Review by Matt S. I’ve already reviewed Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia on Nintendo Switch, which I did when it launched on the console earlier in the year. This PlayStation 4 (playable on PS5) release includes some quality of life improvements based on player feedback, but is functionally the same…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Let me start by saying I really like Taiko. Drum ‘n’ Fun is one of my most played games on Switch, both in its rhythm-game and party-game modes. I was curious to see Taiko being converted into a JRPG in Rhythmic Adventure, and cautiously optimistic –…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Over a number of years now, Japanese developer, Rideon, has steadily built up a quality little property for itself in the Mercenaries tactics series. Mercenaries Blaze is the fifth in the series, and while it’s still not of the standard of the premium examples of the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Puyo Puyo Tetris is one of those genius ideas that shouldn’t work… and yet somehow does. I don’t think, prior to the first Puyo Puyo Tetris landing, that anyone thought that bringing together such disparate puzzle games as Puyo Puyo and Tetris was going to result in…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. Immortals Fenyx Rising is a key new property for Ubisoft. Developed by Ubisoft Quebec, the title is a distinct action-adventure game in a style that sits neatly within Ubisoft’s comfort zone, and that’s not an inherently bad thing, though you know what you’re getting right from…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We’ve already reviewed Dragon Quest XI twice – once on the original release on PlayStation 4, and then the enhanced version on Nintendo Switch. That second, enhanced version, is now on PlayStation 4. It doesn’t do much more, so this is going to be a short…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Root Double is a visual novel that I wish I had have written. There are parts of its narrative that frustrate me, but those pale in comparison to the fact that this game is a taut, intense survival thriller, with the kind of narrative that explores…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It is appropriate to make the core motif of a Shiren the Wanderer game – a genuine pioneer in the now saturated roguelike genre – that of fate and fortune. The roguelike, after all, depends entirely on the metaphoric roll of the dice, to determine everything…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In theory, I would love Mad Tower Tycoon. I find myself enjoying the tower builder simulators most of all. I still regularly play Project Highrise on my Switch, for example. I find the idea of little, self-contained communities within big towers fascinating, and with those really…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. LoveKami: Divinity Stage loves boobs. Big, heaving, gravity-defying boobs. Boobs that burst out of whatever too-tight clothing is meant to be holding them in and yet, oddly, boobs that don’t seem to have nipples. There are a number of instances through LoveKami where the boobs are…
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