Interview by Matt S. God Wars: Future Past is going to be one of the most important tactical JRPGs that you’ll ever play. Not because it’s going to do anything particularly innovative with the way it plays – because it’s explicitly aiming to be as traditional as the genre comes…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. After being awoken from his sleep following from the death of his father two years prior, demon prince Laharl discovers that the Netherworld is in ruins, and so naturally, he sets off to take opportunity of that and become the overlord of the realm. Yep, this…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Most people know that the Brothers Grimm, who we owe so much to for the modern fairy tale, offered anything but the Disney magic. As dark deconstructions that centred around themes such as innocence lost, greed, lust and pride, they were much more interested in being…
Read MoreNippon Ichi Software (NIS) will be releasing Rose and the Old Castle of Twilight on April 28 for the PlayStation Vita (in Japan. Western release TBA). The game has many similarities to (Hotaru no Nikki) htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary, as it is directed by the same person (Masayuki Furuya) and…
Read MoreYesterday Nippon Ichi reported that its premier franchise, Disgaea, would be coming to PC. It’s part of a growing trend that as seen Japanese developers and developers see potential for their games on the PC platform. Hyperdimension Neptunia, Mugen Souls and Way of the Samurai have all landed on PC…
Read MoreI don’t think the Disgaea franchise gets quite the level of appreciation that it really deserves. It’s a cult favourite franchise, of course, and generally reviews well, but oftentimes critics and players alike are fixated on the immense depth that it offers within its combat system as the basis for…
Read MoreIt’s a controversial game, to say the least, but Criminal Girls certainly had its fans. It’s not exactly often that sadomasochistic JRPGs are localised into English, after all. Let alone ones that at least try to do something original in the process. And now the original has a sequel. Criminal…
Read MoreDisgaea 5 is one of our most anticipated PlayStation 4 games. The latest entry in Nippon Ichi’s nuts-insane SRPG series promises to take the raw depth, complexity and humour that the series is so well known for to the next level entirely. The game is due for release in just…
Read MoreSome news from late last week you might have missed: Nippon Ichi America has announced a formal release date for Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance. It lands in America on October 6 and Europe/ Australia three days later. It’s a PlayStation 4 exclusive, and should more than scratch the itch…
Read MoreNippon Ichi has formally announced a sequel to its painfully underrated action RPG, The Witch and the Hundred Knight. It doesn’t have the most imaginative name, but if it’s more of the same as the last game, with some gameplay refinements, we’ll enjoy this one a great deal. The Witch…
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