Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: WWE 2K17 (Sony PlayStation 4)
WWE 2K17 Publisher: 2K Sports Developer: Yuke’s Genre: Simulation/Fighting Release Date: 10/11/2016 With each passing year, the expectations for this newest generation of WWE games grow. While some concessions were allowed for the jump up to the current generation, it’s now time to see just how good these games can be on the newer hardware.…
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Review: Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky (Sony PlayStation 4)
Exist Profile.
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Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Heed my call… … Play this game!
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Review: Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs (Sony PlayStation 4)
A visual novel/RPG hybrid that squanders its potential thanks to pacing issues.
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Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice (Nintendo 3DS)
A weak entry, but not without its charms.
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Review: MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death (Sony PlayStation Vita)
MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death Publisher: Idea Factory Developer: Compile Heart Genre: Dungeon Crawling RPG Release Date: 09/13/16 Dungeon crawling RPGs of any sort have always been an acquired taste among gamers, even at the best of times. Synonymously difficult, vague, and grind heavy, most developers will design a dungeon crawler with these characteristics as a…
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Review: Dreamfall Chapters – Book Five: Redux (PC)
Dreamfall Chapters – Book Five: Redux Developer: Red Thread Games Publisher: Red Thread Games Genre: Adventure Release Date: 06/17/2016 Here we are at last, the end of this long journey. The Longest Journey came out in 1999, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey came out in 2006, and then we didn’t see another entry in this series…
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Review: The Final Station (PC)
A fun, atmospheric, that is missing only a few things to be truly great.
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Review: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (PC)
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Publisher: Tin Man Games Developer: Tin Man Games Genre: Adventure/RPG Release Date: 08/31/2016 Steven Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s popular 1980’s gamebook series is no stranger to the video game world. A DS adaptation was released in 2009, and I myself reviewed a different PS3/PSP version in 2011. This time, Tin…
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Review: Deadlight: Director’s Cut (Sony PlayStation 4)
Deadlight: Director’s Cut Publisher: Deep Silver Developer: Tequila Works Genre: Action Release Date: 07/21/16 I first played through Deadlight when it was originally released in July of 2012, back when it was exclusive to the Xbox 360 and Windows platforms as part of Microsoft’s “Summer of Games”. Four years later, here we are with the…
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Review: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Genre: Rhythm Release Date: 08/30/2016 (Note: As of this writing, the concert editor mode is not available on PSN. The mode is part of the game, but must be downloaded separately. Therefore, it will not be included in this review until it becomes available; it will…
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Review: Muv-Luv (PC)
A romantic comedy and a war drama packaged together makes a good deal for visual novel fans.
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Review: Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Genre: Roguelike Developer: Spike Chunsoft Publisher: Aksys Release Date: 07/26/16 If you’re a fan of roguelikes, you’re almost certainly acquainted with Shiren the Wanderer in some fashion, but if you’re not, or you’re the sort of person who’s most acquainted with the simpler…
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Review: A.W. Phoenix Festa (Sony PlayStation Vita)
The whole is only slightly greater than the sum of its parts.
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Review: The King of Fighters XIV (Sony PlayStation IV)
The King of Fighters XIV Genre: Fighting Developer: SNK Playmore Publisher: Atlus Release Date: 08/23/16 It’s kind of surprising that it’s been almost five years since we’ve seen a new King of Fighters title released into the market; when the game was originally released back in 1994, under the clever moniker of The King of…
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Review: Neverwinter (Sony Playstation 4)
Neverwinter Genre: MMORPG Developer: Cryptic Studios Publisher: Perfect World Entertainment Release Date: 07/19/16 If you’re not the sort of person who follows along with this sort of thing, I feel I should mention right off the bat that there are a lot of free-to-play MMORPGs available on the market today. There are entire companies devoted…
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Review: Adventures of Mana (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Final Fantasy Adventure returns.
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Review: Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (Sony Playstation 4)
Odins Sphere Leifthrasir Publisher: Sega/Atlas Developer: VanillaWare Genre: action/adventure/RPG Release Date: 06/07/2016 When Odin Sphere was originally released in 2007 on the PlayStation 2, I was excited from the moment it was announced and followed its development consistently all the way through to its final release. When it came out I dove right in, and…
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Review: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Special Edition (Nintendo Wii U)
Also known as Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem.
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Review: Resette’s Prescription ~Book of memory, Swaying scale~ (PC)
Resette’s Prescription ~Book of memory, Swaying scale Publisher: Sekai Project Developer: Liz-Arts Genre: 2D Point-and-Click Adventure Release Date: 05/30/2016 Resette’s Prescription has an interesting premise: you play as Resette, a girl who can enter people’s hearts. You and your cat, Gaede, are attempting to make it through a forest when you come across a sleeping boy,…