Tag: reviews
Review: Another Eden
Let me tell you, there’s nothing that gets me to give something side-eye faster than when it doesn’t want to be up-front about what it’s trying to sell... Read More
Review: Undermine (PS4)
There’s a very delicate balance to be struck when making a game that expects the player to walk in and die on a regular basis. Roguelikes and their... Read More
Review: Natsuki Chronicles
For a while there, it really looked like we were done with side-scrolling shoot-em-ups for good. I say that without any particular joy at that fact, obviously, because... Read More
Review: Olija
It’s always refreshing to review a game that isn’t trying to be anything other than itself. There’s more to discuss when it comes to Olija, of course, but... Read More
Review: Ys Origin [Switch]
The Ys series is an odd one in the annals of JRPGs. On the one hand, it is very much in the original school of these games, with... Read More
Review: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? Infinite Combate
At a certain point, you simply have to accept that there are certain flaws in your approach to life that you clearly do not have much interest in... Read More
Review: Fairy Tail
Some games are really tough to review coming in from the outside. Case in point? Fairy Tail. Much like when I reviewed Gensou Skydrift, I am aware walking... Read More
Review: Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia
The release of the Sony PlayStation in North America in 1994 was an enormous and unprecedented event, one which drew a great deal of attention from both game... Read More
Review: Signs of the Sojourner
I found myself feeling very divided in my opinions as I played Signs of the Sojourner. Actually, that’s not altogether true; my opinion was relatively clear insofar as... Read More
Review: STATIONflow
Some games are very difficult to review effectively. You have to leverage a lot of different ideas and notions, a lot of conflicting artistic visions, the depth of... Read More
Review: Langrisser I & II
Finding old JRPGs that never got released stateside is frequently a wild experience in a lot of ways, not the least of which being that you’ve almost certainly... Read More
Review: Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Cindered Shadows
In one sense, Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Cindered Shadows is really just the last installment of four bits of DLC doled out over a year or so... Read More
Review: Daemon X Machina
Every so often, you find a game that seems so perfectly targeted to your particular flavors of fascination and enjoyment that it seems like it should, nay, must... Read More
Review: Kunai
We honestly seem to be in the middle of something like a Metroidvania renaissance; while there were a few years wherein the genre was fairly quiet, these days... Read More