be the graphics, the standard of which far surpass all console RPG games, PS or otherwise. The background and characters are rendered beautifully in 3D and scattered in the game are numerous movie sequence which are not found in other RPG games so far. Another big plus point would be many impressive moves that characters could execute in battle, including the new 'limit' feature. This move, unique to each character, allows them to perform some visually stunning (and very damaging) attacks - but you don't get this option until your character have received a lot of damage.
FF7 boasts a
complex storyline (yes, more complex then that in FF3). It starts
with you, an ex SOLDIER (an elite paramilitary body) trying to
battle your former employer, the Shinra Inc. (The Shinra is a
super powerful corporation that has taken over as the governing
body of the world. It is ruthless, compassionless, militaristic
and very environmentally unfriendly.) In the game, you find many
companions even as the story wanders into more exotic themes. Its
easy to lose track of the story and the translation is far from
perfect at times.
Another real time
strategy game. Supports multi players and currently very popular,
judging by the number of websites devoted to it.
Perhaps I'm just weak
... but I gave up on this game just after completing 4 stages.
The most challenging real-time strategy game for me so far.
One must master numerous aspect of colony management before he
can even think about warfare. Fact is, war making seemed to be of
secondary importance in this game and that does not go down well
with me.
Here is a new game which I'm trying out. Ppl who are
AD&D inclined might find it especially fun. Based on the TSR
Campaign Setting Birthright, the game consist of three
main aspects : Kingdom management, Field Battles and Adventuring.
I fare OK on the first two but am utterly inept on the
adventuring part. Pretty complicated, what with diplomacy,
holdings, investitures ... rough going for someone not accustomed
to the Birthright Campaign.
Now this is a
really kewl game! it didn't last long, with only 20 stages but
what a concept! You are playing as some evil entity controlling a
dungeon and all its monstrous inhabitants. Goody-goody
adventurers soon came creeping in and you get immense fun kicking
their ass. Talk about reverse of roles! There are more things you
can do to enemies they any other games. Besides killing you can
torture, starve or sacrifice them to some dark god. Very
enjoyable at first but starts getting frustrating at the last 5
levels where the good guys gets ridiculously powerful. There are,
however, numerous sites on the www about Dkeeper, offering
everything from monster profile to cheats. Here's a 
Two features of this game
which I find irresistible ... Space Simulation and
Multiplayer support! You get to dogfight human opponents in space
and blow them away! Multiplaying matchmaking is provided by the
Internet Gaming Zone. (To join, you gotta download some programs
and fill up a form. Troublesome but its free.) Alternatively,
some ppl choose to challenge each other in IRC. (Someone hosts a
game and tells the other players his IP address via IRC)
I played Heroes of Might and
Magic 2 (HOMAM2 to some) from February this year all the way till
July, making it the longest lasting game of the year! I played
its prequel Heroes of Might and Magic last year and its ancestor Kings
Bounty all the way back in 1992 on the Sega Genesis.