Leo Faria
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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. I had to start off this review by simply rewriting the game’s (absurd) title because… well, they ain’t lying. RGG Studio decided to make a freaking pirate game set in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon universe, with as much absurdity and self-awareness one could muster… and it works. It works so freaking well it’s downright remarkable. They didn’t simply jump the shark when making this Majima-led spinoff (or sequel? Who knows or cares), they jumped...
You know, I am starting to get a bit fed up with roguelikes nowadays. It feels like one is released every other day, rarely featuring a single gameplay or design element that makes it stand out. I’m trying to say that not every roguelike released in the market is going to be the next Balatro. But an actual roguelike Musou made by Omega Force and Koei Tecmo? Warriors: Abyss is the kind of game in which I had never thought of existing prior to its announcement… but dammit, it just works inc...
When I was 10 years old, Yu-Gi-Oh was my life. For a brief moment in my life, I was addicted to it. I’d get a booster pack every weekend, I’d take my deck to school, I’d duel my friends during recess. The anime would air twice a day on Nickelodeon, and I wouldn’t miss a single episode. Finally, I consumed Yu-Gi-Oh videogames like a crack addict. Be it the ultra-dated but charming Dark Duel Stories to the absolutely amazing Dungeon Dice Monsters, if it had Yugi’s terrible haircut on ...
I guess it’s no surprise to anyone, by what I’ve written in my review last year, that I really didn’t like the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It wasn’t just because I was tackling a Switch port; I legitimately thought that the original version was a buggy and overly complicated slog of an RPG focused way too much on realism, and not on, well, fun. When Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was first announced, I simply wasn’t hyped for it. All I could think of was that it would be more ...
It’s hard to believe that Virtua Fighter 5 is still the latest entry in the ultra mega legendary fighting franchise… and it’s still going to turn 19 this year. Yes. Virtua Fighter 5 came out during the freaking Bush administration. It was groundbreaking for its time, being one of the true “next-gen” fighting games back when “next-gen” meant “it looks like an Xbox 360 game”. But oddly enough, it has never exactly disappeared. Between some revamped PC versions, Xbox backwards ...
Considering how there are basically no more Wii U games left to be remastered and released on Switch (as a friendly reminder, at the time of publishing, Xenoblade Chronicles X is due to finally drop in a few months), Nintendo’s console has been receiving a surprising amount of remasters of titles from the Wii and Gamecube era over the past few years, as I completely understand they don’t want to dedicate too much of their time on new titles when the Switch 2 is due to come out sometime in...
It’s been nearly seven years since the release of the last mainline Dynasty Warriors game. Dynasty Warriors 9 was a gigantic failure in every single aspect, with an unnecessary emphasis on open-world exploration, terrible visuals and poor framerate. Over the past few years, Omega Force and Koei Tecmo had decided to focus on licensed takes on the Musou genre, as well as a higher emphasis on the Samurai Warriors subfranchise, instead of their marquee Chinese-themed juggernaut. The wait is fin...
I’ll be honest: when The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was first announced, my initial reaction wasn’t the “oh boy, a brand new Zelda!!” burst of excitement you’d expect from such a momentous announcement, but more of a “this looks like a rushed reuse of assets” scoff, due to how uneventful Nintendo’s own reveal felt like. To be fair, my initial statement was quite unfair, as my favorite Zelda game of all time, Majora’s Mask, was exactly that, a rushed reuse of Ocarina o...
Ys is one of those gaming franchises that make me feel grateful for this website and how reviewing games opened up tons of doors to series I had never even considered tackling before. I had little to no knowledge of Ys prior to tackling Lacrimosa of Dana many years ago, but that was enough to turn me into a fan. Nowadays, I look forward to each and every brand new release, be it a new title or a remake of an older iteration of this nearly 40 year old RPG juggernaut. Suffice to say, Ys X: Nord...
I won’t lie; for as much that UFL‘s initial announcement was a positive thing in my opinion, I was somewhat skeptical if it would ever see the light of day, and actually become something worth caring about. Considering how EA Sports FC basically rules the football simulator space with an iron fist (eFootball is too incompetent for anyone to bother nowadays), more competition was absolutely necessary. Football Manager might be the best football video game out there, but it’s a management...