Video Round-Up (May 16, 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 other content recently uploaded to our YouTube channel.

 


Arcade Spirits Adventure Corner
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One (Video captured on PC)
Publisher: PQube
Developer: Fiction Factory Games
Release Date: February 12, 2019 (PC) and May 1, 2020 (consoles)
Written by: Sam Wachter (Nyx)
Narrated by: Christian Dextraze (Spare_Ombres)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

Romantic visual novel Arcade Spirits takes place in an alternate universe where the 1983 video game crash never happened.  As a result, the Funplex game arcade is thriving and as a new employee, there are plenty of characters to meet and romance along the way.


Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Review
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S (Video captured on PS5)
Publisher: Binary Haze Interactive
Developer: Adglobe, Live Wire
Release Date: January 22, 2025
Written by: Ryan Radcliff (Scar)
Narrated by: Christian Dextraze (Spare_Ombres)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

2D Action RPG Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist is a sequel to 2021’s Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, set decades after the Rain of Death. Players control Lilac, an Attuner who has the power to purify toxic vapours that have driven humans and Homunculi to madness, threatening to destroy the kingdom.


Cthulhu Saves Christmas Review
Platform: PC, Switch, PS5 (Video captured on PC)
Publisher: Zeboyd Games (Console versions by Limited Run Games)
Developer: Zeboyd Games
Release Date: December 23, 2019 (PC), October 28, 2020 (Switch), and July 14, 2021 (PS5)
Written by: Matt Masem (Plattym3)
Narrated by: Christian Dextraze (Spare_Ombres)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

Cthulhu Saves Christmas is a follow-up to Cthulhu Saves the World. It follows Cthulhu, the Snow Maiden, Baba Yaga-chan, and Belsnickel as they attempt to save Santa Claus from the League of Christmas Evil.


Dark Deity 2 Review
Platform: PC
Publisher: indie.io
Developer: Sword & Axe
Release Date: March 24, 2025
Written by: Ryan Costa (Dalandar)
Narrated by: Christian Dextraze (Spare_Ombres)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

A follow-up to 2021 title Dark Deity, the turn-based tactical RPG Dark Deity 2 returns to the continent of Verroa, although it is intended to be playable for both newcomers and returning fans. Set twenty-five years after the events of the first game, it sees the rebuilt Verroa facing a new threat from the neighboring expansionist Holy Asverellian Empire.


Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review
Platform: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S (Video captured on PS5)
Publisher: Keplar Interactive
Developer: Sandfall Interactive
Release Date: April 24, 2025
Written by: Ryan Costa (Dalandar)
Narrated by: Christian Dextraze (Spare_Ombres)
Edited by: Erik Van Asselt (HerrFrog)

Written Review

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a turn-based RPG set in a world where, once a year, a being called the Paintress wakes and paints a cursed number upon a monolith, which causes everyone of that age to turn to smoke and disappear. Each year, that number ticks down, with the current year set to be the number 33.

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