Author: firemarth
E3 2018 Hands-on: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
At last year’s E3, we had the chance to go hands-on with an early build of an upcoming game being published by XSeed, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin.... Read More
E3 2018 Hands-on: Bloodstained & Interview With Koji Igarashi
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an upcoming title that many have been rabidly waiting for. Ever since its Kickstarter wrapped up back in 2015, the game’s release... Read More
E3 2018 Hands-on: Metro Exodus
The Metro series of games have been providing an answer to the question, “Why read books when you can play video games?” Originally written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, the... Read More
Review: Azure Reflections
One-Man Phenomenon There’s a number of indie games out there with sizeable fan followings and popularity. However, I don’t think there’s anything that can quite match up to... Read More
Review: Megadimension Neptunia VIIR
Do It Over Remake – a term that is reason for excitement for some, yet an annoyance to others. For the former group, a remake or remaster means... Read More
Review: Gal*Gun 2
[Note: Due to the fanservice-heavy nature of this game, some of the images in this article may be considered NSFW.] Into the Light I’m sure we’ve all... Read More
Review: Fatal Twelve
Gruesome Entertainment The “death game” seems to have become an extremely popular story trope in media over the past decade or so. Stories that involve shoving people (often... Read More
Review: Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Note: As a direct sequel to Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds, there will be some spoilers for that game within this article. Last Minute Split Just last week I opened... Read More
Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II [PC]
Note: As a direct sequel to Trails of Cold Steel, there will be some spoilers for that game within this article. Two is Better than One Every once... Read More
Yakuza Kiwami 2 Heading Westward This Fall
The Yakuza series seems to have become a bit of a darling for Sega in the west over the past couple of years. After a bit of... Read More
Ys: Memories of Celceta Heading to PC
XSeed Games has been on a roll in the past couple years in bringing their titles to PC gamers. The JRPG genre often feels forgotten and neglected on... Read More
Review: DJMax Respect
Reignition Ever since what I like to think of as The Great Rhythm Game Crash of 2013 (aka when Harmonix ended their regular DLC release schedule after Rock... Read More
Review: Hatsune Miku VR
Feel the Music In making the jump to VR, some styles of games are having a much easier time than others. On one end of the spectrum, you... Read More
Review: Secret of Mana (2018)
New to the Past In our recent review of Legrand Legacy, I wrote a bit about pandering to nostalgia. The purposeful use of style elements from games that... Read More
Review: Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]
An Inexperienced View I’ve never made it a secret that I love a good story in my video games. In fact, aside from my addiction to rhythm games,... Read More
Review: Zwei: The Arges Adventure
Time Hopping In our review of Fate/Extella, I spoke a bit about localizing games out of order. There are many older and/or long-running franchises that have stayed exclusive... Read More
Review: Legrand Legacy
Rose-Tinted Glasses The “Golden Age,” a term referring to a period of time where something (history, media, anything really) was at its greatest. The term is often used... Read More
Review: Light Tracer
Flip the Viewpoint The obvious appeal of VR is its ability to immerse the player in an environment. So, of course, a vast chunk of VR games are... Read More
