Cblogs of 4/11 to 4/17/2020: Final Fantasy VII Remake, and more Sega Saturn classics

Cblogs Recap: Week 16

–Nior writes an excellent retrospective regarding the entire shmup genre. This is something to bookmark and reference.

–Black Red Gaming reviews Half-Life: Alyx.

–Exber writes a report about his gaming exploits in the first quarter of 2020.

–Lord Spencer reviews Radiant Silvergun as part of his “Saturn REVIEWS” blogging series.

-Micgoo92gmailcom does some sort of review aggregation for 2019.

–Blanchimont reviews Valkyria Chronicles 4 on the Nintendo Switch.

–Osc continues reporting on the progress of developing his hobby game.

–Exber reviews Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

–Lexingtongue wants to have a discussion regarding Final Fantasy VII Remake.

–Shoggoth2588 writes the first part of his review of 2013 as part of his “Decade in Review” blogging series.

–Shoggoth2588 writes the second part of his “Decade in Review” blogging series.

–Kerrik52 reviews PoPoLoCrois on the PSP as part of his “Traveler in Playtime” blogging series.

–BlackAdler reviews Shinsekai: Into the Depths on the Nintendo Switch.

–MajinRotty thinks that in some ways Final Fantasy VII Remake is lacking compared to the original.

–S1Friel looks back at Gears of Wars 2 and sees how it holds up today.

–Lord Spencer reviews NiGHTS into Dreams as part of his “Saturn REVIEWS” blogging series.

–Destructoid’s Very Own Ein thinks the story bits of Final Fantasy VII Remake are 99% awesome.

–PhilsPhinding discusses the similarities between some tunes in Breath of Fire II and some Christian/Folk music.

–Boxed Swine has an alternate take regarding the Resident Evil 3 Remake.

–PhilsPhinding discusses the similarities between some tune in Rudra No Hihou and the music of The Carpenters.

–Dan Galloway introduces himself to the Destructoid community.

–Dan Galloway shares how the current situation with COVID-19 is straining his financials, which I am sure is a shared experience between many of us.

Thanks to Lord Spencer for this week’s Cblog Recap. And kudos to all of our community bloggers for this weeks content. If you have some gaming thoughts, why not head over to the Community Blogs and share them with the site and its friends?