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Review: Tactics Ogre: Reborn (Sony PlayStation 5)

November 10, 2022
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It might be a remake of a remake, but Tactics Ogre Reborn is one of the greatest games of its genre. It effectively established the genre, many years ago, and has barely lost anything in the years since. I have to hope that Square Enix has prepared this release to…

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Review: Absolute Tactics: Daughters Of Mercy (Nintendo Switch)

October 11, 2022
Indie/Reviews/tactics JRPG

It’s difficult to write within the fantasy genre in 2022. On the one hand, it’s painfully easy to write something so self-serious and overwrought that it comes across as a desperate and doomed effort to channel Tolkien. Writing fantasy that people will take seriously is monumentally difficult because fantasy by…

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The DioField Chronicle Hands On

The DioField Chronicle: Can people PLEASE stop making GOTY candidates?

August 9, 2022
JRPG/Preview/Previews/RTS/Square Enix/tactics JRPG/Video/Video review/Video reviews

I know this is a nice problem to have, but there are just so many games that 2022 has thrown up that deserve awards at the end of the year. It has been a monstrously good year for video games, especially if you like Japanese games, and The DioField Chronicle…

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Review: Triangle Strategy (Nintendo Switch)

March 10, 2022
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With its title, Triangle Strategy takes being “on the nose” to a whole other level. While that is a weakness because it is difficult not to roll the eyes at it on first impressions alone, the ideas and concept behind it are sound and make more sense the further you…

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Review: Triangle Strategy (Nintendo Switch)

March 3, 2022
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Review by Matt S. With its title, Triangle Strategy takes being “on the nose” to whole other level. While that is a weakness because it is difficult not to roll the eyes at it on first impressions alone, the ideas and concept behind it are sound and make more sense…

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Review: Banner of the Maid (Nintendo Switch)

August 11, 2020
Banner of the Maid/China/fan service/fanservice/Indie/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review/tactics JRPG/Tactics RPG

Review by Matt S. It’s fascinating to see what a difference a console release can make. Earlier this year I first played Banner of the Maid when it released on PC in English. I had a fine time with it, but as a Final Fantasy Tactics-like JRPG, I felt like…

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Utawarerumono: A beautiful cultural artefact

May 22, 2020
JRPG/NISA/tactics JRPG/Utawarerumono/Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen/Video/Video review/visual novel

Video by Matt S. Utawarerumono is truly beautiful stuff. It’s a gorgeous visual novel, with some quality turn-based tactics action backing it up. But while that is good stuff, it’s what inspired Utawarerumono where the game finds its greatest magic – it’s inspired by native Japanese (Ainu) culture, and that…

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