Review by Matt S. Do you remember Ogre Battle? Probably not. Back before it was absorbed into the mega-beast that is today’s Square Enix, a humble little company called Quest produced two Ogre Battle titles, one for the Super Nintendo, and one for the Nintendo 64. These games were a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Labyrinth of Refrain is one of the most interesting and original dungeon crawlers that we’ve seen in quite some time. As we wrote in our review: “Labyrinth of Refrain represents a genuine attempt to subvert and modernise a genre that even fans, such as myself, would…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Overnight (for those of us in Australia), NIS America held a press event to highlight the games that it has coming soon. Many of which we already knew were happening (The Princess Guide, Lapis Labyrinth), but the publisher also used the event to announce a couple…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The original The Caligula Effect is the NieR (not Automata) of this generation. By that I mean that the game’s smart – genius smart – and has thematic and philosophical depth that few other games even come close to. But the packaging was a bit rough,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nippon Ichi has made turning the Grimm Brothers aesthetic and narrative tone into an art form in its own right. From The Witch and the Hundred Knight to Labyrinth of Refrain, htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary to A Rose in the Twilight, NIS has, again and again,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Finally! Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2, on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita were two of the finest JRPGs that have been produced in recent memory. It might not be a series with the mainstream awareness of some others, but both games are genuinely…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. NISA is one of the most prolific publishers out there – bringing across dozens of Japanese games every year. Some of which are developed by NIS itself in Japan. Others are third party titles that the team at NISA think we’d be interested in. It’s not…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It seems appropriate that at about the same time that the (current) pinnacle of realism in video games – Red Dead Redemption 2 – is released, Killer7 would also have its long-awaited re-release. Originally a console exclusive on PlayStation 2 and GameCube, Killer7, to this day,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Famitsu has carried the news that Nippon Ichi Software in Japan has announced a brand new JRPG, for release in the home country early next year. Titled Destiny Connect, it looks like a dream-like story of childhood fantasy and has a fairy-tale aesthetic, and it looks…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nippon Ichi has the “twisted fairy tale” aesthetic and tone down pat. Especially with these 2D puzzle platformer game things that it keeps producing. A Rose in the Twilight and htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary on the PlayStation Vita are both perfect examples of NIS’ mastery over…
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