Top 5 Ingredients For The Ultimate Action RPG

Posted on 5 July, 2012 by dkpatriarch

Top 5 Ingredients For The Ultimate Action RPG

Which essentials would make the perfect game?

by Daniel Geikowski

© 2012 Daniel Geikowski

It’s no surprise to anyone that the Action/Adventure RPG genre is a popular choice for gamers. We have been spoiled for choice over the years with some high quality titles, which has allowed gamers to waste away their time holed up in front of a screen instead of experiencing that overrated thing called “outside”.

The Action/Adventure RPG allows gamers to experience various game worlds, richly detailed, full of life and character. They cater to the players’ game styles, allowing them to create a unique character or choose specific abilities with which to play through the game. The Action/Adventure RPG grants the player a sense of representation in the unique game world.

The following are 5 essentials that I believe the Ultimate Action/Adventure RPG must have, along with an example of a game that goes about it the right way.

Ultimate RPG here

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OXCGN’s 10 More Sadly Overlooked Games This Gen

Posted on 14 November, 2011 by dkpatriarch

OXCGN’s 10 More Sadly Overlooked Games This Gen

More oldies to track down

by: OXCGN Staff

©2011 David Hilton

The big release season is in full swing, and those of you with deep wallets are busy playing the huge number of quality games on offer.

But what about those who can only afford maybe one or two new releases, or maybe none at all yet? There’s a global economic slowdown on after all.

Well at OXCGN we’ve decided to put ourselves a second time in the game Animus and go back in time to discover what titles we enjoyed this gen that you should be able to get for cheap (and still play the multiplayer without a code!).

They may not be as gorgeous or polished as the newbies coming out, and some of their developers have unfortunately gone the way of the dodo, but they still offered some of us great entertainment and we think didn’t get the attention they deserved, either before or after launch.

In no particular order, here is PART 2 of OXCGN’s Best Overlooked Games This Gen. What are yours? Comment below and help the poor (gamer).

You can find PART 1 here.

Find 10 More Overlooked games here

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Gaming’s Most Original Soundtracks Of The Decade

Posted on 12 January, 2010 by AXiDER

by Axis Of Reality

© 2010 Alex Baldwin – Features Editor

We’re only a few days into the second decade of the new millenium. To celebrate what has arguably seen gaming take over as the dominant entertainment medium, I thought it appropriate to honour one of the most overlooked elements of games that has seen tremendous growth in recent year: its soundtrack.

Specifically, games with original soundtracks (that is, not licensed music) composed around the gameplay and events. These are often later released as full albums.

While there have been many amazing soundscapes created for games both big and small, I’ll be covering some of the most noteworthy in various game genres including what is my pick of the best this decade has produced.

Come check out the huge list of Soundtracks Of The Decade . . . >

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OXCGN’s Tales Of Vesperia Review: Tales Of A Long, Desperate Wait

Posted on 21 July, 2009 by darkmurder

Tales of a long, desperate wait

by Darkmurder

Better late – than never

Tales of Vesperia was released back in the middle of 2008 for all regions apart from Australia and Europe. Yet after constant delays, it has finally made it to our shores to a quiet reception.

So it’s with great relief to say that Tales of Vesperia (the tenth title in the series and first to appear on the Xbox 360 console) is an impressive game and a long time coming for JRPG fans around Australia.

• Tales Of Vesperia trailer

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