Review by Matt S. Why didn’t Square Enix just produce a new Mana game? There’s a lot to like about this Secret of Mana remake. It’s gorgeous. It’s bright. It’s charming. But it’s not the original Secret of Mana. It’s not surprising that it can’t match the original Secret of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It usually does my head in when developers, authors, film makers, or any other creative tries to tackle the topic of time travel. That’s not to say it can’t be done, and the body of philosophical thought around time travel and associated themes (morality and so…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. I had a chance to mosey on over to Bandai Namco and test out two of its upcoming games; Ni No Kuni 2 (due next month) and Soul Calibur VI (due eventually). In short: boy is Namco in for a good year this year. Related reading:…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Fantasy Hero is trashy. It was trashy on its original release on the PlayStation Vita, and on the very long list of games I’d like to see released on the Nintendo Switch, this one is nowhere close to it. But, the Switch is the “in” console…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Of all the tactics JRPGs that have been released in recent years (yes, including Fire Emblem, Disgaea 5 and Dynasty Wars: Godseekers), God Wars is by far my favourite. Developed by Kadokawa Games and released on the PlayStation 4, this is a game that took traditional…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Over the weekend, Nippon Ichi announced that it was publishing Labyrinth of Refrain in the west, a dungeon crawling JRPG for PC, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. We can’t get enough of dungeon crawling, of course, so we were keen on the game on principle alone, but…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Circle Entertainment has done a clever thing in packaging up the three Mercenaries Saga games for release on the Nintendo Switch. On the one hand, each game in the series is almost a painfully generic take on the tactics JRPG genre. On the other, bundled up…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. I remember being a Pokémon lad back in the late ‘90s, when various anime started to become more popular among the younger generation. When it was released in 1999, Digimon was seen as the rival to the Pokémon franchise, and they sure had similarities, but many…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Longest Five Minutes is a game entirely about memories, and of nostalgia. So it makes sense that the game itself is a nostalgic trip right back to the era of eight bit graphics and super-simple combat. Some will probably pass this off as a game…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. God bless PQube. The publisher is set to bring western Nintendo Switch owners their first pretty ladies visual novel, Song of Memories, in the not too distant future. The game will also be released on PlayStation 4 but… we know the platform we want to play…
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