News by Matt S. What a lovely bit of news to usher in the weekend. Koei Tecmo has announced that it is bringing the Atelier all-stars mashup, Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World to the west. It’s going to land in “Winter”, meaning either just in…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I really liked Touhou Genso Wanderer over on the PlayStation 4. As I’m a self-styled roguelike purist, the closer that developers get to Shiren the Wanderer (the game that provided us with the foundations for the Mystery Dungeon format) the better. When I play a roguelike,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The best examples of modern games that tap into the nostalgia of old are those that are styled “retro,” but don’t ignore all the learnings that has come from a few decades of game development. Octopath Traveler is the shining example of what every developer of…
Read MoreIt’s all about the JRPG this week, with two equally-exciting JRPGs hitting the market! The first is, of course, Octopath Traveller, the new, Nintendo-published love letter to the JRPGs of yesteryear. We chat about that one (without spoilers, of course). Then we chat about Shining Resonance Refrain, the first Shining…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It has been a long time since we saw a game in SEGA’s Shining franchise released in English. A very, very long time. Because of that, there are no doubt more than a few people out there who are curious by Shining Resonance Refrain, but not…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nothing made me sadder to see the original The Caligula Effect bomb in the west. It was always going to, of course, as a Vita-exclusive uber-niche JRPG, but I wanted Atlus to be rewarded for its efforts. Related reading: Our review of the game’s original PlayStation…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. After making the announcement that it was suspending game activity earlier this week, FuRyu came back to clarify that it was only talking about mobile game development. Which is good, because now we get Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: Steam Dungeon, a new roguelike for…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s hard not to admire the purity with which Rainbow Skies, like Rainbow Moon before it, sticks to a particular vision. The developer wanted to create a grind of a JRPG, with a near complete focus on pushing through one battle after another, with only the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Miku bless FuRyu. The group behind niche gems such as Lost Dimension and The Caligula Effect might not often find commercial success, but its games are always so smart and stylish, the announcement of a new one will always get me excited. FuRyu’s next one is…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Lost Child is an incredibly poor take on Lovecraft. H.P Lovecraft is associated with a very specific tone of horror. It’s one of elditch nightmares from the cosmos, and things better left unseen. Indeed, Lovecraft’s very finest stories never even show you the creatures of…
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