www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVUV... one of the best Final Fantasy music pieces and an incredibly great remix. I'd be all in for a modern Final Fantasy 3 :D #jrpg #finalfantasy #retrogaming #nobuouematsu

Ich habe etwas für Videospielgeschichten geschrieben: www.videospielgeschichten.de/ich-sehe-du-... #suikoden #jrpg #retrogaming #playstation

We could have so great 2D art nowadays. Why do devs so often resort back to pixelated visuals? I mean, literally playable cartoons! Why isn't this more of a thing? Something that looks good in my opinion: www.rpg-o-mania.com/spot_after_i... #retrogaming #jrpg #metroidvania

It annoys me to no end that there is a genre called "Metroidvania" and it pays no respect to one of its earliest entries: Wonder Boy III: Dragon's Trap. Why not call it Wondermetroidvania? eh? www.rpg-o-mania.com/spot_after_d... #metroidvania #retrogaming #wonderboy

Thanks to everyone who contacted me and showed that there are still real people on the internet. Will continue creating new stuff for rpg-o-mania shortly! www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_cal... #rpg #jrpg #webdesign #zefixdesglumpmitdenehashtags

Okay, I updated nothing for 80 days and the reaction was... nonexistant. No one reached out to me. Almost no one reacted to any social media post. It is as if no one is watching this stuff on my website anymore, except from AI bots. www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_cal... Feel free to share.

Wo Energie für Beteiligung in sozialen Medien?

I tried to finish the artwork of Kasumi from #suikoden, where the original wasn't drawn beyond the knees. Do you think I did well? #fanart

Now available at most German train station bookshops: two big magazines on Metroidvania-style games and the big world of Nintendo - I wrote couple of background-articles for both of them. Isn´t that nice?

Every now and then I go visit wolfgangarchive.com and I'm happy it's still there.https://wolfgangarchive.com/psiv-web/design/mainhero.gif

If you use #AI to create your podcast cover, I lose all interest. Even if I like the topic. I'd rather have a crude photo/screenshot with Comic Sans text on it. This crap not only robs artists & is bad for the environment, it also takes away every bit of visual personality your project might have. 🚮

Yup yup. I like the visuals. And yo, it's different screenshots than in Mastodon.

If you're interested, I wrote an article about why the summer of 1999 was special when the first translation patch was released for Seiken Densetsu 3 (Trials of Mana): www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_sei...

I'm still doing that.

I created some of the FF14 job icons in a higher resolution and vectorized them. Feel free to do with them what you want: www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_ff1...

I don't know why so many fishing minigames in RPGs use buttonmashing to reel in. This is so incredibly unrealistic. www.rpg-o-mania.com/ower-dms/gal...

Play-In-Progress: Ys X, chapter 6. It is "fine" right now, keeps me motivated. But boy did they bloat the game. Dana and Monstrum Nox were swift, evade-based games with a great story, Nordics is system upon system upon system with great characters, great music, a meh story and a convoluted gameplay.

NEU bei VSG von @rpg-o-mania.bsky.social Ich mag keine Videospiele - Das ist ein ziemlicher Claim, hier auf Videospielgeschichten, oder? Und tatsächlich, so richtig mag ich Videospiele nicht... www.videospielgeschichten.de/ich-mag-kein...

I'm not trying to smooth talk, but Thomas does a really good job especially writing about RPGs and the like. If you can speak German, the M! games is a great read. It can also be purchased digitally, so no need to go to a Kiosk in a German speaking country :D

Ys VIII - X

und ich stimme zu!

New review up! www.rpgreats.com/2024/11/drag...

I see myself in this message. :D

This really shows much of what I dislike on this game. Squished sprites. Enemies that just move around by some pixels. Attack animations that are just the static sprite two times mirrored. Random attacks without any logic behaviour by the enemies. Aaah!

