Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds Developer: Idea Factory Publisher: Idea Factory Genre: Visual novel Release Date: 05/16/2017 Hakuoki has gotten prolific in its releases since it was first brought over here on the PSP. It also got a 3DS version and PS3 version (the latter of which I considered the definitive version until Kyoto Winds), and even…
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Review: The Caligula Effect (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Cool ideas are bogged down by repetitive combat and boring design.
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Review: The Final Station: The Only Traitor DLC (PC)
A worthy addition to one of last year’s little gems.
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Review: Miniature Garden (PC)
Miniature Garden Developer: Muzintou Publisher: Fruitbat Factory Genre: Visual novel Release Date: 03/30/2017 I tend to be a voracious consumer of visual novels and a sucker for anything with mystery and/or horror elements to it. So when Miniature Garden came in as a review copy, I was curious enough to take it. Let’s see how…
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Review: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch)
A breath of fresh air.
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Review: Berserk and the Band of the Hawk (Sony PlayStation 4)
Berserk and Dynasty Warriors meet for the first time.
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Review: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto (Sony PlayStation 4)
This expansion marks the end of the Ultimate Ninja series. Is it worth the pick up?
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Review: Tales of Berseria Collector’s Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)
Why do birds fly?
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Review: Yakuza 0 (Sony PlayStation 4)
Yakuza Zero Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Ryu ga Gotoku Studios Publisher: SEGA Release Date: 1/24/17 I feel it’s only fair to say right away that I’m a Yakuza series fanboy. I bought the first game based on the review by Insidepulse’s own reviewer Mark so long ago. Since that first game it has become one of…
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Review: Dead Island: Definitive Collection (Sony PlayStation 4)
Dead Island: Definitive Collection Publisher: Deep Silver Developer: Techland Genre: action/adventure Release Date: 05/31/2016 Welcome to Banoi, a tropical island paradise off the coast of Papua New Guinea. It has all the amenities you could hope for, including lush jungles, luxurious resorts, sun, surf, shade, and… zombies. Okay, so you probably don’t want to spend time…
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Review: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone (Sony PlayStation 4)
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Genre: Rhythm Release Date: 01/10/2017 It has only been a handful of months since the last Miku game was released stateside, so it might seem odd, then, for Future Tone to be hitting the PlayStation Store already. However, this is not your typical Miku game;…
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Review: Chase: Cold Case Investigations – Distant Memories (Nintendo 3DS)
Chase: Cold Case Investigations – Distant Memories Developer: Arc System Works Publisher: Aksys Games Genre: Visual novel Release Date: 10/13/2016 When Cing closed its doors in 2010, I was sad because I loved their games (even if Again didn’t quite live up to Cing’s other games). Hotel Dusk remains one of my favorite DS games,…
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Review: Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization (Sony PlayStation 4)
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Publisher: Bandai Namco Developer: Aquria Genre: Roleplaying Release Date: 11/8/2016 Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization takes place a while after Lost Song, though apparently they’ve decided to go back to a version of Aincrad instead of building a completely different world. (This time, Aincrad is on the ground, giving it the name Ainground.)…
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Review: Final Fantasy XV (Sony PlayStation 4)
A bro-tastical adventure for the ages.
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Review: Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs (PlayStation Vita)
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs Developer: Toybox Inc. Publisher: Aksys Games Genre: Visual novel/SRPG Release Date: 09/20/2016 When Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters originally came out last year, it was something that sort of pinged my radar, but I didn’t get around to picking it up at the time. That turned out fortuitous since…
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Review: Dishonored 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)
A worthy sequel that gives you even more options.
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Review: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Sony PlayStation 4)
Despite the new location, this feels like more of the same. That’s either great or terrible, depending on your viewpoint.
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Review: Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration (Sony PlayStation 4)
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a satisfactory sequel, but not all it could have been.
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Review: World of Final Fantasy Collector’s Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)
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Review: Picross 3D: Round 2 (Nintendo 3DS)
Picross 3D: Round 2 Publisher: Nintendo Developer: HAL Laboratory Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 09/01/2016 The Picross series has been around since the days of the original Game Boy, but has kept its appearances sparse. Picross 3D was one of the best puzzle games on the DS, and it still took its sequel more than six…