The late ‘90s were an odd time to be a JRPG fan outside North America or Japan. The genre had been steadily growing in the West, and the runaway success of Final Fantasy VII in particular opened a whole lot of doors for localising games… at least, in the States. …
Playing Monster Rancher in 2021 is a surreal experience, to say the least. On one hand, it’s a ’90s game through and through, when CDs were still the standard music format and the relative novelty of a disc-based game console made a fun gimmick out of putting your music into …
Before going into detailed thoughts about my experience, allow me to get this out of the way: Death Stranding: Director’s Cut looks stunning on the PlayStation 5. Admittedly, this isn’t a feature exclusive to the PS5 as even on weaker machines like the base PS4, the game’s terrain, models and …
When I played the original release of Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water on Wii U, I really didn’t like it. It was a game that, on paper, sounded exactly like my kind of thing, but all I found was squandered potential. In reviewing it (for another site that’s no …
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 …
Upon its release in 2011, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was met with a polarising reaction from audiences due to the title’s heavy emphasis on motion controls and uneven pacing. Now, the game has been given a second chance in the form of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, …
The best thing about SaGa Frontier Remastered isn’t the new content or features, but how it stays true to the scrappiness of the original. The original SaGa Frontier is a fascinating game. Nigh-unrestrained ambition and an constrained development cycle clashed to create something wholly unique, even within the inventive SaGa …
Let’s get something straight from the outset: Gal*Gun Returns isn’t the perverted game that so many people seem to think it is. It’s not, as often assumed, some bargain bin thing that exists solely for the purpose of titillation. It’s crass and cringeworthy, absolutely—but that’s a very deliberate and pointed …
Like a lot of people, I didn’t really know what to expect from Bowser’s Fury going in. The snippets of game footage I’ve seen so far gave the impression of Super Mario 3D World with new Bowser-themed challenges layered over the top of old ones—which would have been great in …
Fans of old-school run-and-gun shooters will want to keep an eye out for Turrican Flashback. Coming to Switch and PlayStation 4 on January 29th with both digital and physical releases, the collection brings together four classics: the Amiga versions of Turrican and Turrican II: The Final Fight, Mega Turrican for …
