Review by Jim S. Superheroes are big these days, with blockbuster movies and even the comics they are based on selling far in excess of what was once deemed a nerdy hobby. Megaton Rainfall isn’t based on any particular comic but it nevertheless belongs to that tradition, tasking you with…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a western-developed JRPG from a team that includes Vigil Games veterans (the developer that made the Darksiders titles), and it hits all of the marks and more for dungeon crawling fans of all types. Starting off by sailing through the skies on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nights of Azure 2 has made some meaningful changes to its combat system when compared to the first. Having finished the game I’m still not entirely sold on those, given that I really liked the mechanics the first time around, but they’re still clean and playable,…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Overgrowth, a combat platformer developed by Wolfire Games, has been in the pipeline for a long time coming. It began as a sequel to a shareware game – Lugaru – and saw a slow but consistent schedule of patches until its final release. The extended development…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Yomawari: Night Alone was one of those games that has really stuck with me since I first played it a year ago. The game itself doesn’t look like it should be something special; it has a beautiful (albeit simple) art style inspired by classical Japanese painting…
Read MoreReviews by Matt S. There’s a never-ending stream of games coming out on the Nintendo Switch at the moment. The big ones are obvious: Fire Emblem Warriors released last week. Mario Odyssey this week. But underneath those big releases are so many games from independent developers that it’s safe to…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Getting burnout as a consumer of games is a very real thing. You don’t have to be a games journalist to feel constantly overwhelmed by the stream of titles that gets churned out by big studios seemingly every other week. The Switch has had stellar support…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are two ways that a creative person – or group of creative people – can take an existing, beloved franchise, and put a new spin on it; the first is to approach the material with real respect, take the time to really understand what the…
Read MoreFire Emblem and Koei Tecmo’s Musou (Warriors) franchise have always been a perfect marriage. It’s just taken too long for the marriage to actually be consummated. I’m sure some might find the mix odd; after all, the Fire Emblem games are careful tactics titles while the Warriors games are pure…
Read MoreReview by Moshe R. Saying that Ogre is another board game to see itself converted from the tabletop to a screen would be the truth, but it would also be far from the whole truth. Ogre is not just another board game! Being the heretic that I am, I will…
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