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Review: Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy (Nintendo Switch)

February 14, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Fantasy Hero is trashy. It was trashy on its original release on the PlayStation Vita, and on the very long list of games I’d like to see released on the Nintendo Switch, this one is nowhere close to it. But, the Switch is the “in” console…

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February 13, 2018

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News by Matt S. Dungeons & Dragons is the biggest name in tabletop gaming, ever. There’s nothing quite like sitting around a table playing the game with friends, and there’s such a depth of fantasy, magic, amazing settings and gameplay mechanics that it should be a no-brainer that the tabletop…

Review: Sky Force Reloaded (Nintendo Switch)

February 13, 2018

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Review by Harvard L. The Switch has its fair share of top-down shoot-em-ups, but most take heavy influence from the arcade philosophy of design: three lives, high scores and punishing difficulty. Sky Force Reloaded takes a different approach – it uses RPG progression systems to create a smoother difficulty curve,…

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February 13, 2018

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News by Matt S. Of all the tactics JRPGs that have been released in recent years (yes, including Fire Emblem, Disgaea 5 and Dynasty Wars: Godseekers), God Wars is by far my favourite. Developed by Kadokawa Games and released on the PlayStation 4, this is a game that took traditional…

VIDEO: Dynasty Warriors 9 is the perfect history game

February 13, 2018

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Video by Matt S, Brad L, and Matt C. You may have read my whopping 3,000 word review of a game that has become very near and dear to me: Dynasty Warriors 9 is the best example of a game based in real history to date, and as a fan…

Review: Dynasty Warriors 9 (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 13, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the most dense, lengthy, weighty books written in any language. It’s 2,339 pages long. For context, War and Peace, the historical novel that people always love to reference as being a massive slog of a read, is barely…

The Nintendo Switch gets artsy with Shelter Generations in March

February 13, 2018

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News by Matt S. Circle Entertainment has had a heck of a time with the Nintendo Switch recently. Hot on the heels of ports of The Ambition of the Slimes and the Mercenaries Saga trilogy, the company has announced that it’s bringing the beautiful, emotive, Shelter Generations to Nintendo Switch…

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February 13, 2018

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Review by Harvard L. The Roman invasion of Britain in the early turn of the century was a bloody one, with scars left across the isles even today – and Wulverblade takes this period and uses it as a setting for one of the most violent beat-em-ups on the market.…

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February 13, 2018

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News by Matt S. Over the weekend, Nippon Ichi announced that it was publishing Labyrinth of Refrain in the west, a dungeon crawling JRPG for PC, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. We can’t get enough of dungeon crawling, of course, so we were keen on the game on principle alone, but…

In depth with Final Fantasy X! Also games based on books and films based on games! (Digitally Uploaded 2018, Episode #5)

February 12, 2018

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Final Fantasy X deserves to be one of the real classics of video game history. This week we take (another) look back at that one, and have a deep discussion about its brilliant design and thematic elements. We also look at the influence of other media on games, and how…

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