Review by Matt S. The swan song for the incredibly talented Japanese developer, Neverland, Rune Factory 4 was one of the finest titles released on the Nintendo 3DS. A beautifully elegant little game, Rune Factory 4 perfectly blended action JRPG dungeon crawling with everything that we love about the pastoral…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. With the moon having been cracked open by an unknown force, and part of it crashing down upon the earth in a catastrophic event, a new breed of AI have spawned, taking over existing machines with one purpose: to destroy humanity. Waking up some years later…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Most people are still dilligently plugging their way through Astral Chain, but the next big Nintendo Switch exclusive is just around the corner. Daemon X Machina is a mech action game, and it is looking very fine indeed. Publisher, Marvelous, has released the launch trailer of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Senran Kagura, at its best (i.e. in the earlier entries) did a brilliant job of taking ridiculous, heaving, over-the-top sexuality (i.e. gigantic boobs) and using it to satirical and comedic effect. There was close to a visual novel’s worth of depth sitting behind those characters and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As we reported in the catch-up coffee this morning, there’s a remake of the Game Boy Advance Harvest Moon titles coming to Nintendo Switch. Now we also have a trailer to confirm that this is one adorable little game. It’s actually called Story of Seasons: Reunion…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. If you’ve ever played a Marvelous game before, then it’s going to be obvious how Valkyrie Drive –Bhikkuni– plays out. The closest point of comparison is likely to be the Senran Kagura games, which have received a rather mixed reception at the hands of critics and…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. For over 20 years, Story of Seasons (aka the artist formerly known as Harvest Moon) has served as a light-hearted farming simulation that is inherently addictive. Caring for a barnyard might not sound tantalising on paper, but the series allows players to curate which simple routines…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Depending on your personal sensibilities, it is possible that the young women showing plenty of skin in Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus will be distracting or even offensive. However, if you focus on that aspect of what Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus has to offer, you might be…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Partially due to its over-the-top humour that was largely an effect of its tongue-in-cheek criticism of sexualisation, Senran Kagura Burst was a surprise hit on the 3DS when it released earlier this year, which is awesome for fans and aspiring players because thanks to that title’s…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. So Atelier Rorona lands itself an R18+ rating in Australia, but take the (amusingly) oversexualisation of Senran Kagura, mix it with cooking and dancing(!) and release it in the same country, and it gets by with an MA15+ rating instead. Let’s all remind ourselves just how…
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