The first-person dungeon crawl is an remarkably fertile genre, typically extending engrossing interpretations of Dungeons & Dragons-inspired, party-based prowls. But occasionally, skulking through homogeneous hallways and battling the same fantasy-themed enemies culled from Monster Manuals ...
Read More »New Game Releases: November 16th-22nd, 2017
From Star Wars Battlefront II’s contentious lootboxes to Skyrim’s appearance on Nintendo Switch and PSVR systems, there’s a number of interesting releases across the next seven days. With Black Friday imminent, the number of tantalizing ...
Read More »Demon Gaze II review
When Demon Gaze was released in 2014, the PS Vita had a scant number of dungeon crawls. But in the ensuing years, labyrinth-based skulking proliferated on the portable, with titles like Stranger of Sword City, ...
Read More »Tokyo Tattoo Girls review
Tokyo Tattoo Girls is the type of game that probably wouldn’t have been localized a decade ago. The reason has nothing to do with the appearance of some slightly risqué images; the game’s exhibition of ...
Read More »New Game Releases: November 9th-15th, 2017
The holiday shopping season is often associated with crowded malls and gastronomic indulgences. But lately, it feels like the gaming industry is trying to add their own tradition: reissues of older titles. Sure, the title ...
Read More »Creeping Terror review
A number of developers have tried to cultivate scares on Nintendo’s dual-screen device with decidedly mixed results. A pair of Resident Evil games brought Capcom’s popular series to the 3DS, but the two titles definitely ...
Read More »Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back review
The ‘90s had a number of platform-game based luminaries like Mario, Sonic, and Crash Bandicoot. Unsurprisingly, their popularity inspired a surplus of second-rate copycats, with characters like Alfred Chicken, Zool, and Plok seemingly abandoned by ...
Read More »New Game Releases: November 2nd-8th, 2017
This week, Activision heads back to the lucrative front lines, with yet another release in the Call of Duty series. For those unenthusiastic about picking up the M1 Garand once more, the next seven days ...
Read More »Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection review
Gamers didn’t always have it so good. For years, only a fraction of Japanese titles made the journey West, leaving first-rate efforts like Secret of Mana 2, Mother 3, and Valkyria Chronicles III accessible only ...
Read More »Summon Night 6: Lost Borders review
Like Criminal Girls, the Summon Night series has outlived the studio who originally created the franchise. The inaugural entry, its three subsequent follow-ups, and several spin-offs were all crafted by Gifu-based Flight-Plan, which departed from ...
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