The tactical RPG genre is one that is, for the most part, fairly rigid. That’s no bad thing, of course, but it means I thought I knew what to expect from Grand Kingdom going in. I did not. This is a game that’s taken a well-established genre and turned it …
Disclosure: I previously worked with eastasiasoft in a freelance capacity on Rainbow Moon. I have had no involvement in the development of Lost Sea. Lost Sea is the sort of game that reminds me why I don’t really like roguelikes all that much – because of both what it does well …
With the indie scene’s obsession with “retro-inspired” games, we’re seeing a lot of throwbacks to the 8-bit era. Some, like Shovel Knight, commit fully to the idea; for others, it’s a vague reference to a pixelated art style. But one things remains constant: “retro” and “8-bit” seem to be almost …
Content warning: This game and, by extension, this review addresses themes of domestic violence and child abuse. Spoiler warning: In order to fairly explain what makes Resette’s Prescription as good as it is, I’ve had to talk about some significant plot details. They’re not things I think would detract from …
With its original 3DS release back in 2014 (well, early 2015 for New Zealand), Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse was the first Shantae game I’d played. I was somewhat familiar with the franchise just through general exposure and my fondness of some other WayForward games I’d played, but I didn’t …
Coming out very late in the PlayStation 2’s life cycle, Odin Sphere perhaps didn’t get as much attention as it deserved. It was a critical darling (and rightly so) and sold fairly well, but it was niche game fighting against a newly-released PlayStation 3 and all the hype that goes …
Shadwen is an interesting game. It’s not necessarily a good game, but it’s certainly an interesting one, which makes it a curious game to review. It’s so unpolished in its current state that I couldn’t in any right mind recommend it to someone looking for high-quality entertainment, but it’s so …
I’ve never finished Valkyria Chronicles. Back in 2008, when it first came out, I could barely get very far at all, but I thought this time would be different. I had hoped that Valkyria Chronicles Remastered would include some sort of easy mode, but even failing that, I thought that …
In some ways, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is the Uncharted series’ finest outing. It’s the most technically impressive, which, coupled with Naughty Dog’s famed art direction, has resulted in one of the best-looking games ever made. The systems at the core of Uncharted, and combat in particular, have received …
I went into Rise of the Tomb Raider with a lot of mixed feelings. On the one hand, I loved Tomb Raider a lot; it was a fascinating, excellent reboot of a franchise that, until then, I didn’t have a whole lot of care for. A follow-up comic series, written by the great Gail …
