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Portal

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Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter

Some role-playing games are designed from the ground up to be as accessible as possible. It might be their intent in doing this is to appeal to an audience that is new to the genre, or maybe their focus is to impart a feeling awesome power to the player. Some RPGs are for everyone. Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is not one of these RPGs.

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RPG Showdown: White Knight Chronicles and Final Fantasy XIII

For me one of the most compelling reasons to purchase a PlayStation 3 was that I really enjoyed role-playing games, and (in early 2008) I assumed that it was only a matter of time until Sony would carry on their dominance in this particular genre from the PS2 era into the foreseeable future. And while I certainly can’t complain about the PS3’s library of games (including great exclusives such as Uncharted and Metal Gear Solid 4), I waited patiently for the first great Japanese role-playing games to be released for the system. I assumed that White Knight Chronicles and Final Fantasy XIII would be the games that I had waited for.

For the most part… they were.