Moon is an RPG that broke the mold. Releasing in Japan in 1997 on the PlayStation, after 23 years, it has finally made its way to the west. Moon is …
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You might imagine that a 2D side-scrolling platformer that allows you 1,000 lives to complete the game would be fairly easy, all things considered. Prinny 1•2: Exploded and Reloaded exists …
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If you’re looking for a realistic basketball experience on the Nintendo Switch, you pretty much only have one choice. That choice being the NBA 2K series, which first started on …
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Bounty Battle seemed a promising fighter, taking many familiar (and less known) indies and sticking them in a Smash Bros. style game. But, it comes up well short in most …
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Much like most people (I think), my knowledge of tanks is quite limited. By ‘limited’, I mean I watched Fury about four years ago, and that’s the basis of 100% …
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You are warned at the beginning of Embracelet that “you can’t fail or make any wrong choices, but your actions might affect how people feel about you”. This focus on …
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If ever a wrestling game accurately reflected the current state of the WWE, it’s WWE 2K Battlegrounds. So much talent, so much waste. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if WWE creative got their hands in this game, forcing 2K to make some dubious decisions.
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As the title indicates, Macbat 64: Journey of a Nice Chap is for players who enthusiastically gobbled up N64 3D platformers in the ’90s. With so many developers going for …
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Cavemen Tales could be a construction and management simulation to win over those who might otherwise overlook the genre. Does that opening line sound familiar? If you’ve read my review …
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For a game that I had few expectations for, MO: Astray has been a pleasant surprise. Don’t let the screenshots fool you. It may look like an indie attempt at …
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Hamster Bob is an educational game for the Nintendo Switch. It’s essentially a virtual coloring book, with thirty pages of activities. Will this be enough to entertain the kids during …
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One of the major things you’ll come to realize when playing present-day incarnations of 16-bit inspired arcade beat ‘em ups is that if you’ve played one, then you’ve essentially played …
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Over the Alps is like a good book in the form of a game. While I did find the story a little hard to follow at first, as I got farther in, everything started to come together.
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Ratalaika Games is a small but dedicated indie developer that specializes in charming arcade-style games. Tamiku is one of their latest games in their repertoire and is at the very …
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An adventure in the mold of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Phoenotopia: Awakening emulates what made the title work while jettisoning some of its missteps. Unfortunately, it introduces new …
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In Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, you get the chance to prove you can defeat all your enemies and survive for all time—or you can get creamed. Either way, we get to have some fun, right?
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The premise of the action/adventure game Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story involves the classic hero-coming-of-age stuff, so we are off to a good start. Unfortunately, the journey is a bit clunky and fraught with issues from its dated gameplay.
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Golf Zero is unique to a certain degree, but this alone isn’t enough to make me recommend it.
The principal thing in this title is to sink at least one …
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