Bloooooooooooooo. Booooooooooooo. Ahem. Bloo Kid 2 is so bad it made me feel bloo. No, wait, blue! The stupid game is making my IQ bleed out all over the place. Look, there are homages to old games out there, and it’s perfectly reasonable for indie developers to want to make…
Read MoreMore good Koei Tecmo news, folks! Days after the published unveiled a spectacular-looking JRPG from GUST for the PlayStation 4 and announced that it is finally localising another Nobunaga’s Ambition comes the news that Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 is actually being localised. If the Samurai Warriors Chronicles franchise isn’t familiar…
Read MoreAll the current generation of consoles do it, in one manner or another. From the 3DS to Vita, PlayStation 4 to Xbox One and Wii U, all modern consoles have the ability to take screenshots in the middle of play with a quick press of a button. PC players with…
Read MoreAs with any creation that increases in popularity, clones and spiritual successors will attempt to capitalise on the appeal of the original. We’ve already seen this on the Nintendo 3DS, and it was a truly horrific experience. Cube Creator 3D for the Nintendo 3DS is another take on Mojang’s Minecraft,…
Read More“There is a poison spreading huge enemy making a nest at the bottom of the underground waterway.” “Woooooooooow” thought I. “This game is awesome if there’s a poison spreading a huge enemy, or a poison spreading huge enemies.” I wasn’t quite sure what to expect because the grammar of that…
Read MoreIt’ll take you a full weekend to play through the three tutorials in A-Train 3D. In that time you’ll be bombarded with text as the game slowly – but comprehensively – walks you through its myriad of systems. You’ll generally quite overwhelmed with its complexity. But by the end of…
Read MoreEvery so often Nintendo publishes an utterly oddball little downloadable title. They typically come out of nowhere, and almost always impress me more than the company’s big releases. Such is the case of Boxboy!. One of the most attractive, charming, entertaining games to land as an eShop exclusive in some…
Read MoreXenoblade Chronicles was certainly a popular game on the Nintendo Wii when it was released towards the end of that console’s life. As the premier JRPG on the system it never quite left the mindset of its many fans, even with the Wii now retired, and I find it amusing…
Read MoreImageepoch is a very niche JRPG developer, responsible for a wide range of creative (and often controversial) games. It is perhaps best known for the Luminous Arc series of tactics games on the Nintendo DS, but it was also involved in the production of Yoshi’s New Island, and was the…
Read MoreWhat can someone say about a standalone downloadable release based upon a mini-game available in a pre-existing retail title? Things I tend to look for in these cases are how much the developer has added to the original experience in order to make a worthwhile title. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker…
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