Article by Pierre-Yves L. With the third chapter in the Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series coming later this year, now is the perfect time to dive back into the first with the port to PlayStation 4. Yes, this epic length JRPG is back, to allow both new…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s always a good day when Idea Factory announces something, and today the company had a big announcement to make; it’s bringing Dragon Star Varnir our way on June 11 (North America), and June 14 (Europe), The game has a very Idea Factory narrative premise, to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Sword and Fairy 6 – known in its homeland of China as Chinese Paladin: Sword and Fairy, or The Legend of Sword and Fairy, is a hot mess on PlayStation 4. I don’t know how well it runs on PC, but on my PS4 Pro, it…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Sword And Fairy 6 doesn’t have the world’s best production values. It’s not the best made game, either – in fact, it’s a bit of a mess. And yet, I found it utterly compelling. Coming from China, it’s a rare example of a Chinese RPG that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Not long ago, Square Enix released an in-depth developer diary, looking at Final Fantasy IX, which had just been released on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch at the time. Now, backing that up, the company has done the same with Final Fantasy VII, which was recently…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koch Media France made a little (big) mistake, sending out a tweet and video announcing the western localisation of Utawarerumono Zan. Previously unannounced, it seems likely that this is a NISA project (as Koch is NISA’s publisher in France), and that means that an announcement that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Zanki Zero: Last Beginning wants you to believe that it’s different to the Danganronpa series, despite being made by the same narrative and creative team. It positions itself as a dungeon crawler; something a lot more active and game-y than the aforementioned visual novel torture trilogy.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The workhorse publisher, NISA, never seems to take a break with releases… but as long as they look as charming as Lapis x Labyrinth I’m not exactly complaining about the sheer workload of playing all these titles. NISA’s released a new trailer for the game, and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. God Wars is one of the better examples of the tactics JRPG genre that has been produced in recent years. A deep, rich look at classical Japanese tales and aesthetic, God Wars won us over with its initial release on PlayStation 4, and won us over…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Do you remember Ogre Battle? Probably not. Back before it was absorbed into the mega-beast that is today’s Square Enix, a humble little company called Quest produced two Ogre Battle titles, one for the Super Nintendo, and one for the Nintendo 64. These games were a…
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