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If you could grant wishes, where would your boundaries for wishes lie? Would you grant any wish within your power? How do you feel about changing someone’s heart or their own dreams and wishes? Many Nights a Whisper put me in a contemplative trance for just over an hour. As...
SaGa Frontier 2 tells an ambitious, generational story that involves two major familial lines over the years and the way a mysterious object intertwines these stories. Originally a little bit of a messier experience, SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered smoothes out some of the rougher edges and adds some greatly appreciated...
Clair Obscur: Expedition is a fantastic take on the turn-based RPG, offering deep characters, a unique world, and visceral story moments. It manages to take itself seriously and feature some truly devastating moments, while also still including moments of levity that the genre is known for. The combat is wildly...
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is an incredibly impressive game that combines the talents of Danganronpa’s Kazutaka Kodaka and Zero Escape’s Kotaro Uchikoshi to create an exciting and enthralling tactical RPG and visual novel hybrid.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is a smooth and sharp fighting game that brings the Fatal Fury franchise back to the forefront of the genre. The Episodes of South Town mode can be a little repetitive, but the breadth of content and core mechanics are plenty of fun for...
Bionic Bay, from Psychoflow Studio and Mureena Oy, resembles something of a cross between Limbo and Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. Let me explain. You must traverse huge levels, using acrobatic skills to overcome spinning blades, deadly drops, and weighty obstacles. At least, you’ll try to. You’ll die a lot playing Bionic...
When I first booted up Tape 1 of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, Dontnod Montreal’s latest entry into Dontnod’s already stellar catalog, my expectations were a little high. These types of narrative experiences, essentially Choose Your Own Adventure movies, hit really well for me. I had always planned on it...
I’m surprised I’m not getting sick of these low quality-of-life improvement RPG remasters getting ported to modern hardware like Lunar Remastered Collection. I like playing them on the console of my choosing, and I like that I can get achievements for them and play them on my couch. That rules!...
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is, indeed, the best way to play this pillar of the Wii U’s library. The quality of life upgrades are top tier and make an already great game into a more refined masterpiece. Though the direction of the new epilogue feels a bit rushed, I’m...
To avoid constantly repeating myself, let’s point at my two previews to cover the basics, then we can just jump right in with “What is the full, released game like?” It’s still retrofuture 1949, the Nazis still won, but you and your resistance movement are still fighting them with giant...
Bleach: Rebirth of Souls has more depth than most anime fighters, though the single-player offerings don’t make that immediately clear. If you’re aiming to play with others, this is a great anime fighter for fans of the franchise, though those who only want to play against AI may want to...
Rosewater is a treasure-hunting adventure in a Wild West inspired land, set in the same universe as the detective game Lamplight City. With a great presentation, interesting puzzles, and a good cast of characters, it’s worth taking a look at despite the narrative lacking the strong focus of its predecessor.
