It can be hard to know where to begin with a franchise as storied as Ys, but the PS4 release of Ys Origin makes a great starting point. There have been plenty of Ys games released in the series’ 30-year history, but you could be forgiven for having never played …
Cyberpunk adventure, a clever take on dystopia, a brutal Metroidvania, and a VR game that doubles as a documentary. Enjoy these bite-sized reviews. 2064: Read Only Memories (PS4) 2064: Read Only Memories is something of an anachronistic oddity: it’s a retro-styled point and click adventure game, set in a cyberpunk future, …
Leaving Lyndow is a teaser for the forthcoming Eastshade, but it’s also a delightful game in its own right, about the complex feelings of leaving home. It’s hard to describe Leaving Lyndow, because I’m still not sure what, exactly, it is. I know what it is in reductive mechanical terms, …
A Rose in the Twilight is a dark fairy tale puzzle platformer that’s beautiful, violent, bleak, and uplifting, all at the same time. Masayuki Furuya is quickly making a name for himself as a game designer worth paying attention to, at least for people who enjoy abstract, artistic games. He …
Styx: Shards of Darkness is one of the best stealth games in a long time, and that’s only made better by its gross yet endearing goblin hero. Having never played the previous game, I didn’t know what to expect from Styx: Shards of Darkness. I was intrigued by the idea …
March 2017 was absolutely ridiculous for game releases. It’s like every publisher suddenly simultaneously realised that if they release in March, those sales can give them a last-minute boost before the end of the financial year. The end result was an onslaught of games – many of them excellent – that …
Danganronpa 1・2 Reload doesn’t add anything new, but it does bring together two of the finest games of the last few years in one neat package. Danganronpa is one of the best franchises in gaming. It’d be easy to write it off as a simple visual novel / adventure game …
Nioh wears its Dark Souls inspiration on its sleeve, but it builds on that with deeper combat and captivating story of Sengoku-era Japan. It’s hard to talk about Nioh without making comparisons to Dark Souls. Team Ninja’s latest outing wears its influences on its sleeve: methodical combat built around a …
Toukiden 2 makes a strong case for changing the term “Monster Hunter clone” to “Toukiden clone”, setting a new bar for the Hunting RPG genre. I propose that from here on out, “Monster Hunter clones” be referred to as “Toukiden clones”. True enough, the original Toukiden drew heavily on Monster …
LEGO Worlds has (almost) all the fun and excitement of playing with LEGO, and none of the limitations that come with the real-life, physical toys. I need to get something out in the open: I don’t really like Minecraft. I like the idea of Minecraft, and I think it’s a brilliant …
