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Review: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 (PC)

February 23, 2015

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The Hyperdimension Neptunia series has been kicking for several years now and, despite its polarising otaku-centric qualities, has impressively reached a point where demand is sufficient that western fans are getting at least six releases in a year’s time. That release schedule would make Mario blush; poor protagonist Neptune must…

Review: Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (Sony PlayStation Vita)

February 23, 2015

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Hyperdimension Neptunia is clearly an important and commercially successful franchise for Compile Heart and Idea Factory. After three “main” JRPG releases on the PlayStation 3, ports of all three to the PlayStation Vita, and the first PC release in the franchise, we’ve also seen the publisher experiment with bringing the…

Review: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (Nintendo 3DS)

February 23, 2015

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Top Dollar (gazing at falling-snow crystal ball depicting cemetery): Dad gave me this. Fifth birthday. He said, “Childhood’s over the moment you know you’re gonna die.” – The Crow There are a lot of similarities between The Crow, a film about a man unable to come to terms with his…

Anime Impressions: Rolling☆Girls

February 22, 2015

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From the animation studio behind Attack on Titan comes Rolling☆Girls, another series where war is a crucial element. That’s about where the similarities die off, but Wit Studio has got something special on its hands with this new property. Perhaps it’s because Rolling☆Girls has no source material from which to…

Review: The Order: 1886 (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 20, 2015

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The Order: 1886 is at its best when it’s not trying to be a game. The development team wanted to deliver a highly cinematic, narrative-driven experience, and in literal terms it achieved this. The Order: 1886 is, indeed, a narrative-driven experience. So before we get on to the game side…

Loads of screens from two upcoming Idea Factory International games

February 20, 2015

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Idea Factory International has unleashed a bunch of new English screenshots for two of its upcoming games: Omega Quintet and Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleased. Omega Quintet Omega Quintet is a heavily music-based game, as the name suggests. Also as the name suggests, there are five heroines along on the…

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February 20, 2015

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Danganronpa. Monokuma. If these two words don’t have you squealing with glee, then you’ve obviously not played either the first Danganronpa or its sequel. And if you haven’t shame on you for missing two of the best games ever created. These visual novels (yes, you read that right) are intensely…

Review: Q*Bert Rebooted (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 20, 2015

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I realise that Q*Bert is not quite the iconic character from the old era of arcade games like Pac-Man or the Space Invaders are. But he deserves more respect than Q*Bert Rebooted, because this game is an embarrassment. I grew up with Q*Bert, and actually wore out my Game Boy…

Review: Legend of Candlewind: Nights & Candles (PC)

February 19, 2015

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Here are Digitally Downloaded most of the team share a common love for certain styles of gaming. One example of this is the classic dungeon crawler, which has been around since the original Wizardry series. Despite the genre being around for almost as long as gaming, in the past year…

Review: Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy+ (Nintendo 3DS)

February 19, 2015

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When the Nintendo 3DS was a new console, Namco Bandai released Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy. I really enjoyed that game; it was a clean, arcade-like take on the flight combat simulator, and the planes looked gorgeous soaring through the sky in 3D, which was then a nice novelty. Now…

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