
Lacuna Passage - PC Preview

Huh… so that's how Matt Damon felt in the Martian. Having crash landed on the Red Planet it won't take long to get moving because the Oxygen levels and the Battery life of your suit won't last forever. Don't worry though, there's no potato farming!
Lacuna Passage is an Early...
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE - Wii U Review
May 30, 2017atlus, CGRreview, console, Fire Emblem, nintendo, Nintendo Wii U, review, SMT, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Wii U
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Tokyo Mirage Sessions *(TMS) is the love child of both Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei (SMT) and Nintendo's Fire Emblem (FE) series. True to the weirdness of SMT, our cast is thrown into a world of weird that only they really see while everyone simply walks on by. While trying to...
Week in Review - May 22nd to the 26th
May 29, 2017Birthdays the Beginning, console, Koei Tecmo America, May 2017, microsoft, nintendo, NIS America, pc, playstation, Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, sega, sony, Utomik, Week in Review, xbox
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Welcome back to the weekend and this Week's in Review!
Richard started the week off with some dungeon crawling in the newest entry of the New Tokyo Legacy.
"...some of the more annoying parts have stuck with Babel from its predecessor, that doesn't stop Operation Babel...
Valkyria Chronicles Remastered - PS4 Review
May 26, 2017CGRreview, console, playstation, PlayStation 4, PS4, Real Time Strategy, review, sega, sony, strategy, third person shooter, Turned Based Strategy
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Sega back in the earlier days of the PS3 released what has to be one of my favorite entries of that console. Having been considered a "mediocre" release, its sequel would see the PSP and its sequel by comparison wouldn't / hasn't even seen a localization. What that history...
Utomik - Software Review

I've now had the pleasure of using Utomik for three months in which the wonderfully provided trial period ends Sunday. Over the past month we've had reviews in which came from the software with some being available when I started to use the service while others, like The...
Tomb Raider: Legend - Retro Reflections
May 25, 2017CGRretro, console, Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Interactive, microsoft, Retro Reflections, Tomb Raider: Legend, xbox
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Tomb Raider revolutionized gaming in the nineties with three dimensional environments and challenging, complex action. Its protagonist became an iconic character, appeared in many sequels and even starred in her own movies. However, the series started to lose its originality...
Narcosis - Xbox One Review
May 25, 2017CGRreview, console, Honor Code Inc, microsoft, MS, Narcosis, review, XB1, xbox, Xbox One
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Narcosis benefits from a unique environment and some really solid writing, though a short campaign and a story that loses steam detract from the overall experience. In the end, Narcosis winds up being decent, but not as great as it could have been...
The Surge - Xbox One Review
May 24, 2017CGRreview, console, Deck13, Focus Home Interactive, microsoft, MS, review, The Surge, XB1, xbox, Xbox One
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When I first caught wind of The Surge a year or so ago I was immediately intrigued; after all Deck13 are the minds behind the success Souls-like pseudo-clone, Lords of the Fallen. Returning to the difficult twisted-dungeon crawling action-RPG genre, Deck13 brings us The Surge,...
Outlast 2 - PS4 Review
May 24, 2017CGRreview, console, Outlast 2, playstation, PlayStation 4, PS4, Red Barrels, review, sony
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The original Outlast was effective for a variety of reasons, from its excellent use of lighting and sound design to a genuinely creepy setting and story. The sequel title tries to ramp things up by making the story even more twisted, and the overall experience is still a...
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada - PS4 Review
May 23, 2017CGRreview, console, Koei Tecmo Games, Omega Force, playstation, PlayStation 4, PS4, review, Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, sony
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Samurai Warriors 4 was a great entry into the core vein of the series. Samurai Warriors 4-II took things a step further with some slight modifications to the experience both in terms of gameplay and narrative approach as it focused more on the people than the Dynasties that...
Birthdays the Beginning - PS4 Review
May 23, 2017Arc System Works, Birthdays the Beginning, CGRreview, console, NIS America, playstation, PlayStation 4, PS4, review, sony, Toybox Inc.
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Birthdays the Beginning is a really challenging game to describe in just a few sentences. It blends some genres and will undoubtedly be a divisive title as it is a slow burn that often provides more of a passive experience than an active one. The thing is - I find myself...
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds - Vita Review
May 22, 2017CGRreview, console, Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds, idea factory, Otomate, playstation, PlayStation Vita, PSV, review, sony, vita
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If you’re looking for a game that’ll make you weak in the knees and have you swooning at every corner, then Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds is the game for yo...
Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy - Vita Review
May 22, 2017CGRreview, console, Experience Inc., NIS America, Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy, playstation, PlayStation Vita, PSV, review, sony, vita
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Operation Babel is a sequel to Operation Abyss, and I'm not sure whether I'm pleased or disappointed, considering everything I loved about Operation Abyss is back. But so is everything I hated, too...
Sunday Bites - Numina

Numina is a currently in development Indie RPG by Stardust in which their demo can be accessed through their itch.io. Before getting into anything else, like Echoes of Atheria (RPG Maker VX Ace) and Ara Fell (RPG Maker 2003) last year, Numina (RPG Maker XP) is another prime...