With a storyline infatuated with the cerebral and characters traits that adjust according to your personality, Monark is hardly your run-of-the-mill role-playing title. If has a few frustrating flaws but it’s ambition ultimately outweighs its ...
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Write your own adaptation of late Han-era history with Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires. Like previous Empires titles, storytelling takes a backbeat to sovereignty, as you forge your own unification tale. But if you’re expecting flawlessness, ...
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Man’s best friend uses one of gaming’s best gizmos across 33 stages of increasingly intense platforming action. Pedro the dog has been a bad boy. Separated from his anthropomorphic colleagues, he’s fallen down a deep ...
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Death end re;Quest 2 is the rare sequel that opts to push a series in a bold new direction, shifting a focus from the world inside a glitched MMO to a creepy women’s dormitory where ...
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Felistella’s latest might not have the name recognition of previous efforts like Summon Night, Hyperdimension Neptunia, or Azur Lane Crosswave. But it’s a thoroughly enjoyable, wonderfully lighthearted action-RPG that’s ideal for pint-sized play sessions. Not ...
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Heavy on action but easy on role-playing, Labyrinth Legend can make for an engaging experience for players who don’t mind a bit of grinding. Labyrinth Legend (not to be confused with 20212’s Labyrinth Legends) makes ...
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What if Castlevania relinquished its weapons and added Street Fighter II-style controls? Demoniaca: Everlasting Night blends the two titles, but the fusion isn’t as fun as hoped. Demoniaca: Everlasting Night’s introductory text crawl is mercifully ...
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The title is nearly nonsensical and the visuals are rudimentary. But this peculiar little platformer is surprisingly entertaining. Digital marketplaces are filled with meme games- unpolished titles that flaunt an ironically amateurish appearance. Like their ...
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While a bungled localization might have troubled Cupid Parasite’s launch, the lighthearted visual novel is all patched up, and posed to delight fans of the medium. While small launch bugs afflict many launch titles, Cupid ...
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Clockwork Aquario’s lackluster arcade tests doomed the title to cancelation. But twenty-eight years later, Westone’s title has been resurrected from the coin-op graveyard. But look past the attractive spritework and sumptuous sounds and you’ll find ...
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