Video by Harvard L. It was one of the earliest Japanese games released on the PlayStation 4, and one very tough tactics RPG for a lot of people to get into. A very complex tactical system opened itself up for some great strategic gameplay, but you have to get a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Compile Heart is never one to let a good property die. With the (entirely justified) success of the original Death end re;Quest 2, the company is now teasing out the concept art and opening movie of the sequel. It looks like it will be more of…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Koei Tecmo and Sony have released a “Beta” demo of Nioh onto the PlayStation store for testing on PS4. I’ve played a couple of hours of it and come away so incredibly impressed. This game is, already, a marked step up from the original, and has…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Dusk Diver was released in the wrong part of the year. Given some space away from the half dozen other, excellent, JRPGs and other big releases that have come over the last month, Dusk Diver would have grabbed some attention for its cool aesthetic and lighthearted…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve got to say this upfront; Atelier Ryza is a truly delightful game and the developer, Gust, is clearly keen to find new ways to mature the series. It has achieved that, and that’s admirable. But it’s also the Atelier title that has come the closest…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Conception series is much smarter than people give it credit for. After all, it’s a fanservicey JRPG where you need to breed with a harem of women to create an army of little soldier-people. There are a lot of people that would look at that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. What a sweet little JRPG Tick-Tock Travelers is. It runs at about 20 hours in length, it has a difficulty level that’s pitched for the young, a charm that will appeal to the young at heart, and it offers a nice little riff on the the…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Spike Chunsoft’s next one is Conception Plus; a roguelike JRPG with a more than healthy dose of fan service and all the hilarity that brings. But as I explore in this video, there is so much more to Conception than that. It won’t necessarily resonate with…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Given that I reviewed the original Mary Skelter: Nightmares, it’s actually difficult to find new things to say about Mary Skelter 2, above and beyond what I’ve already written. The reality is that while the two titles tell different stories, thematically, they tread the exact same…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I know I keep saying this to anyone who’ll listen, but the Trails of Cold Steel games from Nihon Falcom are brilliant. Even among JRPGs, few games manage the intricate characterisation or deep world-building that Cold Steel delivers effortlessly, let alone both at the same time.…
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