News by Matt S. Almost two years ago, we first reported that a Chinese developer, Azure Flame Studio, was building a fascinating-looking tactics RPG. Banner of the Maid, it’s called, and it’s about the French Revolution and Napoleon, with one exception… all the characters are women. That’s right. You’re going…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It is my pet theory that Nintendo, desperate for content on the ailing Wii U, went and had a meeting with Atlus. There, Atlus showed some clips of a discarded Persona game… or perhaps an internal concept demo. Nintendo then said “we’ll give you some money.…
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Review by Matt S. Wizardry is the elder dungeon crawler. The first one, developed by Sir-Tech, came out way back in 1981. It’s older than I am, and there aren’t many properties that are still around and in active development that can claim that.. For context: Final Fantasy 1 was…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I love Gust’s Atelier series. I love it to bits. I love it to death. So I was over the moon by the news that the Dusk trilogy – previously left languishing on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, would get a re-release onto the current platforms.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve already reviewed each of the three titles in the Atelier Dusk series. In fact, in some cases I’ve reviewed them twice. Given that the PlayStation and Nintendo Switch ports of these titles are by the book, and don’t add anything to any of the titles,…
Read MoreFinal Fantasy X turns 19 years old this year. Over that time it has been frequently re-released – originally exclusive to the PlayStation 2, you can now play it on your PlayStation 3, 4, Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC, and probably a few other platforms I’ve forgotten about. It’s one of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Just earlier this week I created a list of ten JRPGs to look forward to in 2020, with the note that there is, no doubt, going to be many more coming to get very excited for that haven’t even been announced yet. And here’s proof: Pokémon Mystery…
Read MoreList by Matt S. I know that we’re only eight days into 2020, but I’m making the prediction, here and now, that it’s going to be one of the best years for the JRPG genre. With so many games as yet unannounced, I still really struggled to pull this list…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Today I’m introducing a new regular feature for backers: Essays! On a frequent basis I’m going to publish an essay on a topic. These won’t be exclusive to backers – after every 20 or so I’m going to bundle them up and people can choose to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The Utawarerumono series are some of the best tactics JRPG/Visual Novel hybrids out there. They’re also very cultural, with a strong basis in Japan’s native Ainu culture providing the basis of the aesthetics that you’ll see through each of the games (read about that in an…
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