Valis: The Fantasm Soldier

Which Final Fantasy game should you play first?

Square Enix brings the HD-2D style to Final Fantasy on Oct. 22, with a turn-based RPG that features characters from across the series

Revisiting an enduring MMORPG.

I think my favourite thing about the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy so far is the specific ways in which the developers at Square Enix inject nostalgia. The games launched to date - Remake and Rebirth - manage to nod warmly towards aspects of the original RPG without it ever feeling trite. You can see it in so many aspects of the way the games are curated: the way certain musical sequences are teased as motifs, and then brought in, full-throated, for certain boss fights; the redesigns of (in)famous monsters, and how certain major enemies are deployed in slightly remixed ways for maximum effect

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is a while away. In the meantime, sink your teeth into these massive JRPGs that will hold you over until FF7R Part 3 is out