Video Round-Up (January 19, 2025)

Welcome to RPGamer’s video release round-up. In this column we look to provide our readers with details on all of the video reviews, impressions, features, and more uploaded recently to our YouTube channel.

 


Ys X: Nordics Review
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch (Video captured on PS5)
Publisher: NIS America, PH3 GmbH
Developer: Nihon Falcom
Release Date: October 25, 2024
Written by: Ryan Costa (Dalandar)
Narrated by: Phillip Willis (JCServant)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

The latest action RPG in the storied franchise Ys X: Nordics takes place between the events of Ys I & II and Ys: Memories of Celceta. It sees Adol visiting the northern sea’s Obelia Bay, where he encounters a seafaring people called the Normans.


Metal Slug Tactics Review
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S (Video Captured on PC)
Publisher: DotEmu
Developer: Leikir Studio
Release Date: November 5, 2024
Written by: Ryan Costa (Dalandar)
Narrated by: Phillip Willis (JCServant)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

Metal Slug Tactics sees the Peregrine Falcon Squad and their allies fighting on isometric maps. The game will feature other elements from its parent series, such as settings, weapons, environmental damage, and villains, along with skill trees, perks, super attacks, and roguelite elements.


Bloomtown: A Different Story Review
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S (Video captured on Switch)
Publisher: Twin Sails Interactive
Developer: Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games
Release Date: September 24, 2024
Written by: Ryan Costa (Dalandar)
Narrated by: Christian Dextraze (Spare_Ombres)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

Bloomtown: A Different Story is a turn-based RPG with social sim and monster-taming elements set in a world inspired by 1960s Americana. However, its appearance is a facade for a demon world that is growing beneath it.


VED Review
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S (Video captured on PS5)
Publisher: Fulqrum Publishing, 1C Entertainment
Developer: Karaclan
Release Date: November 14, 2024
Written by: Ryan Costa (Dalandar)
Narrated by: Christian Dextraze (Spare_Ombres)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

Hand-drawn visual novel and turn-Based RPG VED features a non-linear story following Cyrus after he arrives in the city of Micropolis in search of a new life. He discovers an ability to teleport between two interconnected worlds: his regular world and a magical realm of flying islands and strange creatures.


Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated Review
Platform: PC
Publisher: Shadow Layer Games
Developer: Shadow Layer Games
Release Date: December 12, 2024
Written by: Sam Wachter (Nyx)
Narrated by: Christian Dextraze (Spare_Ombres)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated is a remake of 2011’s Breath of Death VII: The Beginning that is set in a future where humanity has been wiped out thanks to a nuclear war, their place now taken by the undead. It follows the skeletal hero Dem, who is joined by companion Sara and other allies they pick up along the way.

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Ryan Costa

Friendly neighbourhood reviewer that thinks every RPG should be discussed, because one never knows where a hidden gem can appear.

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