Review by Matt S. When you hear the term “Eurojank,” you might well assume that it’s being said as a pejorative, but no. That’s not the case at all. “Eurojank” games are, as the name suggests, titles that come out of Europe from the B-tier developers. Developers that can’t match…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’ve been looking forward to King’s Bounty II a great deal. I love pulp fantasy, I love B-grade RPGs. This one always looked like a thing I would love. I wasn’t disappointed. This game is by no means something for everyone, but for genre fans it’s…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I never did review the original Curious Expedition. But I did do a video on it. In that video, I called it a “cracking roguelike.” Given that Curious Expedition 2 is better than the original, I guess that makes this game “cracking+”. It could have gone…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Fort Triumph is a brilliant idea: It’s XCOM meets Heroes of Might & Magic, and with Ubisoft having destroyed Heroes, an indie bringing that kind of gameplay back is downright noble. Unfortunately, in execution, the game hurts itself with a lack of depth and a lazy…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Heroes of Might & Magic is a dead franchise. As beloved as it is, Ubisoft now owns it, and has absolutely no interest, whatsoever, in indulging niche strategy RPG things (unless the execs can ruin it by turning it into a live service). What that means…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M.I originally made a typo in the title of this review: “Boyfriend Fungeon.” And honestly, it’s so much fun that could be the name of the game and I wouldn’t even think twice. The premise of Boyfriend Dungeon, an action-adventure RPG, is quite simple: date your weapons…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Who doesn’t love spending weeks of their lives playing a single game? Disciples: Liberation is promising an 80-hour quest, filled with classical turn-based combat, multiple endings, and a completely new vision for the classic western RPG franchise. It releases on October 21. The game will be…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s rare that we get a JRPG that can be considered to be genuinely innovative. Cris Tales might have been inspired by the genre’s classics, but it’s a far more modern and bold game than I think even the developers realised they were making. It all…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I have no idea how I missed the original Monster Hunter Stories on the 3DS, because the idea of Monster Hunter, but in turn-based JRPG format, is very much my jam. See, as much as I enjoy the aesthetics, design, and concept of Monster Hunter, I’m…
Read MorePreview by Harvard L. The first thing Acid Nerve’s top-down action game, Death’s Door, has going for it – it GIFs really well. Check out the team’s Twitter and you’ll find multiple crunchy loops of a well-timed sword swing bouncing a projectile back at an enemy, and it’s just so…
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