Category: Sony PS Vita
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Review: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Ys another excellent entry to a decades old franchise.
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Review: Mary Skelter: Nightmares (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Mary Skelter: Nightmares Publisher: Idea Factory Developer: Compile Heart Genre: RPG Release Date: 09/22/2017 Idea Factory continues to be a constant source of content for the Vita, even though the platform has been mostly abandoned at this point. It still serves as a great home to a number of niche Japanese titles, and it doesn’t…
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Review: Collar x Malice (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Collar x Malice Developer: Idea Factory Publisher: Aksys Games Genre: Visual novel Release Date: 07/28/2017 Aksys has brought over a bevy of otome games in the past few years. They include the PSP, 3DS, and PS3 version of Hakuoki, Sweet Fuse, Code:Realize, and Norn9. Just this year, they’ve released Period Cube and will be releasing…
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Review: Spellspire (Sony PlayStation 4/Vita)
A simple, but good enough game.
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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: 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: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Heed my call… … Play this game!
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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: 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: 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: Adventures of Mana (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Final Fantasy Adventure returns.
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Review: SteamWorld Heist (Sony PlayStation 4/Vita)
A fantastic turn-based strategy game from top to bottom.
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Review: One Piece: Burning Blood (Sony PlayStation Vita)
It had my blood burning alright.
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Review: Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir (Sony PlayStation Vita)
A PS2 classic returns and is sure to please both new and existing fans.
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Review: MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Hyperdimension Neptunia meets High School of the Dead, but not really.
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Review: Ray Gigant (Sony Playstation Vita)
Ray Gigant Genre: Dungeon Crawler/Rhythm Developer: Experience Publisher: Acttil Release Date: 05/03/16 You might well think that one dungeon crawler from Experience in a calendar year would be a fine enough boon to genre fans, especially considering that the game released this year, Stranger of Sword City, was one of the best entries in the…
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Review: Stranger of Sword City (Sony Playstation Vita)
Stranger of Sword City Genre: Dungeon Crawling RPG Developer: Experience Inc Publisher: NIS America Release Date: 04/26/16 In theory, Experience Inc is a company I can easily see myself appreciating in the long term; I’ve been openly effusive toward the dungeon crawler genre in the past, and by and large they make dungeon crawlers almost…
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Review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus (Sony PlayStation Vita)
It’s a terrible port, but it’s still XCOM at heart.