In the second part of my Buck Rogers retrospective, we will take a look at the much less lauded continuation of the first game, Matrix Cubed, and then, finally, I shall explain why I feel both games are still relevant all these years later. Prepare for launch. Matrix Cubed, planned as a direct sequel to…
As a kid I hated Japanese RPGs with a passion. I remember saying to myself over and over how much I couldn’t stand the genre and reinforcing my intention of never playing a Final Fantasy title or anything remotely similar. This was mainly because of my prejudices and my growing up playing only Western RPGs…
IF I WAS A GAMER… BUT THEN AGAIN, NO In my teen years adventure games were my favourite genre for two critical reasons: they were genuinely the funniest out of them all and the only games where characters and story always came first. In most other genres story was, most of the time, an afterthought.…