Kitaria Fables brings a bright and cheerful world to adventure gaming that’s more Zelda-esque than Stardew-esque.
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Video game review
Jupiter Hell is more than a DOOM clone, combining the infernal energy of the classic shooter and turn-based roguelike gameplay.
Time to come clean. I was wrong about Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster but it took playing the game for myself. Well, half-wrong.
Cyberpunk 2077 is back on the radar after a tumultuous launch but we’re talking about the game itself, not the controversies.
Relive your 90s arcade days with the original version of Raiden – see where the series got started with the Arcade Archives series!
Strap yourselves in and call up a couch co-op buddy cuz we’re reviewing a real blast from the past in Jackal for the NES!
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX brings Kidd back for a full remake. But does the classic SMS platformer stand tall after the upgrades?
Sonic Lost World stands out from previous Sonic the Hedgehog titles by introducing parkour mechanics. But is there more to it than that?
Super Star Wars was widely praised in its time and has since developed a reputation for brutality, but what makes it so hard?
Donkey Kong Country 3 might be seen as the ugly duckling of the DKC SNES trilogy, but what’s so different about it?
What’s old is new again in this RPG adventure that can be played on classic hardware. Dragonborne is a brand new NEW Game Boy game!
GoNNER 2 is a rogue-like sequel to die for: adding more zaniness, more surreal visuals, and even local multiplayer to Ikk’s underworld adventures.
I want to believe… that you’ll love HAL Labs’ Part-Time UFO as much as I do! It’s Kirby meets Katamari meets Tricky Towers.
Ys Origin is familiar but reliable and really, need anyone ask for more from a JRPG honoring long and rich series traditions?
Find out how Bomber Crew dropped an explosively enjoyable experience in the lap of someone who doesn’t usually play games like this!
It’s Super Smash Bros. except with indie characters… but is there actually a game worth playing underneath any of that?
Supergiant Games’ Hades is positively divine and this is the story of how it restored my faith in roguelikes.
Creepy Tale asks you to explore a terrifying forest filled with otherworldly creatures. But is it frighteningly good or terrifyingly bad?
You think you know golf? True golf is knowing you know nothing. This is What The Golf and it brings insanity to the classic sport.
Metaphysical puzzler Manifold Garden forces you to think outside of the box and reimagine infinity to navigate its manifold mazes.
Innovation is a mere buzzword. Changes happen in a microcosm. Mortal Shell enjoyably drives that point home, like a sword in a monster’s gut.
Are we living in the golden age of gaming right now? The Infernal Accountant Mage makes a point via Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen.
Ghost of Tsushima. Does it attack with honour? Or is its blade dull? — The Regional Exclusive Mage answers all, without the aid of any more terrible haiku.
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition brings one of the most underrated modern classics in the JRPG genre back to life.
The adorably animated and charming NAIRI: Tower of Shirin gets its review at last, but has the ship already sailed for point-and-click games?
One of the most polarizing video games in recent history, The Last of Us Part II gets a magely critique which may be just as controversial…
Something weird is growing on Nintendo Switch and it’s Atomicrops, the hideously fun lovechild of farming sims and rogue-lites, with bullet hell for flavor.
Everything is awesome when you play as a pea! But does Awesome Pea 2 take a leap forward or does it fall into the same old pitfalls? Find out in our review.
Soldier Blade, the first TurboGrafx-16 game I’ve ever beaten. How did it compare to other TG-16 mini titles and other shmups like it?
Sakura Wars skirts the line between visual novel and mech combat, and while some continue to ask “what is a game?”, fans of visual novels will eat this up.
