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I'm finally playing Persona 4 after 17 years, and I can already see where the JRPG's remake should step in with improvements
Opinion Now Playing | Misty Persona 4 Golden looks like it's set in Silent Hill, but the adorable character models make it feel more cutesy than creepy
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake producer says "getting the balance right" is crucial when modernizing a classic, so you don't have fans complaining, "'We've got the original one, we don't need the new game'"
News Equally, you don't want fans feeling like "'that's not the same game anymore, we don't want that'"
39 years after the legendary JRPG series began, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake includes a "new twist" that'll be a "really big surprise" for veteran fans
News The remake devs have "really added a lot more to the story"
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake reminded me why I love turn-based battles, but after 40 minutes with the game, I'm desperate to know what "really big surprise" the devs are hiding
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | "There was never any thought" for Square Enix to potentially move away from turn-based combat for the Dragon Quest remakes, and I'm glad
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles devs blur the line between remake and remaster further, say the new strategy RPG is neither
News Square Enix opens a whole new can of worms
Final Fantasy 14 boss Naoki Yoshida might not have become a Square Enix dev if it weren't for a "jerk" childhood friend that accidentally taught him PvP by tricking him into being bad at 1983 Mario Bros.
News "I hated the guts of my friend"
Square Enix has a crucial day-one patch for Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles that restores an essential trick from the original 1998 version of the strategy JRPG
News Genji equipment, my beloved
Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are two of my favorite turn-based RPGs, but I'm not sure how I'm going to go back to them after falling in love with Octopath Traveler 0's town-building mode
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | A 45-minute taste of Octopath Traveler 0 showcased satisfying, strategic combat, and the addition of cozy town decoration is the cherry on top
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles director open to revisiting the series' Game Boy Advance sequels if the remaster does well, but thinks the strategy RPG playerbase is currently a "bit small"
News Kazutoyo Maehiro is also open to totally new tactics games
Final Fantasy Tactics remaster makes Cloud easier to use, Square Enix promises, and even gives him the Materia Blade right off the bat, so you'll want to see the secret hiding where it was in the original RPG
News Director Kazutoyo Maehiro admits "he was pretty difficult to utilize as a character" in the original strategy RPG
