Thank the maker for Aksys. The publisher of the most niche of niche visual novels has announced that it will be bringing Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II to the Nintendo Switch, PC and PlayStation in late February 2024. Death Mark II is actually the third in the series, after Death…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Experience Inc. is a developer with mastery over two genres in particular: the dungeon crawler (Stranger of Sword City), and horror (Death Mark). Combine the two and you get Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi. This is a grim and sublime dungeon crawler, which really sells the idea…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Activision can screw off. That’s the big bit of news this week after the company announced that it was going to axe 200 people while giving CEO, Bobby Kotick, a bonus of $200 million. I’d say “stop supporting Activision,” but the video game industry does love…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. It did seem for a while there that the first person dungeon-crawlers might become a dead genre, but the quality of Wizardry-likes has captured imaginations anew and for the last decade or so the genre has been enjoying a real renaissance for anyone willing to take…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Experience Inc is one of the most under-appreciated developers out there. In addition to being behind the finest horror visual novel series out there (Death Mark, Spirit Hunter: NG), the company also creates some incredible, beautiful, classical Wizardry-style dungeon crawlers. If you haven’t played Stranger of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Popular niche developer, Experience Inc, is behind some of our favourite horror VNs of all, and now, courtesy of NISA, we’re going to get to play two of its dungeon crawlers on our Nintendo Switches in 2021. Saviors of Sapphire Wings and Stranger of Sword City…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Experience Inc’s horror visual novel series, which started with Death Mark before moving on to NG, has become my favourite horror this side of Project Zero. They’re not necessarily commercial works however, which is why Experience is now relying on crowdfinding for the third in the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Given the number of games that I play, I have a really simple filter for figuring out which are truly special to me: They’re the ones that I remember in one, ten, or more years. It’s not a useful guide when sitting down to review something…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Death Mark was everything that I like to see in my horror. Chilling, disturbing, and also at times sensuous, even erotic, the game perfectly encapsulated that contrasting and at time complimentary mix of horror and sexuality that should be there, but often isn’t in video games.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If you haven’t played Death Mark yet, you absolutely should. It’s a brilliant example of horror writing and storytelling, and one of the most intelligent, atmospheric visual novels ever crafted. And now, courtesy of Aksys Games, we are going to get its sequel: NG. NG will…
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