RPG
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Another Eden Begins review
Something kind of wonderful is happening to games born as gacha releases. Octopath Traveler 0 took the mobile-only Champions of…
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Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter review
Note: this review mentions elements of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter’s conclusion, but avoids any major spoilers for 2nd…
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Asdivine Knot review
Unlike Asdivine Hearts’ rubix or Asdivine Kamura’s harbinger system, Asdivine Knot doesn’t deliver a distinctive hook right away. Here, developer…
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure review
Once called the “Walkman of the 21st century” by former Sony CEO Ken Kutaragi, the PlayStation Portable was a prodigious…
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero review
The success of shows like Shōgun and Andor demonstrates that audiences still have an appetite for sprawling, densely plotted stories.…
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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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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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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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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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Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked review
When Resolution Games released Demeo in 2021, the game felt like a welcome homage to tabletop dungeon crawling. The recreation…
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