Author: Lee Baxley

  • Review: Breath Of Fire: Dragon Quarter (PS2)

    Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter Genre: Role Playing Game Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Blood, Partial Nudity, Violence) Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 2/18/03 The Breath of Fire series has a storied history. The original, which was developed by Squaresoft, was regarded as one of the better RPGs for the Super Nintendo. For the rest…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 03.19.03

    Welcome back to the newest, most spectacular event in all of games! Well, 411mania’s Games, anyway. I’m back with the second installment of my Hump Day Otaku News Report. I didn’t get any negative feedback on my previous report (only got a little feedback period), so I guess that means that everybody liked it! So…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 03.12.03

    Hello, and welcome to the new 411 Mania! I know it’s been over a week since the official unveiling, but I wasn’t able to comment on it until now. Everyone (Ashish and Widro in particular) has done such a great job getting the site to where it is now, and the future is looking bright.…

  • Review: Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille Zur Macht (PS2)

    Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Genre: Traditional Role Playing Game Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Blood and Gore, Violence) Developer: Monolith Soft Publisher: Namco Release Date: 2/25/03 Official Home Page: www.xenosaga.com In 1998, Squaresoft released Xenogears, a game that many consider to be one of the best games that the company ever…

  • Review: Dark Cloud 2 (PS2)

    Dark Cloud 2 Genre: Action Role Playing Game (Dungeon Crawl) Platform: Playstation 2 Developer: Level 5 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 2/18/03 Official Home Page: Dark Cloud 2 First of all, I want to say thank you for the support that has been given to me by the 411 Staff. I appreciate the kind words and…

  • Review: .hack Infection (PS2)

    .hack//Infection Genre: Role Playing Game (Dungeon Hack) Platform: Playstation 2 Publisher: Bandai Release Date: 2/11/03 Estimated Play Time: 15 hours to 40 hours Official Home Page: www.dothack.com A couple of years ago, Bandai (the makers of Gundam) announced a very ambitious, yet intriguing project. It was designed to be the ultimate crossover series, with games,…

  • Review: Skies of Arcadia Legends (Nintendo Gamecube)

    Whenever someone mentions the now deceased Dreamcast, fans of the console will think of their favorite game on the system. For some people, it’s Shenmue. For others, Jet Grind Radio. For me, and a whole lot of other people, it’s Skies of Arcadia. While not completely original, it was very unique in quite a few…