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Once a free Flash-based novelty, this Brontë-esque brawler doesn’t quite make it as a paid game. When a free game transitions into a commercial product, the process can feel Faustian. That’s certainly the case with ...

GalaxyTrail’s follow-up forms its own identity, offering just as must action as platforming. Sonic Mania was one of the 34-year-old franchise’s best achievements, revisiting the gameplay and visuals of the original Genesis series. And while ...

Fusing grid-based movement with card battling, Dungeon Drafters demonstrates a lot of ambition. Although the Switch port improves upon the original PC release, the nonsensical writing and balancing issues haven’t been remedied. 2005’s Metal Gear Acid was one of ...

The sixth mainline entry gets the balance right. It’s been fourteen years since the last mainline entry in Shiren the Wanderer series. During that torturous duration, there have been a multitude of games that have ...

Or “How I Helped My Company Bounce Back While Avoiding the Office Creeper” Otome (literally “maiden games”) routinely transport us to noteworthy settings. Whether it’s London Detective Mysteria’s visit to the Victorian-era capital city, Collar ...

Where most matches are a clothes call Eroge (a portmanteau combining the words ‘erotic’ and ‘game’) aren’t usually known for their sophisticated gameplay. And largely, that’s the case with Witch’s Rhythm Puzzle. As the title indicates, ...

Little sisters trying their best!  There’s a problem with a lot of media franchises these days. Instead of telling a comprehensive story laid out across a succession of installments, entries can feel like a meandering ...

Reincarnated as the villain in one of your favorite visual novels! Contemporary gaming is full of curiosities. Although hardly as tedious as being forced to scroll through a massive terms and conditions document, My Next ...

Strictly Limited isn’t just one of the publishers- it also describes the amount of enjoyment found in this rushed compilation. For many, Irem (officially, Kabushikigaisha Airemu Software Engineering) is best known for the R-Type series. ...

Astlibra Revision took fifteen years to make. Given the RPG-like intricacy underneath the platform-based action, it feels like very little of that time was squandered. 1986’s Castlevania had a profound influence on gaming. Decades after ...