Are Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis And Final Fantasy VII The Same Game?

There’s a reasonFinal Fantasy 7is such a juggernaut in video games. It came at a revolutionary technological moment - the jump to 3D graphics and its staying power cannot be overstated. You may have skipped FF7 or, indeed, every Final Fantasy game, yet you still probably know the name “Sephiroth,” and, more than likely, you know what Sephiroth did. RELATED:Final Fantasy: The Best Version Of Each Game And How To Play Them...

July 23, 2025 · 3 min · 580 words · Kim Beard

Baldur's Gate 3 Has 17 Different Narration Types Depending On Your Character

Baldur’s Gate 3has 17 different “narration styles”, according to actor Amelia Tyler. As part of her role as the narrator ofBaldur’s Gate, Tyler says that she and the team created all of these different tones and variations on the lines spoken in the narration to reflect all of the playable characters, better suiting the internal monologue that tells their particular story. This reveal comes from the Baldur’s Gate 3 panel atEGX Londonthis week, bringing much of the cast together to walk us through their performances in the game....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Eric Jenkins

Baldur's Gate 3 Players Want Alfira, Popper, And Zevlor To Be Companions

Baldur’s Gate 3has a pretty great selection of companions to choose from, each one with their own distinct personality and strengths that add to your party in different ways. However, the game is so well-written that you’re are constantly running into likeable and charismatic characters that you wish you could take along with you on your tadpole extracting adventure. Fans of the game have been sharing the NPCs they wish that Larian would turn into full-blown companions on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit, as u/BunsenGyro desperately wanted to bring Alfira along for the ride....

July 23, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Shelly Peters

Baldur’s Gate 3 Not Having A Party Select Screen Strengthens Its Focus On Relationships

Most party-based RPGs don’t handle assembling the party the wayBaldur’s Gate 3does. InThe Outer WorldsorMass Effect, for example, when you leave your spaceship, you hit a screen that asks you to select theparty membersyou want to join you. Baldur’s Gate 3 could do the same each time you leave camp. It doesn’t. In fact, if you don’t actively decide to swap out party members, you could easily play through the whole game without ever changing it up from the first four you meet....

July 23, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Regina Wilson

Best Caster Classes In Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur’s Gate 3lets you play many different classes, but some of the best are the ones that focus primarily on magic. Instead of wielding a sword or shooting for the right spot for that sneak attack damage, these classes are main casters, meaning they depend mostly on their spellcasting feature. RELATED:Baldur’s Gate 3: Best Magic Items Although there are some classes that havesubclasses focusing on magic, like the Rogue’s Arcane Trickster, for the sake of this list, we’ll be focusing only on the classes that will be considered main casters or perhaps half casters, which could include characters like Paladins and Rangers....

July 23, 2025 · 5 min · 986 words · Danielle Lee

Best Holiday Advent Calendars For Kids In 2024

The holidays are right around the corner and while most things you’ll need on or around December 25 can wait if you like to live a little dangerously when it comes to your Christmas shopping, there’s one thing that definitely can’t wait until then. Picking up your advent calendars. The whole point of an advent calendar is so you may use it to count down to the big day starting from December 1, although if you are reading this midway through December, grabbing a discounted calendar and opening 15 doors all at once is fun too....

July 23, 2025 · 7 min · 1412 words · Kristen Baldwin

Best Party Members In Paper Mario: TTYD, Ranked

Summary ThePaper Marioseries is Nintendo’s answer to the question: can a Mario game be a comedy? The answer is a resounding yes. The games are known for their unique turn-based battle style, hilarious story dialogue, and curious paper mechanics. But Mariodoesn’t go on these adventures alone. With each chapter of the game, he meets a new friend with special abilities who joins him to create a comedy duo. The Thousand-Year Door is the second game in the series, and it is no different....

July 23, 2025 · 5 min · 958 words · Samuel Mckinney

Best Video Game Trailers That Were Better Than The Game

Like movie trailers, video game trailers build up anticipation while giving you a quick look at what’s to come. The difference? Video game trailers aren’t always an accurate reflection of the game. Maybe the trailer promises groundbreaking graphics or brand-new, innovative mechanics, but what you see isn’t always what you get. Related:Most Memorable Video Game Trailers Of All Time And we can’t forget the convenience of frame rate and bugs being excluded....

July 23, 2025 · 6 min · 1149 words · Brenda Medina

Bish Bash Bots: Gaming's Latest Reason To Get Divorced

Hey, you there! Yeah, you! Do you love your spouse but kinda wish you had more things to fight about? Well, welcome to Bish Bash Bots, the latest couch co-op game to make you scream at your loved ones about how useless they are. It’s a tower defence game, famously one of the most meticulous, precise genres, with the mentality ofOvercooked, famously one of the most chaotic games on the planet....

July 23, 2025 · 4 min · 716 words · Mary Smith

Charles Martinet Retiring Is The End Of An Era At Nintendo

Video games are a young medium. ThoughNintendohas existed since 1889, it didn’t start making video games until 50 years ago. Which means that when we think of Nintendo, we’re only thinking about roughly one third of its existence. Many of the people who made Nintendo into the cultural force it has been from the 1980s until now are still alive. Charles Martinet is one of them. Martinet has been the one and only voice of Mario in video games, taking the role on in the early 1990s, and voicing the iconic plumber from Mario Teaches Typing through last year’sMario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope....

July 23, 2025 · 4 min · 697 words · Matthew Fuller

Detective Pikachu Returns Should Be The Blueprint For Voice Acting In Pokemon Games

Detective Pikachu Returnswas kicked out the door at the start of October ahead of what has been a very busy month for video games. Even though I’m enjoying it more than most, it won’t be in the running for 2023’s Game of the Year. It’s incredibly basic, but it does one thing a lot better than almost every otherPokemongame - voice acting. Hardly any other Pokemon game has it at all — a detail that never ceases to amaze me considering how long Pokemon has been getting games....

July 23, 2025 · 3 min · 608 words · Teresa Mason

Disney Reveals Legacy Collection Featuring 100 Animated Movies All On Blu-ray

Disneyofficially turns 100 and the studio has been doing all sorts of fun stuff across its park to build to the occasion. There are naturally going to be a few things Disney fans can buy coming your way over the next few weeks, and what may well be the coup de grace of those celebratory products was revealed over the weekend. The Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection. A collection of 100 animated movies from throughout Disney’s history all in one massive box set....

July 23, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Cody Gardner

DND: What Is The Far Realm Mutations?

Quick Links Phandelver And Below The Shattered Obelisk introduces the concept of Far Realm mutations intoDungeons & Dragons. As the town of Phandalin changes, while your party adventures and tries to find a way to save it, you may be wondering what exactly the Far Realm is and what its influence even means. Related:D&D: DM’s Guide To Character Transformations In Phandelver & Below The Shattered Obelisk While Phandalin is by no means a singular situation, you can use the Far Realm effects as a guide for your own type of zombie slow rolling disease that spreads across the land....

July 23, 2025 · 4 min · 772 words · Julie Harris