Reviews

Cygames, the developer behind Granblue Fantasy, took a different approach than industry standards. While many companies initially release their franchises on consoles or PCs and then port them to mobile, Cygames did the opposite. Granblue Fantasy is a mobile phenomenon in Japan – now also on browsers – that sought to expand its media to […]

Do you know what a guilty pleasure is? In short, it’s something you enjoy despite deep down knowing it’s bad. It’s like watching the Kardashians. Well, I believe Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince lies within the guilty pleasure realm. And to add, within a subgenre that is somewhat already downplayed in the gaming industry,

Star Citizen is a massive, multiplayer online space sim that is years in the making and has ambitions that exceed any game we’ve ever seen. It boasts a massive celebrity-filled cast, an astonishing scope of space to explore, and both multiplayer and single-player modes. It promises a combination of Elite Dangerous mixed with the mission

Twenty-six years ago, the first game for an unexpectedly massive player in the RPG genre released, being Super Mario RPG on the SNES. Nintendo hadn’t dipped into the RPG genre much previously, so they enlisted Square (now Square Enix) to help them in the development of the game, and it was a massive hit. Fast

When I venture on a spinoff, I try to set my mindset at one of two levels of expectation: either envisioning that the spinoff should be as incredible as the work that spawned it or, more likely, assuming that it will be an amusing game but not entirely on par with the original. It’s a

I have a bottomless appetite for soulslikes. Any game that emulates the formula of frustratingly unforgiving combat, from conquering Sen’s Fortress in Dark Souls to showing Lady Maria back to the grave in Bloodborne, makes any small victory a massive celebratory milestone. And yet, while that recipe of limited health, spaced checkpoints, and infuriating bosses

I was drawn to Achilles: Legend Untold because of its ancient Greek setting and RPG flair. As someone who sets the narrative element of a game above all else and who has studied (and continues to study) ancient Greek myth, literature, and history, to say this game appealed to me simply in concept is an

I’ll start with two messages. If you have never played the original Star Ocean: The Second Story, strap in and enjoy the ride. You’re due to a fantastic journey. If you did play the original game, oh boy. Let loose of all the straps. Cherish, absorb, relive, and pedal all the way into this fantastic

My relationship with superhero media is a strained one at best, but it wasn’t always that way. I used to adore just about anything Marvel and DC put out there for fans to absorb, and for a time, I loved the slew of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies that kept popping up in theaters. However, much

Sea of Stars is the realization of a team’s dream. Sabotage Studios, the developer, embarked on its journey with The Messenger, a retro-inspired platformer whose success served as a springboard and bootstrap for a large-scale RPG in Sea of Stars, another retro-inspired game. We are living through a pivotal moment for the RPG genre. After