It took a while for Warriors Orochi 4 to really click with me. Recent games in the Warriors series have gone in wonderful new directions, be it the open-ended nature of Warriors All-Stars, the increased focus on characterisation in Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, or the brilliant use of an …
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Content warning: The Missing—and, by extension, this review—deals extensively with themes of self-harm, suicide, bullying, and discrimination against queer people. “This game was made with the belief that nobody is wrong for being what they are.” This message is one of the first things you see when you load up …
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age will be remembered as one of the JRPG greats, at least of this generation. As is always true of Dragon Quest games, Echoes of an Elusive Age is instantly familiar, yet feels new and fresh at the same time. I said as …
With little warning and little fanfare, Konami this week released a new picross game for mobile that is both very, very good and very, very free. It’s called Pixel Puzzle Collection, it’s available now on iOS and Android, and it’s a free download with just a few unintrusive, optional ads and …
At a glance, you could easily mistake Life is Strange 2 for the latest in the tired old trend of zombie apocalypse, “humans are the real walking dead” media. After all, it’s a story of two young brothers desperately trying to survive as they travel across a wasteland, where they …
Shadow of the Tomb Raider was always going to struggle to reach the heights of its predecessors. Rise of the Tomb Raider in particular, in the way it explored the nuances of Lara’s obsessive behaviour and the impact of that on everyone around her, was much smarter than I think …
After five main games and a handful of spin-offs, it’s easy to get complacent with Disgaea‘s quirks and forget how much of an impact the original game had when it first came out in 2003. With the ability to throw characters around the map insane upper limits for every stat …
Inspired by the pulp adventures of the early 20th century, Strange Brigade is a curious thing. It’s one part puzzle-riddle archaeology adventure game and one part co-op focused horde shooter, wrapped up in the campy presentation of a 1930s B-movie serial. That mix of influences could easily collapse in on …
Review by Brad Long NHL is a sport that is not very well known to the vast majority of people in my native Australia. Most fans that I have spoken to were attracted to the hard-hitting sport due the fast-paced arcade games of the ’90s such as the Wayne Gretzky’s …
Good news, everyone! Koei Tecmo announced today that the Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack will be getting a Western release on December 4 this year, bringing three more delightful JRPGs to Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack combines the full Atelier Arland trilogy into one pack, including “many of the previously …