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Rubinite review
Many modern games mistake punishment for depth. They throw things like bloated health bars, millisecond-based parries, and or outrageous amounts…
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Pass the Fear review
There’s a moment in any respectable action roguelike where things start to click. Your bullets start doing something they weren’t…
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Exstetra review
There was an all too brief moment in the early 2010s when Japanese role-playing games thrived on consoles. Both the…
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Viral Reload EX review
There’s something refreshing about a shoot ‘em that shirks overcomplication. Viral Reload EX from Retrocade Media is that kind of…
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BLUE REFLECTION Quartet review
Few role-playing series have understood the magical girl genre as well as Gust’s Blue Reflection. Across its first two games,…
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Truxton Extreme review
The best arcade shoot ‘em ups were never about long-term satisfaction or complex progression systems. Instead, they distilled everything into…
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Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands review
British cartoonist Dan Martin built a dedicated following with Deathbulge, a webcomic that’s run since 2012 on intentionally rough illustrations,…
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Gurei review
Let’s face it: it’s becoming really difficult to get excited about new metroidvanias. There was a time when I had…
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Disgaea Mayhem review
Few strategy role-playing game developers are as willing to experiment with their flagship franchise as much as Nippon Ichi Software.…
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Dragon Dragon Fire Fire Deluxe review
One of arcade gaming’s great traditions is a bit of conceptual larceny. Galaga pilfered Space Invaders’ attack waves before teaching…
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