Review by Matt S. Disgaea faces a big problem, which Disgaea 6 exposes; when you’ve got a series that has parodied JRPGs through raw exaggeration, how do you keep that series’ energy going? How do you take something that is already hyperbolic to an almost grotesque degree, and build further…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nippon Ichi over in Japan has announced that Shin Hayarigami 3, the latest in its horror visual novel series will release on July 29, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. There’s no news of a western release just yet, so please do let NISA know that…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. It did seem for a while there that the first person dungeon-crawlers might become a dead genre, but the quality of Wizardry-likes has captured imaginations anew and for the last decade or so the genre has been enjoying a real renaissance for anyone willing to take…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Tactics JRPG fans are going to really want to check this one out: Nippon Ichi in Japan has revealed the latest trailer for Disgaea 6, and it is looking really, really good. Disgaea is an oddball series of tactics JRPGs that are all about going way,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. For anyone who has been hanging out for the Nintendo Switch release of The Legend of Heroes IV, the good news today is that NISA has confirmed its release date. It lands on April 9 in North America and Europe (those of us in Oceania will…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the big releases at the front-end of the year for JRPG fans will be the double pack of Saviors of Sapphire Wings and Stranger of Sword City that NISA will be releasing on March 16 for Nintendo Switch and PC. The publisher has released…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Experience Inc is one of the most under-appreciated developers out there. In addition to being behind the finest horror visual novel series out there (Death Mark, Spirit Hunter: NG), the company also creates some incredible, beautiful, classical Wizardry-style dungeon crawlers. If you haven’t played Stranger of…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. We didn’t get a chance to review it (because it released right in the middle of so much else being dropped on us), but Mad Rat Dead is a game worth looking at (and we’ve got it on our Christmas backlogs), because it comes to us…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The creative team behind Penny-Punching Princess and The Princess Guide are back with a new title. Called Poison Control, it looks like it has the same vibrant aesthetic and wicked sense of humour as those other titles, and we now know that it will release on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There’s no way I can write a review of Trails of Cold Steel IV that will allow me to talk about the game’s finest qualities. This is the fourth chapter of a series that you absolutely must play from the first chapter, else you’re going to…
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