Liam Ferguson-Senior Features Writer

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Senior Features Writer

January, 2021
Action RPG, Action, Fighting
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About Liam Ferguson

Liam has been a Features writer for The Best War Games since 2021. He's a life-long gaming enthusiast, and started covering game news in 2019.

Liam has a preference for melee-focused action games, and enjoys analyzing their mechanics. Combining a finger on the industry's pulse, a passion for writing, and the outlet The Best War Games provides for both, he's always ready to explain a little about a lot of games.

Favorite Games

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, Kirby Super Star Ultra, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Okami, Copy Kitty, and more.

Industry Focus

Learning game design principles, recognizing design innovations, and ensuring nothing cool fades into obscurity.

Favorite Console

Nintendo GameCube

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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Can't Be The End of One Feature
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Can't Be The End of One Feature

While Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero mostly iterated on the Budokai Tenkaichi series, it also introduced something that shouldn't stay exclusive to it.

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Proves That Dragon Ball Story Modes Need To Change
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Proves That Dragon Ball Story Modes Need To Change

While Dragon Ball Z’s classic story is always a welcome sight, Sparking Zero proves that its adaptations have drawn on it for too long.

Ironically, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Outdoes Fighting Games With One Archetype
Ironically, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Outdoes Fighting Games With One Archetype

While Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero’s roster draws from some typical fighting game archetypes, one group stands almost entirely apart.

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Review

It has some rough spots, but as a love letter to this franchise’s heyday, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero hits hard where it counts.

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Hell Is Us Soulslike Game
Is Hell is Us a Soulslike Game?

The upcoming game Hell is Us has promised brutal combat and freeform exploration, which sounds a lot like a particular popular genre.

2XKO's Braum Only Goes Halfway to Addressing How to Adapt League of Legends' Champions
2XKO's Braum Only Goes Halfway to Addressing How to Adapt League of Legends' Champions

Braum’s transition into a 2XKO fighter has gone quite smoothly, but there are still Champions more unusual than him waiting for their turn.

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Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics Review

Although its framework is similar to Capcom's last fighting bundle, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection’s contents shine too brightly to care.

The Legendary Starfy's Return on Nintendo Switch Online Might Just Be Testing the Waters
The Legendary Starfy's Return on Nintendo Switch Online Might Just Be Testing the Waters

A surprise drop for one of Nintendo's more obscure franchises may be foreshadowing a Starfy revival on the next Nintendo system.

Every Game That Could Be In Capcom Fighting Collection 3 Explained
Every Game That Could Be In Capcom Fighting Collection 3 Explained

Capcom has enough old fighting games left to form one more worthwhile Capcom Fighting Collection, but it needs to choose its battles carefully.

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Valheim Delivers a Near-Complete Viking Experience Except For One Big Detail
Valheim Delivers a Near-Complete Viking Experience Except For One Big Detail

Despite how much effort Valheim has put into realizing its vision of mythological Viking adventures, one iconic Viking habit has been left out.

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Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Should Tread Carefully With New Story Content
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Should Tread Carefully With New Story Content

On top of everything else it's doing, the Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is adding more to its story, but it must be especially careful while doing so.

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Kingdom Hearts 4 Should Leave Final Fantasy Behind for Another Major Square Enix Franchise

Kingdom Hearts is known for blending Square Enix and Disney elements, though in recent years, the focus has leaned more towards Disney. But With Kingdom Hearts 4, there's an opportunity to balance this by introducing another classic Square Enix franchise into the mix. While previous games have included small references to other Square Enix titles, like the characters from The World Ends With You in Dream Drop Distance, Kingdom Hearts 4 could take things even further.

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Switch 2 Needs a Mario Game at Launch

The Nintendo Switch successor is nearing reveal, signaling a potential new era for iconic franchises like Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon.

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The Mario Franchise Needs the Best of Both Worlds on the Switch 2

Both 2D and 3D Super Mario Bros. platformers had strong showings on the Nintendo Switch, and they should strive to do the same on the Switch 2.

Deathbound Review Keyart
Deathbound Review

It's not going to be the next Soulslike hit, but Deathbound has unique ideas and solid execution that genre fans can appreciate.

The Original Hollow Knight's Scariest Figure Could Make For an Epic Silksong Boss Fight
The Original Hollow Knight's Scariest Figure Could Make For an Epic Silksong Boss Fight

While Hollow Knight let players to take on almost every foe Hallownest had to offer, one nightmarish holdout could be saved for the sequel.

The Next FromSoftware Game Could Set the World On Fire With One Popular Elden Ring Mod
The Next FromSoftware Game Could Set the World On Fire With One Popular Elden Ring Mod

Elden Ring has a ton of features to please its fans, but FromSoftware's next game has lessons to learn from one mod that hit its blind spot.

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Visions of Mana Needs To Have Its Persona 5, Dragon Quest 11 Moment

Square Enix has lined up every type of RPG imaginable for 2024, and Visions of Mana is primed to have a breakout moment.

Predicting Like a Dragon Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku's 'Surprising' Next Game
Predicting Like a Dragon Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku's 'Surprising' Next Game

A new game from Like A Dragon’s prolific development studio will be announced soon, and there's an abundance of forms it could take.

One Year After Release, Pikmin 4 Needs the Same Support as Its Predecessors
One Year After Release, Pikmin 4 Needs the Same Support as Its Predecessors

Despite Pikmin 3 receiving a considerable amount of new content after launch, Pikmin 4 has none in sight, and should correct that soon.

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