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Alphadia review
What is the concept? Role-playing video games started as simple affairs, with titles attempting to emulate table-top experiences. But naturally,…
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Megadimension Neptunia VII review
Not long ago, message boards were proclaiming that the death of the Japanese role-playing game was imminent. Stagnancy seemed to…
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Interview
Q&A With Neptunia’s Naoko Mizuno
Sporadically, role-playing games make fleeting, fourth-wall breaking references to the game industry. But 2010’s Hyperdimension Neptunia was the first franchise…
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Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
As successful game series spawn sequels, the push toward conceptual innovation becomes stronger. But one of the tragedies born of…
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Console
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel review
Only a few years ago, the console role-playing game seemed to be in peril, its existence whittled down to a…
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Stella Glow review
While it’s sad to see a disappointing game cause a developer to fold, it’s exceptionally tragic to witness a studio…
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC review
The modern Japanese role-playing dazzles the eyes and ears with sumptuous visuals and stirring, symphonic soundtracks, but it can often…
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Divinity: Original Sin: Enhanced Edition review
The Hyperdimension Neptunia series drew attention for offering anthropomorphized interpretations of game consoles. But what if role-playing games themselves were…
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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation
When NIS America published Hyperdimension Neptunia in 2011, the title was an unmistakably mixed bag. In concept, the game’s allegory…
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RPG Maker MV review
A growing body of software imparts an imperative message: game design can be even more gratifying than gameplay. From Minecraft,…
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