Review by Matt S. World End Economica has something going for it, since I was able to complete the three tome-length epic, and I’ll rarely finish one visual novel (let alone three) if there isn’t something captivating about them. These are rambling, wordy, indulgent things, too, which under normal circumstances…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Crime Opera is a wildly ambitious project for a development team that wasn’t quite ready for it. This visual novel features 20-odd characters, a plot that shifts between six perspectives, and, thematically, is brutal. This is a story about crime families, with a patriarch that openly…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I had thought that Death End re;Quest might be pushing it with the Nintendo Switch. Idea Factory’s ports to the console are always quite playable, but usually have rough edges that are introduced that are not present on other platforms. Death End re;Quest was a relatively…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I like the ambition and appreciate the effort that went into Infinite Adventures. Sadly, I don’t think it was executed very well, at all. The idea of doing a grand dungeon crawler in the tradition of Etrian Odyssey, with some randomised level layouts for added replay…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The really nice thing about having Shantae released on the Nintendo Switch is that the Switch now has the entire collection running natively on it. That’s right: every single one of the glorious adventures of everyone’s favourite half-genie on the one console. Given how rare and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Look, I’ll level with you here: There’s not much I have to say about the three titles in the Atelier Mysterious Trilogy that I haven’t already in my reviews of their original releases, so for the bulk of this review I’ll be copying some sections from…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ravensword: Shadowlands is a good lesson that I hope developers learn. Back in 2012, which it first launched on iPhone and iPad, it was hailed as something amazing, as an effort to do the Elder Scrolls aesthetic on mobile. Back then mobile gaming was still fairly…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Qureate, purveyors of smutty-themed visual novels like NinNinDays, TroubleDays and Prison Princess, has landed on exactly the kind of experience that actually works with the M.O. in Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami. This is a fusion of stalker horror, visual novel and the developer’s love of…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Gravity is an inherently fun mechanic to mess around with – and this is one game that delivers on that promise. Developed by Brazilian studio Electric Monkeys, the gaming division of Studica Solution, Gravity Heroes is a platform-based arena shooter with unique movement mechanics, which offers…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. This is going to be a very short review, since Toree 3D is about $1 on the Nintendo eShop and has about as much content as you would expect for that price. It offers nine levels, and each of those is just a couple of minutes…
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