The excellent (if criminally underrated) Blue Reflection is getting a sequel, and it’s already confirmed for a western release. Blue Reflection: Second Light is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC courtesy of Koei Tecmo. Second Light, known as Blue Reflection Tie in Japan, is one of two new …
It’s easy to overlook just how crucial level design is to Monster Hunter. It’s the way little details in each map vibe together—the landscape, the topography, the way different sectors connect to one another—that allows everything else to click into place, even if the tense showdown with whatever massive beast …
On Friday, Bandai Namco announced a release date for its upcoming “brain punk” RPG Scarlet Nexus. It launches June 25 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC, with pre-orders open now. Taking place in a future were extrasensory abilities are commonplace and the world is …
Heart Shaped Games announced today that its afrofuturist RPG We Are The Caretakers will launch in Steam Early Access on Earth Day, April 22, with 10% of the game’s revenue going to the Wildlife Conservation Network’s Rhino Recovery Fund. We Are The Caretakers puts you in the shoes of the Conductor, …
It’s hard to find a concise description that does Loop Hero justice. It’s a mash-up of a whole bunch of different genres—roguelike, RPG, strategy, city-builder, tower defence, deck-building game, auto-battler—but the ways all these different things come together make it so much more than the sum of those parts. To …
Marchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift starts out as the rather innocent, if a little surreal, story of a young apprentice alchemist. Living and training with her grandfather, her life is a mostly carefree one; gathering ingredients for potion-mixing is about the extent of her responsibilities, which mostly involves …
Need a fresh dose of turn-based tactics? Shores Unknown, a tactical RPG in a viking-inspired setting and taking influence from both Western and Japanese RPG classics is now available on Steam Early Access. Taking place in a world ruled by the iron fist of the Crown and plagued by perpetual …
As much as I loved the original Nioh, one particular memory is always first to mind when I think back on it: the hours I spent frustratedly bashing my head against Hino-Enma, the third boss in the game. Learning her moveset and figuring out optimal ways of dealing with each …
I don’t think anyone could have truly predicted the success of Atelier Ryza. It found just the right balance between classic Atelier‘s slice-of-life touch and a more streamlined approach to game design that did away with some of the series’ more arcane ideas—as I said when I reviewed it, it’s …
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest combines visual novel, RPG, and comic book influences for a fascinating exploration of environmentalism and Polish werewolf folklore. In 2016, the Polish government announced plans to triple the logging limit for Bialowieza Forest, one of the largest remaining primeval forests in Europe …
