Tag Archives: jrpg
Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed Review
Truth be told, I’ve never been to Japan – let alone Tokyo – but I get the strange feeling that Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed isn’t an accurate representation of Japan’s capital, or its world-famous Akihabara district. If it were like this I [...] Read more
Indie JRPG Edge of Eternity Now On KS With PS4/XB1 Stretch Goals
French developer Midgar Studio published today its Kickstarter campaign for Edge of Eternity; the good news is that you can try a pre-alpha demo on PC before committing to a pledge, and that includes those gamers who use Mac or Linux instead of [...] Read more
Persona Q Review - Plenty of Personality
What happens when a spin-off of a hardcore JRPG crosses with a hardcore dungeon crawling JRPG? JRPG-ception, that’s what, and with Persona Q: Shadows of the Labyrinth I’m more than happy to continue going deeper… It’s the series that’s become so [...] Read more
Final Fantasy XV Shows New Character, New Town & New Monster
It’s a big day for Final Fantasy XV! A promotional poster scan straight from Famitsu shows off a mysterious female character clad in a yellow jacket and goggles around her neck, a mechanic for the main party’s car perhaps? Maybe [...] Read more
New Level 5 PS4 Game Revealed@E3; More Epic Than WKC
Level 5 CEO & President Akihiro Hino has revealed in a livestream that his company is working on a new game for PlayStation 4, which will be revealed at E3 2015. He also left a few tidbits about the game itself, saying that he wants the game [...] Read more
Tales of Hearts R Review
I think it’s fair to say at this point that the Tales series is rivalling the likes of Final Fantasy for the title of ‘Best JRPG Franchise’. Whilst the latest titles of Square Enix‘s juggernaut are either moving away from the single player [...] Read more
Natural Doctrine Review - Cruel and Unusual
“Games just aren’t difficult anymore” is a phrase thrown around by elder, nostalgic gamers regarding the games of their youth. In a sense, there’s some truth to it; Super Mario 3D World is hardly as challenging as Super Mario Bros. if you’re a [...] Read more
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Mugen Souls Z Review - Cute But Troubled
Adorable, cute and endearing are all words I would use to describe Mugen Souls Z. Tedious, frustrating and longwinded are just a few more words I would use. Oh dear, a cutesy charming JRPG with a lot of charm is let down by long, boring [...] Read more
Etrian Odyssey Untold:The Millennium Girl Review
The 3DS has become a bit of a JRPG haven, with last year seeing the release of titles such as Fire Emblem: Awakening and Shin Megami Tensei IV. Lately the 3DS hasn’t seen the kind of quality releases it was seeing this time in 2013, with much of [...] Read more
The Witch and the Hundred Knight Review - Bewitching
NIS America have been faithfully bringing us some of the most niche and unusual games Japan has to offer for years now and The Witch and the Hundred Knight is just another gem in the collection. A 3D dungeon crawler RPG, bursting with [...] Read more
