Brigham Skarda

Final Fantasy VII is an amazing game. I just finished playing all the way through it for the first time. And I have a lot of thoughts on it. But above all else I enjoyed playing the game and I would recommend it to others. Also, the first section of this post is spoiler free. Let's get right into it. A Landmark Game for the Genre This was one of the first RPGs of its kind made in 3D. The opening cutscene is my favorite in the series. It introduces us to a bold new world, the likes of which Final Fantasy hadn't seen before. The dramatic zoom out to see the whole city was awesome, and the game's logo flashing across the screen in sync with the music was chill inducing. 3D also brought another level of immersion into the games. The characters are now able to be much more expressive. The nuance of their movements is now an important part of the story telling. Battles are much cooler as well as the participants actually jump across the screen to hit each other. Square Enix truly...

Well, various people I know are making lists of their top twenty video games of all time. So I thought I would add my list to the discussion. Honorable Mentions It was actually harder than I thought to limit the list to 20 entries. So here is the overflow. Sonic Storybook Games © Sega I'm not going to call these games good. But Sega really new how to create great soundtracks. For how mediocre these games were, every single one had a banger soundtrack. Sonic and the Black Knight was my favorite. Sonic Adventure 2 © Sega Arguable the only good 3D sonic game. So fun to play, but it is obviously held together with duct tape. Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 © Atari Probably the most chill game I've ever played. Factorio © Wube Software This is a really cool simulation game. It is unique from other simulation games in that it is primarily about logistics. It has a lot of similarities to programming. The dev team for this game is absolutely fantastic. There devlog is one of the coolest you...