Bravely Default II Demo Impression
The move from the 3DS to the Switch seems like it’s going to be a win for the Bravely Default series. The new demo quickly confirms one thing: Bravely Default II is basically Bravely Default, but prettier.
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Mistover Review
Usually walking into mist-covered areas is a bad idea, at least according to horror movies. Here’s a game that requires adventuring into misty places though. Read the review to learn more.
Persona 5 Royal Review
Persona 5 has joined its predecessors in getting an enhanced release, albeit in a shorter time-frame. As very much the definitive edition of the game, Persona 5 Royal’s new content adds a good amount of freshness, while tweaks elsewhere ensure it keeps even more in step with players.
Backloggin’ the Year 2020 Edition – January to March
Welcome to Backloggin’ the Year, a feature that discusses the challenges and excitement that comes with working through your backlog. In this quarterly feature, Sam Wachter goes on a journey to pare down her gaming backlog. Although with 150+ games and working a full-time job, we’ll see how that goes.
Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition Review
Ara Fell has all the look and feel of a classic JRPG from yesteryear while not forgetting what makes games approachable in a modern era of too many games and too little time.
Adventure Corner: Half Past Fate
When two people bump into each other at a park over eight years ago, it kicks off a chain of relationships that will intertwine in unexpected ways. Half Past Fate provides an interesting twist on the classic visual novel in both form and function.
Looking Back at Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest released on May 27, 1986, for the NES. Sam Wachter, however, never played it. Read through Sam’s experience of what it was like to go back to a thirty-three year old game and play it for the first time.
Looking Back at the Final Fantasy Adventure
The role-playing genre has come a long way in the past thirty years, and yet it’s always interesting to look back at games of yore and see what they did right, what they did wrong, and what they could have done better. Today we look at the first Mana game, Final Fantasy Adventure.
Adventure Corner: Demetrios – The BIG Cynical Adventure
A game that’s designed around failing shouldn’t be interesting, and yet this one manages to pull it off with style.
Corruption 2029 Review
A follow up tactical game from the developers of Mutant Year Zero arrives. Unfortunately, take away the story and charm from the first game and you are left with Corruption 2029.
Persona 5 Royal Impression
The Phantom Thieves are back for more in Persona 5 Royal at the end of the month. Though a review wasn’t able to be completed in time, we have plenty of thoughts from the first half of the game.
Adventure Corner: Murder by Numbers
What do a 90s actress out of a job, a floating CRT monitor, and picross puzzles have in common? Naturally, it’s murder mysteries.
Trails of Cold Steel III Interview & Impression
With Trails of Cold Steel III releasing on PC and Switch this Spring, we talked with Ruud van de Moosdijk and Peter “Durante” Thoman about the creation those ports. We delve deeply into Peter’s obsession with variable penumbra shadows, and Ruud’s fondness for textured triangles.
The Case for Exodus
The iconic Final Fantasy V baddie may behave like a Saturday morning cartoon villain, but that doesn’t mean he should be named like one. Here’s a case for and the history behind a cooler and more appropriate name.
Whatcha Playing: January/February 2020
Whatcha Playing is back to round up the games the staff played in January and February. Pokémon, Trails games, Mass Effect, and World of Warcraft were among the many vying for staff gaming time over the last couple of months.
Langrisser I & II Review
The last time anyone outside Japan could get a new copy of Langrisser was right before grunge took over the radio. Now it’s available for modern audiences alongside its sequel, and seekers of tactical action should definitely investigate.
Adventure Corner: Takeshi & Hiroshi
When your little brother is bored and cooped up in the hospital, what’s a guy to do besides make a video game for him? The latest Adventure Corner looks at the Apple Arcade title Takeshi & Hiroshi.
Dragon Quest: Your Story Netflix Review
After a mixed reception in Japan, Netflix brings Dragon Quest: Your Story to the West. Matt Masem and Elmon Dean Todd give an in-depth review to see if it fares better internationally.
Hero Must Die. Again Review
Designer Shoji Masuda is known for some distinctive titles that have generally only been able to garner attention in Japan. Degica Games is finally giving western RPGamers the chance to check out one such title, the anti-RPG Hero Must Die. Again.
Adventure Corner: Guildlings
Guildlings is a unusual episodic RPG that tasks players with thinking outside the box, outside their phone, and sometimes outside of reality.
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