Review by Matt S.The two Prinny titles – Can I Really Be The Hero? and Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! are some of the most oddball titles that Nippon Ichi has created. Taking the common peon and mascot of the Disgaea tactical JRPG series, and throwing them by the thousands…
Read MoreReview by Matt S.Along with Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head, Robotics;Notes belongs to what you could conceivably call the “AAA” of visual novels. Each of these titles is characterised by having an expansive, extensive vision, exceptionally high production values, and are lengthy, content-filled stories. Robotics;Notes Elite is an upgrade to the original…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. People often forget that the genesis of Super Smash Bros. was as a modest, local multiplayer, fun-over-competition brawler. Given how bloated and meta the series has become it is easy to forget that, but on the Nintendo 64, Super Smash Bros. had a tiny few characters…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Five years in the making, a failed Kickstarter effort, and lord knows what else in the interim, developer, Nick Doerr, and his team has finally pushed Undead Darlings ~no cure for love~ out the door. If nothing else this game is admirable for the sheer willpower…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. In Warsaw, players take the role of the Polish resistance against the occupying Nazi forces towards the end of World War 2. It’s a tactical role-playing game which is heavily weighted towards combat and resource management. Developers Pixelated Milk set out to make a harrowing game…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a beloved simulator, and with Atari since driving the property into the dirt, it’s the one that people look to as the classic in the theme park sub-genre (eclipsed, perhaps, only by the very recent Planet Coaster). With a better-than-pedestrian port to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. “Great, it’s another action roguelike from a small developer.” That was my immediate reaction to Hades, because while Hades was the latest project by a talent as consistently great as Supergiant Games, and while the screenshots and video footage certainly looked lovely, there have been so…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m reading a book on Simón Bolívar at the moment – his addition to Civilization VI caught my attention, and while I’m reading it slowly as I’ve got a million other things to do, I am finding it fascinating. It’s fascinating because while we all know…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. As it did with Mafia 3, Hangar 13 trades gameplay for narrative in its remake of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, and the results are glorious. For those who were fans of the 2002 cult classic by Illusion Softworks (no, not that Illusion), Mafia: Definitive…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Naveah tries to channel the same kind of melancholic mood and challenging puzzle-platformer action that drove the likes of A Rose In The Twilight and The Firefly Diary. It’s nowhere near as robust or evocative as NISA’s own efforts, but this game is not without its…
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