Review by Matt S. We are doing something very different with this review. It’s an experiment for now, and who knows how it will go in the future. Hopefully, we can do more of these in kind, but if they’re not working like we hope, then we can always pull…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When I first heard that there was a turn-based Yakuza game on the way, I had no idea how it was going to work, but I was certainly intrigued by the potential of a Yakuza X Persona cross-over. Yakuza titles are always known for being a…
Read MoreQ & A by Matt S. With Square Enix ramping up to the release of Dragon Quest XI S on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One in December (this being the remastered version that the Nintendo Switch had released earlier with that gorgeous 16-bit play mode), we had the opportunity…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There’s no way I can write a review of Trails of Cold Steel IV that will allow me to talk about the game’s finest qualities. This is the fourth chapter of a series that you absolutely must play from the first chapter, else you’re going to…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S.Trails of Cold Steel IV is finally out, and it’s a brilliant, breathtaking game. We’ll have a review up on DDNet once we can figure out how to write it without delving into spoilers, but the point is you should absolutely play it (though not unless you’ve…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. One of our favourite games of the year came out of nowhere. Happinet decided to revive Brigandine, a somewhat forgotten “classic” from the PlayStation 1 era for the modern audience. Sporting a new narrative and some truly gorgeous art, it greatly impressed us on its original…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the darkest, most intense roguelikes ever created is Sting’s Baroque. Originally released on the Sega Saturn, but then remade for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii, Baroque has never been a mainstream hit, but its raw intensity and creative vision has always earned it…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I wanted to like this game so much. And not just because one of the characters has a bare midriff, underboob AND dangerously low-rise underwear (the holy trifecta of good art design, if you ask me). No. Tears of Avia clearly does try, and it doesn’t…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I have been pretty hard on Kemco’s JRPGs in the past. They get churned out at such an intense rate that it’s hard not to be annoyed by the amateurish nature of them. If the developers just spent time working on the narrative to deliver something…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. As anyone who reads DDNet knows, we love the Atelier series with a passion, and Atelier Ryza 2 is now just around the corner. Along with the exciting news from this year’s Tokyo Game Show that the game would be coming to the PlayStation 5 (and…
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