Category: 10 Thoughts
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10 Thoughts on… the 7th Dragon III: Code VFO Demo (Nintendo 3DS)
What a time to be alive as a gamer, am I right? Fifteen years ago you never had any idea what might make its way out of Japan and into the US marketplace, and niche RPGs, while they did make their way into the market, were hardly commonplace, especially from larger publishers. Today, we’re getting…
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10 Thoughts On… Grand Kingdom Beta (Sony PlayStation 4)
Since its announcement, there was something about Grand Kingdom that had caught my eye, almost as if there was something familiar about it. It wasn’t until later that I learned it shares a director with Grand Knights History, a Vanillaware title originally slated to be localized in the west by XSEED Games before its eventual…
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10 Thoughts on… Ray Gigant (Sony Playstation Vita)
2016 is shaping up to be an outstanding year for RPGs of all shapes and sizes; with Fire Emblem Fates, Stranger of Sword City and Dark Souls III already out in the market and Shin Megami Tensei VI Apocalypse, Tokyo Mirage Sessions and 7th Dragon III coming out sometime this year (among many, many others),…
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10 Thoughts On… Final Fantasy XV: Platinum Demo (Sony PlayStation 4)
What makes a good demo? Is it having content not found in the actual game no matter how inconsequential it may be? Perhaps slicing out the best piece of the game and having players experience that? Or maybe the simple approach of just having them play the beginning of the game and prompt a purchase…
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10 Thoughts on… Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (Sony Playstation 4)
It hardly feels like it’s been eight years since the original release of Valkyria Chronicles on the Playstation 3, partly because the game felt like a transcendent game at the time of release, and partly because it still feels fresh and different even now. The combination of strategic play and active movement is one that…
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10 Thoughts on… Prison Architect (Microsoft Xbox One)
Prison Architect is a game that’s constantly popping up in my discovery queue on Steam for one reason or another, so when the game was announced for release on the Xbox One my interest was piqued. I’ve always been a fan of building and management simulators, from SimCity to Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis to Theme…
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10 Thoughts on… Stranger of Sword City (Sony Playstation Vita)
Experience Inc. came out of nowhere in the US in 2013 with the surprisingly solid Demon Gaze, a dungeon crawling RPG featuring some very strong and unique elements. It was a bit over the top in its aesthetic (IE there were lots of boobs), but it managed to stand on its own as a game…
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10 Thoughts On… Megadimension Neptunia VII (Sony PlayStation 4)
With all the games Neptune and company has on the PS3, Vita, and even PC, it’s about time that a new Neptunia game makes its debut on the PlayStation 4. Enter Megadimension Neptunia VII (vee two, not seven), the followup to 2013’s Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory. There have been a lot of games and tweaks to…
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10 Thoughts On… Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Sony PlayStation 4)
I have logged a handful of hours in the newly released Call of Duty: Black Ops III. I have fiddled with single player and bot matches, and am having quite a bit of fun. Below are ten quick impressions of the game so far. 1. It is a bad idea to punch a robot in…
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10 Thoughts On… Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (Sony PlayStation 4)
It was inevitable for the Disgaea franchise to one day make the leap onto the PlayStation 4, and the best part is, rather than it being a direct sequel to another entry (like Disgaea D2) or an enhanced port, it’s a brand new main entry. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance also has the distinction of…
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10 Thoughts on… Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (Sony Playstation Vita)
So I’ve been on the Danganronpa train for a while now; the first game was honestly an amazing experience, and writing a walkthrough for the first game as well as a preview, review and walkthrough for the second has in no way diminished my want for more content, or for writing about it extensively. So…
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10 Thoughts on… Lost Dimension (Sony Playstation 3/Playstation Vita)
Let me get one thing out of the way up-front: despite watching trailers and reading a good bit about it, until about a week ago, I still really didn’t have a clear idea of what Lost Dimension was supposed to be. On a base level it looks like an odd cross between Valkyria Chronicles and…
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10 Thoughts On… Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae (Sony PlayStation 4)
Well, here we are. After nine years… yes, NINE YEARS after Final Fantasy Versus XIII was first announced at E3 2006 we have a playable version of the game. Now under the moniker of Final Fantasy XV, the game couldn’t be more far removed from the rest of the main entries if it tried. Though…
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10 Thoughts On…WWE Immortals (iOS)
WWE meets Mortal Kombat is this free to play brawler.
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Harebrained Schemes’ SHADOWRUN: HONG KONG is Now Live on Kickstarter
Press Release First, then some commentary! KIRKLAND, WA (January 13, 2015) – Today, indie video game developer Harebrained Schemes launched a new Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund it’s third full length stand-alone game set in the cyberpunk-meets-magic world of Shadowrun. Unlike their smash success at crowdfunding the entire development of Shadowrun Returns, Harebrained Schemes is approaching…
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10 Thoughts On… Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Need some more of Nep-Nep to tide you over until Victory II? Well, Idea Factory has heard your concerns and has localized Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation (wow, what a mouthful) for the PlayStation Vita. Like Re;Birth1 before it, this title is a remake of one of the PS3 releases, this time Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2.…
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10 Thoughts on… the Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire Demo (Nintendo 3DS)
Of all the games that might need or benefit from a demo, probably one of the last games that would come to mind are main series Pokemon games. After all, the series has been around since 1996, and there’s a whole bevy of previous games if someone just jumping into the series wanted to get…
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10 Thoughts On… NAtURAL DOCtRINE (Sony PlayStation Vita, PS3, and PS4)
Are you a natural for this game?
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10 Thoughts on… Dangan Ronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (Sony Playstation Vita)
This probably won’t come as any sort of a surprise considering I wrote a huge strategy guide for the first game, but I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of Dangan Ronpa 2 ever since NIS announced it was coming stateside. That NIS announced their intention to release the game in the US almost immediately after…
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10 Thoughts On… Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Nep Nep makes her return on the Vita. But this time, not as a pop idol.