Review: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Nintendo Switch)

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Review by Matt S. If I were to ask everyone reading this to raise their hands if they are thoroughly sick of the roguelike genre being appropriated by indie developers to replace the joy of finely crafted levels in favour of randomised “endless” content, I would imagine that most people…

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Review: Omega Labyrinth Life (Nintendo Switch)

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Review 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…

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Review: Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Sony PlayStation Vita)

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Review by Matt S. Traditional as traditional comes, Shiren the Wanderer was one of the pioneers of the modern roguelike Mystery Dungeon subgenre. The first game landed right back in 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan, and while we see shades of that game in so many more innovative…

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