Neu bei VSG: Die (Un)vereinbarkeit des Videospielhobbys und des Mamaseins – Teil 1 Wie lassen sich Mutterschaft und das Hobby Videospiele miteinander vereinbaren? www.videospielgeschichten.de/die-unverein... #Gaming #Elternschaft #Kinder #Eltern #Videospiele

Auf der Polaris trafen wir André Eymann von Videospielgeschichten. @vsgde.bsky.social Eine tolle Website für alle, die mal selbst Artikel rund um das Thema "gaming" verassen möchten. www.videospielgeschichten.de

And we finish our series of 25 recommendations with a total of over 30 recommendations. Check them out here: www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_25y... :)

I tried to remake some of the old #suikoden runes in a higher resolution. Here are the True Fire Rune and the Sun Rune. On my site, you can also find vectorized svg-images of both. www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_sui... www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_sui...

One game I played this year that didn't release in 2024 www.rpg-o-mania.com/ower-dms/gal...

The last batch of selected RPGs to celebrate 25 years of rpg-o-mania! www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_25y...

NEU bei VSG: Die Polaris Convention 2024 war nunmehr die dritte Ausgabe des Events. Wie war es dieses Mal? Zwei Erfahrungsberichte aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. www.videospielgeschichten.de/polaris-conv... #Polaris #Hamburg #Gaming @lordkritisch.bsky.social @retrogamermag.bsky.social

We continue our 25 years birthday spree by celebrating five unique RPGs: www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_25y...

Batch 2 of 25 years - 25 recommendations. This time with lots of games from tri-ace. www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_25y...

The US version famously missed two music tracks.

Does anyone know if Romancing Saga 2 does have multiple towns to visit (so that it is a regular old rpg in that regard) or does it only cover a hub town?

Let's celebrate 25 years of rpg-o-mania with this fine set of articles (not written by me, hehe) with 25 recommendations of rpgs for 25 years! www.rpg-o-mania.com/coverage_25y...

NEU! Final Fantasy XIV: Die Hoffnung der 80er-Jahre von @rpg-o-mania.bsky.social Manchmal logg ich mich in Final Fantasy XIV ein und häng nur in der Stadt rum und träum von der technisch-friedlichen Zukunft, die wir uns in den 80ern ausgemalt hatten. www.videospielgeschichten.de/final-fantas...

I love the Visions of Mana artwork!

rpg-o-mania is turning 25 this September! My little website is one of the oldest hobbyist sources for quirky RPG coverage. If you would like to participate as part of our 25 year anniversary, feel free to submit anything you like if you want to! On to another 25 years! ^^

A new review of #finalfantasyxiv #dawntrail by me: www.rpg-o-mania.com/spot_after_f... I also added some personal opinion about the bad behaving fans to the review which started to threaten and harrass the voice actor Sena Bryer.

New artwork by Haccan for Visions of Mana: www.rpg-o-mania.com/galleries_ar...

Thanks to @fantasyanime.bsky.social - now in correct colors :D

Und hier nun schon der zweite Beitrag in der neuen Kategorie "Screen5horts": Wolfenstein: The Old Blood www.videospielgeschichten.de/wolfenstein-... #MachineGames #Bethesda #Wolfenstein #TheOldBlood #Egoshooter #Action #idEngine

I finished Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail!

Sega Shining Force 2 messages when characters are confused :) (also one for @fantasyanime.bsky.social )

I'm officially out on vacation in Tural.

Neu bei VSG von Sarah Bee: Drift Stage: ein Retro-Racer braucht Hilfe "Der Retro-Racer Drift Stage ist seit 2014 in Entwicklung und braucht nur noch einen kleinen Schubser zum Release." www.videospielgeschichten.de/drift-stage-... #DriftStage #RetroRacer #ArcardeRacer #Steam #IndieGame

Square Enix released a bunch of new art for the Romancing SaGa 2 remake, and I uploaded them to a gallery. How surprising ^^ www.rpg-o-mania.com/galleries_ar...

I think Trials of Mana is the best looking Super NES game.

Mal nicht rpg-o-mania und mal auf Deutsch: Ich habe einen Beitrag zur Videospielpresse in Deutschland geschrieben :)