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But Battle Princess of Arcadias is a beautiful game, and it has a truly charming narrative and set of characters. Nippon Ichi might have a ways to go before its action JRPGs are of the same standard of its more methodically-paced games, but boy does that company know how to...
It’s games like this that keep me interested in gaming; creative developers working on creative concepts and telling simple, effective stories in a manner that is only possible through an interactive medium.
But I can’t get over the fact that this is meant to be a survival game that doesn’t create a convincing argument for being a survival game. And because it compromises its vision, How To Survive is a fun game, but little more than that.
It is that sense of fun and humour that has perhaps meant that Dragon Quest VIII gets away with being so traditional. Focused as it is on simply giving players a good time, Dragon Quest VIII enjoys an X-factor quality and remains fun on the iPad despite the very odd...
All in all, Worms Battlegrounds is a solid if unspectacular addition to the series that knows its strengths and generally plays to them effectively. There is an occasional awkwardness to movement that can make the single player story a bit of chore at times, but it does a nice job...
It’s unfortunate that Mind Zero chose one of the greatest JRPG franchises to ape, because the core combat system is really quite entertaining and mechanically sound. It’s also unfortunate because for all my criticisms above, Mind Zero is still a very entertaining game, it’s just that when you deliberately compare...
That is not to say In Sheep’s Clothing was bad. A couple of the scenes played out with some good humour and as usual the visuals (though sometimes slow to load between sections) dripped with colourful style. The end result is a serviceable bit of story that fails to live...
It’s still a great looking game, and the core narrative is a fun, if underdone and derivative one. It’s simply disappointing that this game had a reasonably large budget, and in the process it lost some of its identity and seems to be shoehorned into some very unnecessary and destructive...
There’s a lot to this game and I cannot recommend it to anyone new to the genre as tutorial does almost nothing to help you learn the game. For hardcore RTS fans out there, I suspect that this game will be right up your ally. It’s a fun game and...
Sparkle 2 may certainly be a game that has been played a hundred times before, but as it is on the PlayStation 4, it is truly a treat. The pick up and play aspect shines and the difficulty curve is spot on. It does get repetitive though, so short bursts...
The Game Bakers, the developer of Squids Odyssey, has created a game that largely misses everything that makes the RPG genre great. As such, it quickly becomes tedious, and while I do think it would work as a free iOS game as a time waster, it doesn’t work as a...
In a day and age when Internet and personal privacy appear to be very liquid ideas, Watch Dogs resonates with just a little more impact as you guide Aiden on his quest for revenge. The overall package is a good one, with a lot of care and features that make...
