When one of the greatest producers of turn-based strategy announces a collection of classic games that haven’t seen the light of day for quite some time, I get rather excited. Phantom Brave is a game that I hold near and dear to my heart, and Soul Nomad is one of the few games I haven’t […]
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Phantom Brave – Review | Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 1
Back when I was a strapping young lad, I was a huge fan of Nippon Ichi Software. Whilst I knew nobody who appreciated their games, they crafted some of the best turn-based strategy games to ever grace the humble PS2. Masterpieces like Disgaea, La Pucelle Tactics, and Makai Kingdom showed off the company’s desire to […]
Soul Nomad – Review | Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 1
I’ve played an awful lot of NIS titles. They were pivotal parts of my childhood and, yeah, I played practically all of them. Soul Nomad & The World Eaters is one of the very few games that I haven’t dabbled in (until now), so I was quite excited to see what interesting systems and mechanics […]
Under One Wing – Visual Novel Review | Revisiting The Sky
All aboard! Hop on, my dear audience, as I take you to a whole new world, but instead of a carpet, we are taking a plane! Welcome to Under One Wing, a visual novel developed by Harmorise and published by Sol Press. The game is available on Steam with the 18+ content censored, but you […]
Sade – A My Time with Dee Dee Game – Early Impressions
Meeting an Old Love Here we go again! Let’s get into another date with our good old partner Dee Dee in the demo for the fifth installment in this series of visual novels. These are developed and published by DigitallyDownloaded for PC, and available to their Patreons! Showing off my Dee Dee skills If you’ve […]
Fight Crab – Review | Crazy Crustaceans
You Are Crab. You Fight Crab. From the depths of the ocean and the waves of misfortune that have hit us, a new hero crawls out to bring us Fight Crab! A 3D fighting/action game, developed by Calappa Games and published by PLAYISM. It was initially released for PC and then for the Nintendo Switch […]
BPM: Bullets Per Minute – Review | A Musical FPS
Kill To The Music Have you ever played a fast-paced FPS with great music and had a moment in which your actions, guns, and enemy attacks lined up perfectly with the song in the background, almost as if it was intentional? It feels great, it’s magical. If you know what I’m talking about, you understand […]
Kandagawa Jet Girls – Review | Racing on the River
Wild and Wet Racing Girls Kandagawa Jet Girls has teams of two racing their way through the rivers of Tokyo, all aiming to win the Kandagawa tournament. One jetter controlling the jet machine and one shooter, aiming to take down anyone getting in their way. You can follow the stories of these teams and take […]
My Fair Princess – Review | Dating an Ojou-sama
My Fair Princess is a visual novel by developer PeasSoft and localized by Sol Press. It puts you in the worn-out shoes of a scholarship student, attending a school for the ultra-rich. This puts a slightly different spin on the standard high school setting which occurs so often in visual novels. I would call this […]
Summer Loop: A My Time With Dee Dee Game – Review
A Fan Returns I’m excited to be reviewing this series. Wait, have I not looked at this already? Nah. This time I’m going to be looking at Summer Loop; it’s the fourth game in the “A Time with Dee Dee” series. It’s developed and published by Digitally Downloaded, more often known for its news and […]