I once heard the saying, “Love is for the birds,” and interpreted it as a dismissal of the idea that human interaction...
Lost Dimension is, in many ways, a testament to the changes made in JRPG design over the past few years. Madness, paranoia,...
Games are supposed to be fun. It’s in the name of the action: gaming, to not work, to not be idle, and...
At one time to get a full RPG experience you needed to be sitting in front of a TV with a console...
While the Neptunia series is largely recognized for its steady stream of JRPG releases, Action Unleashed is a new frontier for the...
War may never change, but strategy most certainly does. For members of the world’s elite Special Operations, you’ve only got one shot...
What made the games of our childhood so special to us? Was it the straightforward nature mixed with brutal difficulty? Or perhaps...
The shoot-em-up genre has become an underappreciated genre these days, but it is one I enjoy going back to. I remember going...
Family. Loss. Revenge. Sacrifice. These themes are the tenets of Oreshika, a way of life for a game about a house cursed...
The Hyperdimension series is a concept that has always looked interesting from the outside looking in. An entire series of games based...
Rhythm is a concept that hasn’t been utilized often this generation. Likely because the industry was saturated with countless plastic instruments and...
There is a very thin line between acceptable mediocrity and dull uselessness, and being on the fence is not a position that...
Must a game be unique to be great? Can a game have all of the elements of greatness: fun and dynamic gameplay,...
Developed by SCE Japan Studio and just now coming West after a successful launch in Asia, Freedom Wars has all the markings...
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is a game that understands what it means to be a good sequel. It effectively keeps what made...
I never got around to playing Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten when it came out on the PlayStation 3, so when playing...
Who are you? What are you? Are you sure you’re even you? What would you do if you were trapped on an...
Occasionally you hear of a concept so crazy that you think that there’s no way that it can work. When Final Fantasy...
Sony hasn’t exactly had the best run of luck in porting its classic games to its versatile handheld. The Vita is capable...
Have you ever heard that old saying that an artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it? Well, it would...
As a major fan of shooting things and low-brow humor, Borderlands 2 instantly became one of my favorite games when it launched...
I remember God of War being dark, but I don’t remember it being this dark. Sony released an HD compilation containing the...
If you owned the short-lived Texas Instruments TI-99/4A and a cassette player, then the must-have game was the RPG Tunnels of Doom....
When Dragon’s Crown was released on the PS3 and Vita, it was a pleasant surprise. The RPG featured several different classes, accessible...
I've never understood the appeal of monster hunting. Generally I prefer my RPG's with deep plots and rich characters rather than a...
When most gamers make a list of the most popular console RPGs, the Ys series would be towards the bottom of the...
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc takes great pride in slowly unravelling its twisted, sadistic narrative. You play as Makoto Naegi, a high school...
Somewhere in the course of history, we all decided that games needed to be shorter. Modern games tend to slot somewhere between...
It’s official: Media Molecule is much more than just “the LittleBigPlanet studio.” Tearaway is host to a wonderful world of paper. Everything...
Real Boxing, while fun, is a game that ultimately suffers an identity crisis. Light RPG elements are mixed with a relatively shallow...
Rayman Legends is one of the best platforming experiences in years. From its charming presentation to its fluid controls, this game will...