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Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky Review
Fans of JRPG series Valkyrie Profile have been waiting for a sequel since its last entry in 2009. While most realize how unlikely a new addition is, taste buds may be quenched with Exist Archive: The...
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Root Letter Review
Do you ever look at strangers and wonder what secrets they might be hiding? 9 times out of 10 it’s probably something pretty mundane, but everyone’s done something they’re not proud of. On suspecting...
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Steins;Gate 0 Review
Popular visual novel Steins;Gate is well loved for its endearing characters and scientific foundation. Having recently reviewed the game, I remember all its twists and turns, as well as the feeling of...
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review
Two guards keep watch over their surroundings. A noise takes the attention of one for but a moment. By the time he looks back, his companion has already been killed and dumped in the bushes. He’s...
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Rise & Shine Review
Run and gunners tend to be part of the ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ genre of games. Developer Super Mega Team had other ideas with Rise & Shine, though, as they aimed to create a think and...
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Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists Of The Dusk Sea Review
Alchemy in games takes me back to my childhood; I would crush handfuls of flowers together in the garden, pretending to perform magic. These memories particularly resurfaced while playing Atelier...
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Urban Empire Review
Whenever I fire up a city building simulator, I always wonder how my little citizens feel about living there. Some nameless being keeps erecting random new facilities, letting people die in fires, and...
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Digimon World: Next Order Review
You know you’ve gotten a bit too attached to characters when you start talking to them out loud, right? I hardly stopped talking to my partners in Digimon World: Next Order, which easily took my...
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Berserk And The Band Of The Hawk Review
I thought I was prepared for anything Berserk and the Band of the Hawk threw at me after the tutorial. In a hellish landscape of severed heads, I waded through demonic creatures as a muscular man with...
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Toukiden 2 Review
The Toukiden games are hack and slash RPGs with a playstyle that clearly hankers after the Monster Hunter series. Toukiden 2 continues many basic traditions of the genre, while still putting a unique...
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Persona 5 Review
When starting this review, there was a large temptation to just write ‘Of course Persona 5 is amazing,’ and call it a day. Everything oozed stylistic flair right from the get go, from characters...
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Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles Review
We’ve all got that game we go to at the end of a really stressful week. It’s the one that makes you take out a blanket, stock up on snacks, and happily snuggle into the familiar world. For me, Yonder:...
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Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Review
Dating Simulators have quite the reputation. Not only do they provide an opportunity to date the person of your dreams, but the bird, alpaca, and fast food item of your heart. No, I’m not kidding. The...
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The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Of Cold Steel Review
A group of students crash through a monster-ridden facility. But they’re too late. The giant cannons are about to be deployed, and completely level an entire city. A desperate cry rings out for them to...
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Ys SEVEN Review
Games that rely on too many clichés can easily become boring and predictable. A lot of JRPGs can fall into this pitfall, with their all too similar battle systems and “find the MacGuffins” stories. Ys...
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Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash Review
Oh boy, Senran Kagura is back with another fantastically unashamed title. Our favorite female shinobi are donning their swimsuits, grabbing water guns, and making each other wet. I can’t think of a...
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Yomawari: Midnight Shadows Review
Minutes after starting a horror game, I’ll inevitably be found buried under a pile of blankets and Pokémon toys. Yomawari: Midnight Shadows earned me the usual chuckles from my partner as I squeaked...
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The Red Strings Club Review
Trailers of The Red Strings Club show robots controlling happiness, a bartending theme that screams VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and…was that a pottery class? It’s safe to say that I wasn’t...
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Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Review
After multiple games locked in the fantasy world genre, Sword Art Online is finally trying something new. So put aside the fairy wings and swords to pick up a gun and a…different type of sword, in...
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Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists And The Mysterious Paintings Review
The Atelier games are like a favourite old blanket. There’s a comfort in the soft familiarity, yet they’ll come a day when it’s time to buy a new one. Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the...
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