News by Matt S. Idea Factory has decided to call an end of the Mary Skelter series while also announcing a third title. If a trilogy sounds like a short series it’s actually two more games than I thought we’d get, since the original Mary Skelter was a super-niche PlayStation…
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Review by Matt S. Wizardry is the elder dungeon crawler. The first one, developed by Sir-Tech, came out way back in 1981. It’s older than I am, and there aren’t many properties that are still around and in active development that can claim that.. For context: Final Fantasy 1 was…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I did make a promise to myself that in 2020 I would try and play fewer games, but go much deeper on those that I did play. That would mean that I stopped giving so many poor or middling titles a go purely on the basis…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Given that I reviewed the original Mary Skelter: Nightmares, it’s actually difficult to find new things to say about Mary Skelter 2, above and beyond what I’ve already written. The reality is that while the two titles tell different stories, thematically, they tread the exact same…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. In the latest in my infrequent series looking at the hidden gems that either go unnoticed or forgotten, I look at Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics. This game manages to be both a classical roguelike Mystery Dungeon game from Spike Chunsoft, while doing things in an…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Mary Skelter: Nightmares, released originally on the PlayStation Vita, is one of the more distinctive and interesting examples of the dungeon crawler that we’ve seen in recent years. As we noted in our review of it: “By turns darkly sensual and horrific, it’s also beautiful, ravishing,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. After PQube games pulled the initial effort to localise Omega Labyrinth, we all thought this series was done for in the west. Having run afoul of Sony due to its rather outrageous fan service, the game and its “censorship” certainly drew opinions and debate. Thankfully all…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As you all know by know, I do love me some good dungeon crawling in the old-school Wizardry vein. Today brought some more great news, as The Bard’s Tale IV, which brings back one of those classic Wizardry-likes, has a release date for PS4 and Xbox…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Experience Inc, the Japanese specialist in Wizardry-style dungeon crawlers, has one final PlayStation Vita game in production, and it looks gorgeous. What’s more, it’s exclusive to that platform for some unfathomable reason. Blue-Winged Chevalier is a remake of Students of the Round, and is a classically…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Moero Chronicle is Idea Factory at its most Idea Factory. It’s a game so utterly devoted to fan service that it doesn’t bother itself with traditional expectations of a video game; the localisation is barely coherent, and the narrative behind it isn’t any more disciplined. And…
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