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Saitama, the eponymous One Punch Man, has journeyed from homemade web comics to full-fledged Jump magazine releases to gloriously animated works. His next stop poses a dilemma: how do you incorporate a character that wins in a single blow into the video game medium, let alone in a fighting game?
Clearly this is one of those releases that Nintendo gets a developer to pull together on the cheap in order to keep the flow of first party games coming to the Switch. There’s no other explanation, aside from resourcing, for this being a remake of GBA title that wasn’t considered...
Just as I have a special reverence for Demon’s Souls, even as I recognise Dark Souls was able to refine and improve on “the formula”, I recognise that Nioh 2 is the better game, while also missing spirit and originality, which has gone by the wayside. That said, Nioh 2...
Two Point Hospital is wildly entertaining, with a great sense of humour and production values that pop with light-hearted, satirical style. It’s worth playing through if for no other reason than to see what zany diseases and treatments you’ll need to deal with next. It’s just odd that for a...
The appeal of Langrisser I & II is quite limited, and I don’t think it’s going to grab the attention of the Fire Emblem new converts that the developer was probably hoping to. With that being said, for the nostalgic, and people who like their traditional tactics JRPGs, there’s a...
Hero Must Die has a lot going for it – a strong, immediately compelling theme, a lovely, melancholic aesthetic, and a simple elegance to its systems. Unfortunately, the development team really struggled to find a way to marry the form and function of the JRPG, and the narrative that the...
This “reward” that Romance of the Three Kingdoms offers is subtle and nuanced. This is a niche game and I would very much expect its sales to be much lower than what its rival achieved. It’s the better experience, though, from a particular perspective. If you love your historical strategy...
Like I said, there are some good ideas to be found in Bookbound Brigade, and when everything clicks into place, it can be a lot of fun. But between the unreliable map, the tedious combat, the tired sense of humour, and the missed opportunity to do anything noteworthy with the...
As someone who has converted to Shinto (insofar as it’s possible to “convert” to a religion that doesn’t have that kind of formal organisation – really I just accept what the religion says as compatible to my own world view), I do fall into what is probably a very narrow...
All in all, this collection coming out on the back of the original Mega Man and Mega Man X Series is a must have for fans or those that never actually got around to playing them. With plenty of features only improving on the original releases back on the Game...
It’s quite obvious why this port exists – it’s to drum up interest in the series again while Marvelous plugs away at a proper sequel, Rune Factory 5, which is due for release at some stage this year. Not that I mind being part of the marketing strategy in this...
Overall, while coming in five years after the PC release, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III was a pleasure to have on the console. While NeocoreGames have moved on from the crazy world of Borgovia to the stars of Warhammer 40,000 with Inquisitor, this final chapter is a reminder...
