Metal Max Xeno isn’t something I’d expect to see getting a major overhaul. The original is just a few years old, met with middling reviews, and never really made much of a splash despite an intriguing premise and some unique ideas. A rebirth might be just what it needed, though: …
Earlier this year, Kadokawa Games announced Demon Gaze Extra, an enhanced version of Experience Inc’s 2013 dungeon RPG Demon Gaze bound for Switch and PlayStation 4 in Japan. Today, we’ve finally got word on an international release, thanks to Clouded Leopard Entertainment: December 9, 2021. Taking place in a desolate …
Kadokawa’s mystery adventure game Root Film will see a western release in the first quarter of 2021, publisher PQube announced today, with pre-orders for a limited edition now open. Root Film is the sequel to Root Letter, and returns once again to Shimane Prefecture. A reboot of the mysteriously cancelled …
The original Root Letter is a remarkable game. I said as much when I reviewed it back in 2017, and everything I said then remains true today. It’s a stunning piece of digital tourism that takes players to a meticulous re-creation of a part of Japan that most foreign visitors …
It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to call Metal Max Xeno a JRPG twist on Mad Max. It shares a lot of superficial similarities—the post-apocalyptic desert setting, the focus on vehicular combat, and the Metal Max title—but it connects with the iconic film series on a deeper level, …
God Wars: The Complete Legend is finally here! It’s not an overly challenging game (unless you’re playing on the higher difficulties) and it does a good job of introducing its various mechanics and systems. That said, there are a lot of very useful things that are easy to overlook. Here …
God Wars: Future Past was one of the best (and most criminally underrated) games of last year. A straightforward tactical RPG on the surface, it eschewed the genre’s current fascination with needless complexity in favour of something simple yet deep. The ebb and flow of combat, coupled with the oddly …
In its opening moments, The Lost Child doesn’t pull any punches. While investigating a series of bizarre subway suicides wrapped in supernatural rumours, occult reporter Hayato Ibuki suddenly finds himself pushed onto the tracks by an invisible force. He’s saved at the last second by a stranger shouting about how …
I have a weird relationship with tactical RPGs. I don’t dislike them as such, but most of the time when I enjoy a TRPG it’s in spite of the genre’s unique qualities, rather than because of them. I’ve played plenty and enjoyed plenty of them, but I tend to find …
RPG Maker Fes may not have the power or commercial possibilities of its PC bretheren, but it’s still a great, easy introduction to the world of game making. My first experience came with RPG Maker 95, back around the dawn of the 21st century. There was no official English release, …
