Dungeon Crawler
- 3DS
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth review
Computer-based role-playing games have automated many of the analog-based labors of traditional pen-and-paper based games. That can be a beneficial,…
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Mary Skelter: Nightmares review
Following the success of 2010’s Hyperdimension Neptunia, developer Compile Heart’s output drifted toward the formulaic. Beyond a structure split between…
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Moero Chronicle review
2014’s Monster Monpiece garnered attention when publisher Idea Factory International was obligated to omit eighteen card images for the stateside…
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Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy (PC) review
As fans of fighting, platforming, and rhythm-based games likely know, genres can be curiously cyclical. Case in point: the first-person…
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Winged Sakura: Demon Civil War review
Last year’s Winged Sakura: Mindy’s Arc blended visual novel exposition and tower defense mechanics, forming an appealing blend of genres.…
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MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death review
One day, the PS Vita supply chain will inevitably come to a fateful halt, kicking off a discussion of the…
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Q&A with MeiQ’s Tomoki Tauchi
Between acclaimed franchises such as Hyperdimension Neptunia, Fairy Fencer F, and Mugen Souls, Shibuya-based Compile Heart has cultivated a legion…
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Ray Gigant PC review
Unlike some studios who fluidly shift among genres, Hachiōji, Tokyo-based Experience Inc. has focused solely on dungeon crawlers ever since…
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Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (PS Vita)
There’s a strong likelihood that Western gamers might not be familiar with Spike-Chunsoft’s Shiren the Wanderer series. After all, save…
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Stranger of Sword City review
With opposing trajectories and estranged timetables, Wizardry never got to make the acquaintance of its overseas-residing brethren. While Sir-Tech’s franchise…
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