Released back in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town became one of the most beloved games in the franchise. It’s no surprise that this is the game that most Harvest Moon fans look back on fondly. As with many remakes in the past, Friends of Mineral Town has of course been reworked from the ground up; Characters were redesigned, game play has been improved, and the game is in 3D instead of 2D. These changes give this game a modern feel that will draw in new players to the series while bringing back many of the older fans of the series with a bit of nostalgia in the first Story of Seasons game on the Switch.
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Video Game Review: Age of Empires III
A classic RTS game, released in 2005, the last game in its series. The game was set in the early days of the New World being discovered. 2 secret orders, The Knights of Saint John and the Circle of Ossus, competed for control over the America’s.
Video Game Review: Persona 5 Royal
Persona 5 released back in September of 2016 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 and being a mainline game it added in a lot of new changes to the series that not only made older fans of the series cry tears of joy; it also brought in new fans to the series and sparked even more interest in a series. As Persona 4 had an enhanced port in the form of Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 received this treatment on March 2020 with Persona 5 Royal. Adding in new elements to both game play and story line breaths new life to this game. I will try keeping the spoilers to a minimum.
Introducing myself and my personal Top 10!
A little about me…
Hello! I am more well known in the gaming world as Fire Frenzy, but – more normally as Tom! Fae has been kind enough to accept me into her team of writers and so I thought for a while what to review first. The various ways in which one can review something as often reviews can vary based on the player’s expectations and preferences.
Board Game Review: Power Grid
In my quest to play eighty of the top 100 board games, I have finally been able to play Power Grid. I first heard of this game when I read the Cracked article 6 Board Games that Ruined It for Everyone. That article lists Monopoly as the worst board game of all time. Perhaps it’s only fair to say it’s the worst widely known board game of all time. But the article goes on to recommend Power Grid instead. The article states:
Power Grid is everything Monopoly should have been. You’re genuinely aiming to build a monopoly, earning ever-increasing fountains of money, but you still have to spend every cent to stay ahead of the competition.
I’ve only been able to play once, but I already know I need to own a copy for myself. Let me explain why.