News 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,…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is a shooter-orientated take on the Sword Art Online formula. It still features plenty of grinding and single player MMO-style gameplay, but done in the context of a shooter. Related reading: Clark reviews a Sword Art Online game from a few…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. And the best bit of news all week comes in right at the end of the week; Koei Tecmo is releasing a proper Atelier game on mobile, for a premium price, and with none of the free-to-play nonsense mechanics (we think). The game is Atelier Marie,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Miku bless Atlus/SEGA. Without that publisher we would just never see quirky Japanese games like Shining Resonance Refrain in the west. Of course, it’s SEGA’s own game and it’s been something like a decade since it bothered to localise one, but let’s not hold grudges here.…
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