Heidi Hawes
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RPGs and JRPGs are nothing new, but Cris Tales developed by Dreams Uncorporated and Syck, and published by Modus Games is not your typical version of either type. It’s best described as a “love letter” to JRPGs, with its most notable source of inspiration being Chrono Trigger. With its eye-catching...
The video game industry loves to focus on culturally-specific games, but many of them have been overdone. There are literally hundreds of games that focus on Japanese, European, American, and Nordic cultures, to the point where they have nearly worn out their welcome. Every once in while, you’ll get a...
I had the pleasure of playing The Forgotten City from Modern Storyteller in a preview build a couple months ago. I was absolutely blown away by it. Not only did it offer an intriguing premise, but everything from the writing, acting, soundtrack, and graphics were outstanding. It was one of...
While I’ve never gotten hugely invested in Dungeons & Dragons, I have played a few campaigns throughout my life and really enjoyed my time with it. The main reason I never got heavily involved with it had more to do with not having people to play with more than having...
Legend of Mana
The Mana series has been incredibly popular every since they first appeared in the 90s. A series of JRPGs featuring adorable characters and classic top-down perspective and RPG elements have won over fans for decades. Legend of Mana is the fourth game in the series following Trials of Mana, and...
I greatly appreciate whenever a developer attempts to do something totally different. With so many games simply following the few molds of those that have proven successful previously, most of them start to blur together after a while. Some of them are wonderful, like The Stanley Parable, while others fall flat,...
Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind is the second game in the Famicom Detective Club series, which has been completely remade from the ground up at the same time as its predecessor Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir. These two games are now available on the Nintendo Switch...
Nintendo’s Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir was originally released in Japan in 1988 for the Famicom Disk System. It was later ported to the Game Boy Advance, Wii, Wii U, and 3DS, but once again only in Japan. The game has now been completely remade from the ground up,...
TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight was brought to my attention from out of nowhere. I had heard nothing about this indie title until a week before its release. This was especially surprising since attached to the project alongside the indie studio Orbital Express, was developer Nocras, who has provided artwork for...
It Takes Two
One of my complaints with the video game industry is that there aren’t many couch co-op games anymore. Yes, I know that the majority of them offer some sort of an online multiplayer experience, but it’s not the same. Personally, I love the option of being able to sit next...
I’ve been a fan of the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness for quite a while now. Their type of dark, sardonic humor presented in their cartoons just speaks to me. So when I heard about their newest game, Cyanide & Happiness – Freakpocalypse, I was eager to check it out. While...
