Superheroes, Supes, Capes, Villains, and Mutants. There are many types of characters with superpowers and even more names to call them by. Regardless of their naming and type, they’re great material for making video games. Capes is the latest game aiming to fuse the gritty side of superhero media with the turn-based strategy genre. Join […]
Persona 5 Tactica was an unexpected game, at least for me. I suspected the Phantom Thieves would return once again after Persona 5 Strikers, but a tactics RPG in the vein of Valkyria Chronicles or XCOM wouldn’t have been my first guess. It’s not a bad idea though, and I was as excited going into […]
Disgaea 7 is a huge game, with a lot of systems the player needs to work with to achieve victory. For those just getting started it can be easy to miss some useful tools that the game makes available to you, and you can easily find yourself a little bit lost for direction. Below I’ve […]
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless is the latest entry in the long-running Japanese SRPG series, Disgaea. It’s only been a couple of years since the launch of Disgaea 6, which received something of a mixed response from series fans, so you may be wondering what Disgaea 7 brings to the table to entice players […]
The loveable little sprouts are back in their first original release in 10 years! Despite being announced as “near completion” years ago by Nintendo, it’s been a long time coming for the Switch to get its own original Pikmin title. Closely following the re-releases of Pikmin 1+2 we now have the latest entry to the […]
With every Nintendo generation comes iconic titles. The NES had Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and Kirby, the SNES saw Donkey Kong, Star Fox, and F-Zero rise to the challenge, and the Wii-U had Splatoon. Our review today focuses on the franchise that was born on GameCube, Pikmin, with the Switch release of Pikmin 1+2. Pikmin 1+2 […]
Aliens is one of those iconic franchises that just lends itself to the medium of video games. Unfortunately, it hasn’t always had the best track record. For every excellent title such as Alien: Isolation, you also have a contrast along the lines of Aliens: Colonial Marines. Which camp will Aliens: Dark Descent land in? Grab […]
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society is a sequel to 2016’s Labyrinth of Refrain, NIS’s take on the classic dungeon-crawling genre of old. With new innovations and a new cast, it promises to further iterate on the blend of story and tense exploration seen in the first game. Invitation to the Manor How much is […]
Fire Emblem’s life on the Switch has been a prosperous one, with two solid spinoffs and a beloved mainline entry having made waves. Leading the pack now is an anniversary game that aims to celebrate the series in a big way. Fire Emblem Engage is here to bring us back to the series’ roots in […]
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 […]