Haiku are short poems that adhere to a precise format. Artistry comes from being able to fluently express yourself in a restrained form. Similarly, Mister Morris Games’ Haiku, the Robot devotedly follows metroidvania formula, which ...
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Twelve years after the original Japanese release, the first entry in the Crossbell duology arrives in the West. Not only does it reveal Nihon Falcom’s mastery of role-playing fundamentals, but Durante and the rest of ...
Read More »Scathe mini-review
Scathe strives to provide the blistering action of yesteryear’s first-person shooters like Doom, Quake, and Hexen, while offering updated visuals. You assume the role of the game’s eponymous warrior, roused by a seemingly benevolent deity ...
Read More »Circus Electrique mini-review
2016’s Darkest Dungeon delivered a rousing interpretation of card-driven, turn-based combat. As with most breakout hits, the title inspired an array of indie developers to code their own deviations. From Legend of Keepers: Career of ...
Read More »Train Sim World 3 review
Whether you appreciate attempting to get thousands of commuters to work on time or hauling massive amounts of freight up precarious gradients, it’s time for some rigorous ‘training’. Sure, the car is the dominant method ...
Read More »Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness review
Binary Star Falling into Darkness is a skillful adaptation of the source material that will certainly delight fans by recreating the plotline, as well as putting them in the boots of a wannabe White Whistle ...
Read More »Pac-Man World Re-Pac review
With most of yesteryear’s classics already remade or remastered, we’re starting to see the resurrection of the more middling efforts. Pac-Man World might have been liked upon its original release but the expectations for 3D ...
Read More »Dusk Diver 2 review
The obvious appeal of Dusk Diver 2 is the combo-heavy, brawling punctuated by flashy special moves. But it’s the setting and characters that separate the game from its pugilistic peers. Plucky, pony-tailed Yang Yumo was ...
Read More »Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed review
Even those with no connection to the Age of Aquarius will have a good time breaking stuff as a bad-ass, perpetually horny extra-terrestrial. One of the defining genres of the early 2000s was the open-world ...
Read More »Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 3 review
Volume 3 reaches all the way to the back of Nippon Ichi Software’s catalog with Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Luckily, the newly localized re-release La Pucelle: Ragnarok helps sweeten the deal. The release of Prinny ...
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