Review by Matt S. I love stories about underground revolutionary forces. The mix of ideologies squaring off against one another, as well as the intrigue as the revolutionary group attempts to get by and achieve their goals from the shadows, offers a timeless kind of narrative drama and deep suspense.…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Demon Gaze II’s full release in English is just around the corner, and NISA (the publisher in the west) has been kind enough to allow us to go hands on with the game. Demon Gaze II is notable as the first Japanese dungeon crawler on the…
Read MoreAt DDNet, we do love a good Wizardry-style dungeon crawler. There is something classic and timeless about delving deep into a hive of monsters and traps, overcoming them bit by bit while developing an intricate map of the sprawl of corridors and rooms along the way. Wizardry paved the way…
Read MoreThe PlayStation Vita has had a difficult life to date, though it has been moderately successful in Japan, and that means one thing; it has had a lot of JRPGs developed for it. A disproportionate number of them, in fact. If there is one group of people that absolutely must…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The developer behind the excellent Demon Gaze is back! NISA has announced that it will publish the exciting Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy in April (April 14 for Americans and April 17 for the rest of us). As with Demon Gaze, Operation Abyss will be a…
Read MoreList by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Largely untouched by Christian tradition, Japan has a different understanding of demons and other spiritual monsters. Where in Christianity demons are unequivocally evil and beyond redemption; they are the embodiment of faith turned sour, in Japan the closest thing to a demon is an Oni –…
Read MoreCompetition by Matt S. Demon Gaze is an upcoming dungeon crawler that is being brought to us by NISA. As with classics such as Wizardry, or more modern takes such as Etrian Odyssey, players explore deep, dangerous dungeons, slaughtering monsters and earning loot that helps them delve even deeper. Demon…
Read MoreCompetition by Matt S. Demon Gaze is an upcoming dungeon crawler that is being brought to us by NISA. As with classics such as Wizardry, or more modern takes such as Etrian Odyssey, players explore deep, dangerous dungeons, slaughtering monsters and earning loot that helps them delve even deeper. Demon…
Read MoreCompetition by Matt S. Demon Gaze is an upcoming dungeon crawler that is being brought to us by NISA. As with classics such as Wizardry, or more modern takes such as Etrian Odyssey, players explore deep, dangerous dungeons, slaughtering monsters and earning loot that helps them delve even deeper. Demon…
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