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Video game critic. Final Boss @RPGSite & @Respecnet. Ronin writer & consultant. Formerly Eurogamer/VG247 Editor-at-large. 20+ years in full-time games media.

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I don't care how big Fortnite is. Sora with a gun is wrong

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By Alex Donaldson Verified
| Respec: Video Game Ramblings
I hadn't really thought about how I’d feel about the appearance of Sora and other Kingdom Hearts characters in Fortnite until it actually happened. That’s probably because I wouldn't describe myself as a hardcore Kingdom Hearts fan; I therefore am not exactly the sort of person obsessing over every tiny new development around the series as it breaks. I’d call myself a casual fan; the days when I spent countless hours rewatching and theorizing over the Another Side movie are far behind me.
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Final Fantasy VII Revelation is massive, impressive, and makes me a little nervous - hands-on

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By Alex Donaldson Verified
| RPG Site Verified
Final Fantasy VII Revelation is absolutely enormous. Its size is such that it clearly inspired Square Enix to give a demo quite unlike any of I’ve had from the company, save for an early taste of Final Fantasy XV’s open world: an offering of complete freedom from a company usually a fan of more skittish, highly directed teasers. Advertisement. Keep scrolling for more A demo like this has its pros and cons.
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“The original work is brilliant. You can’t really change the core identity of it without ruining that,” - Atlus on the balancing act of reimagining Persona 4 for Revival

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By Alex Donaldson Verified
| RPG Site Verified
RPG Site: I have to ask about the sauce the menus have - they’re amazing. What I love is that - being honest, there’s a cynical way of looking at them, which is ‘oh, stylish menus were very popular in P5, we’re going to backport those’. But honestly, here they have a really cool effect which is that you’ve used them to bake the TV of the theme game in even deeper. The battle transitions where you’re coming out of the TV are just super cool-feeling.
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