“Cry to save the world,” “’Classmate’ (i.e. breed) to save the world,” “Defeat a person’s deviances (sorry ‘distorted desires’) to save the world,” “Sing to save the world.” The JRPG genre is positively filled with these abstract ideas of turning a certain emotion or action into a mechanic to build the game around. I suppose we shouldn’t be overly surprised…
Koei Tecmo and Gust have announced a February 2027 release date for Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories, the latest game in the Atelier series. The companies have also unveiled a new trailer, showcasing the continent of Aladiss and a peek at improved battles, exploration, and…
During Gamescom Opening Night Live, Square Enix revealed its second trailer for…
I have wanted to get back into Final Fantasy XIV for quite…
“Cry to save the world,” “’Classmate’ (i.e. breed) to save the world,” “Defeat a person’s deviances (sorry ‘distorted desires’) to save the world,” “Sing to save the world.” The JRPG genre is positively filled with these abstract ideas of turning a certain emotion or action into a mechanic to build…
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Koei Tecmo and Gust have announced a February 2027 release date for Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories, the latest game in the Atelier series. The companies have also unveiled a new trailer, showcasing the continent of Aladiss and a peek at improved battles, exploration, and…
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During Gamescom Opening Night Live, Square Enix revealed its second trailer for the upcoming final entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake series, Final Fantasy VII Revelation. The trailer showcases reimagined Superbosses, plus the Summon Typhon and open-world traversal. Six new screenshots were also released. Final Fantasy VII Revelation will…
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I have wanted to get back into Final Fantasy XIV for quite some time. I am a massive fan of everything it offers, from the art direction to the scope of the world and adventures that are held within it. I love the way that it handles narrative within the…
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It’s been three years since the last Fire Emblem (Engage). In a world of annualised franchises, that’s almost quaint, given how commercially successful the series is for Nintendo, but I’m very glad that Intelligent Systems is given the time to explore what it can achieve with its property. Fortune’s Weave…
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The Touhou Project continues to be one of the most interesting experiments in the video game industry. It’s been going since 1997, and that means it’s on the cusp of 30 years. In that time it’s had more than a game released every year… and that’s just the “main” titles,…
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We finally have the version of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 that Monolith Software intended. The original release on the Nintendo Switch was an exceptional game with some truly ambitious scope, but that came at the expense of frame rates, and even I, a person who doesn’t usually care for frame rates,…
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Blue Reflection has been a difficult series for Koei Tecmo to manage thanks to its enormously niche premise. Four products in, it’s also difficult to suggest that bad missteps were not made along the way. The original Blue Reflection got itself released and then un-released in parts of the world…
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I have lost track of how many times I’ve played Final Fantasy X (and X-2) now. I remember playing it for the first time on the PlayStation 2, and then getting into fights on early-era bulletin boards on who was best out of Rikku, Lulu and Yuna (Rikku, of course).…
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Today, Atlus released a new Persona 4 Revival trailer that introduces Chie Satonaka. Voiced by Anne Yatco in English and Yui Horie in Japanese, Chie is an energetic, sociable person who sits next to the protagonist during class. She loves kung fu and meat, and has a strong sense of…
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