Dragon Media

Lunar: Silver Star Story was first released in 1993 on the Sega CD. After a mild success and low recognition, Working Designs strangely decided to bring the game back in 1999 along with the biggest assortment of goodies. I give huge kudos to the marketing department; really, how else could you have charged $69.99 for such a game and gotten away without a couple murders on your hand? That doesn’t make any sense? Keep reading – it will all be clear soon enough.
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Mega Man Battle Network came out in the fall of 2001 and stood-out as being one of the first good RPGs available for the GBA. Capcom’s biggest persona had previously appeared in the Mega Man Legends RPGs, but those games were hardly fateful at all to the core concept of the original Mega Man series. On the other hand, Mega Man Battle Networks (MMBN) managed to propose the same fast-pace action found in the regular side-scroller shooters while not straying too far from the root principals that make RPGs what they are. (more…)

Less than eight months after the first game in this spin-off series was released, Megaman Battle Network 2 rode into stores and gamers’ GBA’s. The first game turned out to be quite a surprise in terms of gameplay and overall quality, two aspects which the sequel intended to push slightly further. However, as is customary with Capcom, the second Megaman Man Battle Network game proposes only the bare minimum in terms of improvement to warrant its purchase. While it does provide an enjoyable diversion, MMBN2 is simply much to reminiscent to its predecessor to be considered a great game. (more…)

Gameplay: 95%
Story: 100%
Graphics: 90%
Music/Sound: 95%
Overall: 95%

About five years ago Bioware announced a RPG game that would take all Dungeons & Dragon computer games to a whole new level. This game would set the standards for every hack and slash game to grace a PC from here on out. This game is Neverwinter Nights. D&D fans will really enjoy this game, but if you are like me and know nothing about D&D or its rules, you will still have lots of fun with this game for a very long time. (more…)