A Tale of Two Masks Recently, we covered Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, giving the game a positive review, despite a substantial caveat. Screenshots made the game look like a strategy role-playing game, divulging the type ...

When a gaming franchise surpasses twenty iterations, stagnancy is a threat. Far too often, publishers are guilty of pushing out follow-ups with nominal additions and a few tweaks- in an unabashed effort to separate players ...

With Atelier Ryza, Super Monkey Ball, Disgaea 4, and The Outer Worlds all releasing this week, bank accounts are expected to make a beating. Beyond these heavy hitters, there are also a number of smaller ...

Tactical role-playing games are complicated affairs, with components like character growth and combat precariously built upon a myriad of variables. As such, it’s exceedingly easy for genre entries to drift into unfairness, forcing level grinding ...

Like most developers, Nippon Ichi Software frequently creates follow-ups for their successful titles. But far more interesting are the developer/publisher’s divergences. From Phantom Brave’s melancholic reworking of Disgaea, to the evolution of rogue-like mechanics across ...

Every week, the Switch’s software library grows with an abundance of new games. Although there’s already an assortment of turn-based games like Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, SteamWorld Heist, as well as multiple entries in ...

With a rich history that spans almost four decades, dungeon-based role-playing games (or DRPGs) have been especially prevalent across the last few years. Standout titles like Stranger of Sword City, The Lost Child, Ray Gigant, ...

Whether you opt to play as the Chosen Undead, the Bearer of the Curse, or the Ashen One, this week you’ll have to muster up every last drop of survivalist determination to make it through ...

With offerings like God Wars: The Complete Legend, Tiny Metal, Disgaea 1 Complete, Ambition of the Slimes, SteamWorld Heist, and the Banner Saga trilogy, there’s no shortage of competent, turn-based strategy titles for Nintendo Switch ...

Whether you prefer stepping into the sing with WWE 2K19, venturing into the Item Word in Disgaea 1 Compete or journeying back to The Peloponnesian War in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, chances are this week has ...