Released within a week of one another, I am so very interested to see how Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin compares with Bloodborne over the long term. Which game will end up dominating the consumer mindset on the new generation of hardware? Which game is considered to…
Read MoreXenoblade Chronicles was certainly a popular game on the Nintendo Wii when it was released towards the end of that console’s life. As the premier JRPG on the system it never quite left the mindset of its many fans, even with the Wii now retired, and I find it amusing…
Read MoreImageepoch is a very niche JRPG developer, responsible for a wide range of creative (and often controversial) games. It is perhaps best known for the Luminous Arc series of tactics games on the Nintendo DS, but it was also involved in the production of Yoshi’s New Island, and was the…
Read MoreBloodborne’s finest moments is in its first hour or so. That’s not to say the rest of the game declines in standard, but the statement is rather an acknowledgement that the first tentative steps into this visionary experience is one of horrible, wonderful awe. No game setting has been so…
Read MoreCompile Heart is coming to the PlayStation 4 with Omega Quintet, and it’s a game that could only be described as “a Compile Heart game.” The summary, as outlined in the press release: Key Features Power of music! Harness the power of song to defeat evil! Every fight is a…
Read MoreLet’s get something out of the way right away: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is not an attractive game. It was never going to be. It’s a PSP game, designed to run on a tiny screen and with some of the most primitive 3D hardware ever produced, that has been blown…
Read MoreIn Final Fantasy Type-0, a chocobo dies horribly in the opening cut scene. This is pretty heavy stuff to watch. Ever since 1988’s Final Fantasy II on the Nintendo Entertainment System, chocobos have been faithful steeds to rival the very noblest of horses. They have been beloved pets with charming…
Read MoreIn a time when Final Fantasy VII introduced the world to a “cinematic” JRPG experience, Suikoden II maintained an old-school 2D approach. For that reason, the latter was mostly overlooked until its re-release on the PlayStation Network over a decade later. The story picks up from the original Suikoden, with…
Read MoreGust’s conclusion to its Dusk trilogy is certainly as downbeat as it starts. The world is slowly dying as an encroaching ‘dusk’ expands, takes over and corrupts everything. Oceans have replaced water for sand, the ground is littered with bleached bone, vegetation is scarce and communities are shrinking as they…
Read MoreNippon Ichi’s The Guided Fate Paradox was a truly lovely surprise when it launched back in 2013. A new IP for the developer/ publisher, it was a roguelike that managed to do a couple of creative things with its combat system and bring innovation to a genre more traditionally associated…
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