Hayes Madsen
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Final Fantasy Resonance sports one of the best turn-based combat systems seen in years, bolstered by lovable characters and a genuinely stunning presentation. However, it's held back by a lackluster story and odd pacing.
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is a fairly by-the-numbers expansion, but it still has all the challenge and wondrous exploration that made the original game so special.
Silent Hill: Townfall has a marvelous sense of time and place coupled with a riveting story, but unfortunately so many of the gameplay elements around that grind down the experience.
Control Resonant pushes the bounds of what Remedy Entertainment's quirky formula can achieve. An action-RPG that has a few growing pains, but sprouts into something monumentally special by the end.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (PlayStation 5) Review – 9.5/10: Building on the already-great remake of the first game, Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter masterfully updates the gameplay and timeless story, adding up to what is now the Trails series’ defining entry, and one of the best RPGs...
The Blood of Dawnwalker is a masterful new RPG from key developers behind The Witcher 3, kicking off a bold new series that has remarkable potential.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a stunning return for one of Capcom's most overlooked series, with a truly spectacular combat system and boss battles that constantly evoke the dynamic feeling of an action film.
Wild Blue Skies shines when it deviates from the Star Fox formula with some truly phenomenal missions.
Beast of Reincarnation is a bold new title from Game Freak that liberally takes inspiration from a handful of other games, including Pokémon, but manages to twist it all into something charmingly unique.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a solid, but sometimes disappointing, transition into action-RPGs for Square Enix's HD-2D series.
You can draw a direct line from the original The Legend of Zelda to the core design of open-world games. Mina the Hollower feels like drawing another line back in the other direction, an ingenious twist on the Zelda “formula” that puts a drastic focus on freeform exploration and fine-tuning…
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is an engrossing tale of espionage intrigue with superb writing and roleplaying mechanics, all wrapped up in a compelling reflection on the role of media in government and society at large.
