Review by Matt S. Nintendo and Koei Tecmo are on to a good thing as partners. After years of successfully bringing the Musou (Warriors) framework to various anime licensed tie-ins, Koei got the chance to work on one of Nintendo’s most sacred properties, producing Hyrule Warriors. That game delivered in…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Touhou Spell Bubble is a tedious game which I do not particularly care for, but I imagine it does have value for fans of the long-running franchise. It’s an unorthodox mashup of the Vs. Puzzle and Rhythm genre, and the way Taito makes these two disparate…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. After Piofiore: Fated Memories just about ruined me when I played it a few weeks ago (I just never thought Otome games would get that dark), I rather enjoyed the contrast that Café Enchanté has offered. It’s another lengthy, substantial visual novel by the same developer…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Choices That Matters is a criminally overlooked game. At the time of writing, there isn’t a single review that has been captured by Metacritic, and it’s so obvious why: it’s a text adventure game. There’s only one graphical element in the thing, which is a little…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As an art critic by trade, I’m partial to the idea that the arts should be a reflection on culture. Art has an educational and informational purpose that is often overlooked in those artistic mediums that become dominated by blockbuster entertainment, but the arts have traditionally…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. No More Heroes 1 & 2 was a surprise drop on the Nintendo Switch last week. It makes sense that they would make their way to the console, given that Goichi Suda is gearing up to the big release of No More Heroes 3 soon enough.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Who wouldn’t want the opportunity to run a zoo full of dinosaurs? I mean, assuming that you could manage it in a way that doesn’t turn to hell (a la the Jurassic Park films). I remember being enamoured to a Game Boy Advance title, called Jurassic…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Clea is the kind of game that you’ll want to champion, because it is clearly a labour of love deal. It’s the product of a largely one-man Aussie indie developer, and it comes with a strong vision, some lovely aesthetics, and all the right ideas. It’s…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Pikmin 3 Deluxe doesn’t do much over and above what it did on the Wii U, where it was initially released (and, indeed, was one of the early-era games by Nintendo on that console). To be entirely honest I’m actually going to plagiarise my own review…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Transformers: Battlegrounds is one of the best things to happen to the property in years. That’s not entirely a glowing recommendation, since the Transformers property has been driven into the dirt thanks to those movies and games from publishers like Activision, so the bar has been…
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