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Chronus ARc
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Chronus Arc Review

Gary Smith

Chronus Arc is an old-school style JRPG from Hit-Point and KEMCO that first released on mobile devices all the way back in 2013. In 2015, it came to Nintendo's 3DS, and now here towards the end of 2018 KEMCO has brought it to Xbox One, PS4 and PS Vita, with the game also coming to PC and Nintendo Switch this year as well. So it'll be on everything by the end of the year. Chronus Arc is all about the nostalgia card. It looks like a Super Nintendo era Final Fantasy game, albeit one spruced up with…

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Witch and the Hundred Knight
Game Reviews

The Witch and the Hundred Knight Review

Gary Smith

This probably isn't the best way to start out a review, but oh well' “The Witch and The Hundred” is easily the most frustrating game that I've played in quite some time. I don't mean it's frustrating in terms of difficulty or controls, I mean it's frustrating because it could have been so much better and every time I played it I got the feeling that so much potential was being wasted. The Witch and The Hundred Knight is an action-RPG developed by Nippon Ichi Software, the same developers as the…

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Atelier Escha & Logy
Game Reviews

Atelier Escha & Logy – Alchemists of the Dusk Sky Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

If you're a fan of RPG's then March has been a fantastic month for you, especially if you're a PS3 owner. We started the month with the release of the excellent South Park: The Stick of Truth, and on March 11th both Dark Souls II and Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky released. For me, the latest Atelier game came at just the right time as the South Park game had gotten me in the mood for some classic turn based JRPG battles and I'm not really the biggest fan of turn based…

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Disgaea D2
Game Reviews

Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Disgaea D2 hit shelves in Japan back in March, and NIS America brought it stateside earlier this month. Here in the states, Disgaea is not exactly “mainstream;” it’s a pretty niche title with a loyal following. If you’re a fan of the Disgaea series, you’ve probably been playing this for a while already (a lot of you probably even imported it). Fans of this series know what to expect it by now and don’t need a review to inform them about the pros and cons of the game, and especially not from a…

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Rainbow Moon
Game Reviews

Rainbow Moon Review

Gary Smith3 Comments

Rainbow Moon is a true old-school RPG experience, which means there's a big chunk of older fans who grew up with this style of game that will love it and a younger audience that would be more likely to hate it. There's very little middle ground here; you either like this style of game or you hate it. I like it, and it's a rarity to see in this day and age. So what kind of game style is it exactly? Well a large portion of it is obsessive grinding. In the beginning, this can be rather tedious and…

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Atelier Meruru
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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

I suspect there are many male (and female) gamers in America, a majority even, who are completely like I was prior to receiving Atelier Meruru; totally oblivious to the Atelier franchise of JRPG alchemy games. And I suspect many would see the cute characters and the animation, and the fact that you play as a girl and immediately write the franchise off. Personally, that's how I was. I've never been big into Japanese games, particularly because I don't like turn-based games all that much. My only…

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