Review by Harvard L. The late 00’s were something of a Wild West for the shounen manga – following the charge of the “Big Three”: Naruto, One Piece and Bleach, dozens of epic narratives with grand ambitions and understandably outlandish premises popped up in serials and doujin circles across Japan.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nintendo and Koei Tecmo are on to a good thing as partners. After years of successfully bringing the Musou (Warriors) framework to various anime licensed tie-ins, Koei got the chance to work on one of Nintendo’s most sacred properties, producing Hyrule Warriors. That game delivered in…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Bataille, Missouri is a small mining town full of big secrets. Erika Wright is an FBI agent from the city, just passing through Bataille to assist in the capture of an accused serial killer, when her whole life changes forever. A bunch of enormous spires, each…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. I have a confession to make: despite being in a long-term relationship, I’ve been talking to women via a dating app. My spouse approves. No, we’re not polyamorous or looking for a third to join us. Instead, I have been playing Five Dates, an interactive FMV…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I liked the Souls games before they were cool. In fact, I loved them before they were even Souls games. Way back on the PlayStation 2 (and earlier) FromSoftware had a series called King’s Field. It wasn’t particularly popular, because it was brutally difficult (the PlayStation…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. From 1945 through to 1991, the world existed in a state of perpetual tension as two superpowers – The Soviet Union and the United States – vied for control over the planet and its resources. Now, as the world heads into a second Cold War between…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Touhou Spell Bubble is a tedious game which I do not particularly care for, but I imagine it does have value for fans of the long-running franchise. It’s an unorthodox mashup of the Vs. Puzzle and Rhythm genre, and the way Taito makes these two disparate…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A LittleBigPlanet game without level creation tools? I wasn’t so sure about that. I mean, sure, Sackboy has become Sony’s mascot for the younger players over the last decade or so, making him the ideal vehicle to sell the PS5 as an all-ages console, but his games…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. After Piofiore: Fated Memories just about ruined me when I played it a few weeks ago (I just never thought Otome games would get that dark), I rather enjoyed the contrast that Café Enchanté has offered. It’s another lengthy, substantial visual novel by the same developer…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Choices That Matters is a criminally overlooked game. At the time of writing, there isn’t a single review that has been captured by Metacritic, and it’s so obvious why: it’s a text adventure game. There’s only one graphical element in the thing, which is a little…
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