Review by Matt S. I wanted to like this game so much. And not just because one of the characters has a bare midriff, underboob AND dangerously low-rise underwear (the holy trifecta of good art design, if you ask me). No. Tears of Avia clearly does try, and it doesn’t…
Read MoreReview by Matt S.Along with Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head, Robotics;Notes belongs to what you could conceivably call the “AAA” of visual novels. Each of these titles is characterised by having an expansive, extensive vision, exceptionally high production values, and are lengthy, content-filled stories. Robotics;Notes Elite is an upgrade to the original…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Quantum Suicide has been a very long time coming. We first wrote about the game back in 2016, saw it in action in 2017 at TGS, and thought then that things were coming together nicely. As happens so often with video games, though, things didn’t come…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. Ballsy move, basing Necrobarista in Melbourne instead of Sydney (insert appropriate humour about the rivalry between the cities here). However, with the developer based in Melbourne, it isn’t really a surprise, and Sydney folk will need to give it a pass there. Regardless of city location,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Note: There will be spoilers below. The PC release of Persona 4 Golden might be new, but this is a 12-year-old game at this point and I’ll be damned if I tiptoe around the game’s narrative for people that haven’t played the game yet. Related reading:…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Fury Unleashed is a far more heartfelt game than I expected it to be. This isn’t how I anticipated starting this review. In my notes I’d written that it plays a little like Metal Slug and a lot like Comix Zone, I’d written that it has…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The recipe for a successful management sim is taking a scenario which everyone is familiar with, and which everyone has at one point thought “I bet I could’ve done better than the clown who was hired to do this.” STATIONflow is exactly this for the subtle…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There was once a reason to buy into Xbox consoles if you were a fan of games from Asia. Not now, but once. The original model Xbox and Xbox 360 both enjoyed a surprisingly decent range of titles that were exclusive to those platforms. Kingdom Under…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I really want to like Bookbound Brigade. On paper, it sounds great: a Metroidvania where you control a squad of heroes rather than a single protagonist, with different formations being as important to progression as more typical ability upgrades. Coupled with fun art style and a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ever since childhood, I’ve had a fascination with Napoleon Bonaparte. It started with a board game called War and Peace, which my parents owned, and I discovered while young. That game was far too complex for me at the time (it really is a hardcore war…
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