Review by Matt S. Betrayal is a common theme in Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. We first meet our young king protagonist as he desperately flees a coup organised by one of the chief retainers of his father. A few hours later, our team of intrepid heroes prove their…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Penny-Punching Princess is a new IP being brought to our shores courtesy of Nippon Ichi. It’s an action dungeon crawler with a clever twist; everything involves money. I’m not just talking about equipment here. You can bribe and defeat enemies simply by throwing money at the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Yakuza games can be such a glorious mess at times. Each title in the series pulls together so many completely disparate elements that the end result is a weird, and often downright surreal, soup of gameplay mechanics, aesthetics, tone and themes. And yet the overriding fact…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Dark Rose Valkyrie is one of my favourite Idea Factory JRPGs. As I outlined in my review, the game does a remarkable job of blending a more mature combat system and darker storyline about betrayal and military themes with Idea Factory’s traditional clothes ripping and underwear-heavy fan…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Dragon Sinker isn’t exactly subtle about its inspirations. It’s so slavishly loyal to the early era Dragon Quest titles that it may as well be a fan-made project. Yet, while it is mechanically very similar to the source of its inspiration, it’s also a game that…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. As an avid player of MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, nothing incites more fear in me than a franchise trying on a MMO skin for the first time. When the franchise is one that prides itself on parodying other genres, I’m even more wary. Related reading:…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nep Nep in glorious VR. Hnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg. Related reading: Our review of the original release of Megadimension Neptunia. Megadimension Neptunia VIIR is basically a remake of the game that was released on PlayStation 4 a few years ago. The difference being that this one has been built…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Real Time Strategy and JRPG mixed together with a stunning art style? Sign me the heck up. Bandai Namco has announced Record of Grancest War for the PlayStation 4, and it promises to be everything I want in a videogame. The teaser trailer, below, shows you…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down to Zwei: The Ivalard Insurrection (also known as Zwei II in Japan). In a pleasant turn of events, my hope to one day experience its predecessor came to pass as Falcom’s first title has now also been localised…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. If Destiny and Phantasy Star were to have a baby, we’d be questioning Phantasy Star’s taste in partners… but more particularly, we’d be looking at something like Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. Based on the popular anime that is one giant meta-discussion about anime MMO worlds,…
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