Review by Matt S. Nekopara is not the first adult visual novel to have had its more pornographic elements shaved off for the benefit of a console release. Utawarerumono on the PlayStation 4, and Eiyuu Senki on the PlayStation 3 are both very notable examples where the developers have kept…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Character crossovers are a common trend in fighting games this year; you’ve got the BlazBlue/RWBY/Persona/Under Night mashup in BlazBlue Cross Tag, and there’s the upcoming all-girl, all-fanservice SNK Heroines. And, of course, we can’t forget about the looming Smash Bros. Fighting game developers clearly understand that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. God Wars, on its original release, had me enthralled in a way few tactics JRPGs have managed. I love the genre, but this one’s razor focus on the very old legends and mythologies of Japan helped it to stand out in a way that felt custom-designed…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Buildings Have Feelings Too! is a simulator that will make you care not just about your population of people, but the buildings they live in too. In fact, buildings can walk, talk, have aspirations and run into trouble… and this game wants you to be very…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I have no idea how My Farm has survived as a franchise. This series has been around for a shockingly long time – you could buy My Farm titles on the DSiWare download shop way back in 2010. That means people keep buying these games… but…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Flood of Light is one of the most beautiful games I’ve played in a long time. Set in a future where endless rain has flooded the world and wiped out humanity, it paints a vision of an oddly calming dystopia: the rain beats down on the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I already have RPG Maker MV on my PC, and that version lets people delve into the code and export commercial projects for PC… and even iPad if you so wish. And yet I can’t wait to get into RPG Maker MV on Nintendo Switch. Much…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Bad North’s description: “minimalistic, real-time tactics roguelite,” sounds like it’s the latest in the ongoing irritating habit that indie developers have to throw every buzzword they can think of into their descriptions. It’s almost always a desperate bid to try and make their game stand out…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Well, here’s a delightful bit of news. Grandia and Grandia II are coming to Nintendo Switch. As HD remasters no less. And they’ll be available in “Winter”, or Summer for those of us in the southern hemisphere, which means, likely, early next year. Both Grandia and…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Nostalgia-bait is all the rage at the moment, across seemingly every medium. From Stranger Things to that Ghostbusters reboot to all those NES-style retro platformers at keep popping up, there’s this fixation on ’80s pop culture. When those references work in concert with the narrative to…
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