Lapis x Labyrinth follows Penny Punching Princess and The Princess Guide as the next Nippon Ichi Software title to offer cutesy but otherwise simplistic gameplay and characters. If you’re familiar [ … ]
Review: Yakuza Kiwami 2
The release of Yakuza 0 on Steam last year marked the renewal of SEGA’s support for the PC market. Yakuza Kiwami 2 not only shows that their dedication to bringing [ … ]
Review: Earth Defense Force – Iron Rain
Iron Rain attempts to take what is usually a goofy and energetic series and turn it into something more serious.
Review: Zanki Zero – Last Beginning
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning attempts to mix together DRPG gameplay and survival mechanics, with mixed results.
Review: Operencia – The Stolen Sun
For those that have been following our reviews over the past couple of years, you’ll likely know that I’m a big fan of dungeon crawlers. The genre still has a [ … ]
Review: The Legend of Heroes – Trails of Cold Steel
The Legend of Heroes series has had a hard time when it comes to English releases. The trilogy before Trails in the Sky received incredibly poor localisations, the Trails in [ … ]
Review: Fate/EXTELLA LINK
It’s impressive just how big the Fate series is in the west, considering that the original visual novel that started it all hasn’t even received an official English release. Fate/EXTELLA [ … ]
Review: The Caligula Effect – Overdose
The Vita has always had a vast library of niche and unique games that suffered due to the system’s lack of popularity. The Caligula Effect was one of these games, [ … ]
Review: Steins;Gate ELITE
As we’ve mentioned in our review of Chaos;Child, Steins;Gate is one of the most influential visual novels ever released. It ensured the popularity of the long running Science Adventure series [ … ]
Review: Death end re;Quest
Compile Heart is a developer that really like to try and break away from the typical gameplay of other RPGs, usually for the worse. Their best game in recent times, [ … ]
PC Port Impressions: Yakuza Kiwami
After the successful port of Yakuza 0 last year, it’s no surprise that fans would be eagerly awaiting the series’ return to PC. After a rather lengthy wait, Yakuza Kiwami [ … ]
Review: Chaos;Child
Most people with even a slight amount of knowledge about visual novels will likely have heard about Steins;Gate. It was a highly influential release that even managed to have one [ … ]