My experience with Citizen Sleeper was something of an accident. I bought some new games to play on a transatlantic flight, and after bouncing off a few action RPGs, found myself absorbed in a quiet, contemplative narrative game about life on a long-abandoned space station settled by those with nowhere else to go. I finished […]
Classic SNK franchises are constantly on the up and up with their releases of late, and old-schoolers like me couldn’t be eating better. While King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown have seen more traditional releases, SNK has handed the Metal Slug franchise over to developer Lekir Studios and publisher DotEmu, who have taken the classic […]
Xuan Yuan Sword 7 is the latest entry of a long-running RPG series by Taiwanese developer Softstar Entertainment. The game had previously released on PC, XBox and Playstation 4, and now we’re taking a look at the rather ambitious gamble that is the Nintendo Switch version of the game. 7 Is the Magic Number So […]
The original Dragon’s Dogma sold well, later received a substantial expansion, and even had a short Netflix adaptation. Despite this, its always felt like one of Capcom’s less utilized IPs. Fortunately, the fates have aligned and Capcom has graced the world with their unique twist on Western high fantasy once again with Dragon’s Dogma 2. […]
Developed by Koei Tecmo’s Team Ninja, Rise of the Ronin is an open-world samurai action RPG. Offering challenging but accessible gameplay, it has a great balance for those who expect punishing parrying battles and the more casual player. A New Age Dawns Set in the final years of the Edo period, Rise of the Ronin […]
Back in the ’90s to 2000s, a company rose through the ranks with its ambitious high fantasy role-playing titles. They’re still going strong today, with their latest game featuring Sci-Fi elements. Of course, dear reader, I’m talking about Piranha Bytes, developers of Risen and the aforementioned Elex games. Now, THQ Nordic has given us a […]
Warhammer has quite a storied history when it comes to video game adaptations, heck you only have to look through the reviews here to see that the pendulum of Warhammer games swings both ways at regular intervals. Interestingly enough, while the franchise has lent itself to tactical RPG-style games in the past, never have we […]
Team Ninja are synonymous with games that have a high skill ceiling, but rewarding combat. As a young lad, I have fond memories of the Ninja Gaiden series and Nioh amplified that formula. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin was something of a misfire, with a lack of identity and balance that permeated the game. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty presents an opportunity for […]
2022 has been an amazing year for gaming. With established titles trying new things, interesting niche titles, innovative new titles, and some amazing indies, there’s plenty to enjoy. As 2022 ends, we’d like to highlight a few of these. As with our Yearly Top Visual Novels lists, these are our subjective choices and are based only on games we have […]
Front Mission is a series by Square Enix that hasn’t seen any exposure since 2019 with the offensively bad Left Alive. Hoping to win back the Mecha crowd, the controls have been handed over to Forever Entertainment who have gone back to basics with a remake of the game that started it all: Front Mission […]