Game Reviews

Crymachina is NIS America and developer Furyu's latest mecha-themed action RPG. The game serves as a spiritual successor to the bizarre yet intriguing game Crystar, but with many unique elements. While Crymachina shares a lot...

Lies of P is Developer Round 8's latest action RPG that has given Bloodborne fans some much-needed reprieve with its many similar gameplay elements. Like many Soulslikes, the game offers tough-as-nails difficulty, epic battles, and...

AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead and Undressed is XSEED Games' sequel to Akiba's Trip. Developed by Acquire, the game first launched back in 2013 for the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC. Ten years later,...

Remnant 2 is Gunfire Game's latest action RPG third-person shooter and sequel to its cult classic fan favorite soulslike shooter Remnant From the Ashes. The game expands on its predecessor in several ways, specifically with...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie is the latest installment in the long-running Trails series developed by Nihon Falcom. As a mainline entry into the Trails series, the game continues the epic narrative and...

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly is developer Toge Production's sequel to its hit visual novel barrister simulator, Coffee Talk. The game follows you, the barrister of the Coffee Talk cafe in Seattle, as...

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key is the last installment in the fan-favorite Atelier Ryza series in the flagship Atelier series and one that concludes our favorite heroine's story in...

No More Heroes 3 is the latest, weirdest, and last installment in the fan favorite and bizarre No More Heroes action RPG series. While the game came out a few years ago for the Nintendo...

Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters is Compile Heart and Idea Factory's latest installment in the fan-favorite long-running Neptunai series and the latest mainline game that isn't a spin-off in a while. Like the title suggests, the...

Wanted: Dead is the new epitome of ‘old-school’, it feels like a game that you’d expect to play from back on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 generation. It’s silly, messy, frustrating at times and...

After over a decade of being unavailable in the west, the turn-based JRPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails From Zero has finally received an English localization from NIS America. As a recently indoctrinated fan of...

Amnesia: Memories + Later x Crowd is Idea Factory's new re-released collection of Amnesia Otome visual novel titles on the Nintendo Switch, which comprises the three Amnesia titles Amnesia: Memories, Amnesia: Later, and Amnesia: Crowd....

Dusk Diver 2 is Idea Factory’s latest action RPG beat 'em up with lots of style and appeal. While the game features crisp visuals, and a very intriguing fantastical premise, it's unfortunately bogged down by...

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games is the new crazy mashup game of the shoot 'em up, visual novel, and puzzle-solving genres that takes inspiration from games like the Zero Escape and Danganronpa series, and like these...

Matchpoint Tennis Championships feels like a passion project that was built with love and pride, Torus Games has done a great job with the gameplay mechanics and have built a solid system, but the game...

Aspyr released Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic on Nintendo Switch last year. After playing the port as someone who never played the original game, I concluded it was by far one of the...

Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei is an Otome visual novel that follows Shanao, the last heir of the Genjin clan, which fell in a civil war with the Heike clan in feudal Japan. Shanao lives...

I have no knowledge or experience with the Evil Dead series, only that it is a well-respected horror film and TV franchise with a cult following, not unlike series like Friday the 13th and Texas...

Crystar is yet another title from Furyu and NIS America with a unique aesthetic but a basic premise. And while the game has a lot of well-crafted elements, some aspects fail to live up to...

The Cruel King and the Great Hero is a new game by Nippon Ichi Software and the sequel to the game The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince. Both games have a trait that immediately...

Fighting games have been getting a lot of attention as of late, with several of them getting DLC releases. These include things like Guilty Gear Strive’s Baiken DLC in January, and BlazBlue Centralfiction’s rollback netcode...

Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires is the new and supposedly improved version of the previous entry in the Dynasty Warriors game, Dynasty Warriors 9. While the original was poorly received due to the unbalanced and bland...

Atelier Sophie 2 is the sequel to Koei Tecmo's 2015 JRPG, Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book. The games center the titular female alchemist Sophie Neuenmuller and her several otherworldly adventures. The latest...

Monark is the upcoming JRPG from Developer Furyu which features ex Atlus developers and those who worked on the Shin Megami Tensei series. As such, it's no surprise that the title quickly grabbed my interest...

If you've read my previous articles and reviews, you should know that I love all things Retro. I play my old systems as often as I can, and I jump on an opportunity to play...

Idea Factory and Compile Heart's Death end re;Quest games have been on my radar for quite some time now. Many who read my reviews will know that I'm a massive fan of JRPGs, especially those...