Review: Rise of the Ronin is Team Ninja’s take on an open-world soulslike
Team Ninja’s latest is an ambitious open-world samurai drama set in one of Japan’s most turbulent periods.
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Review: Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening demands patience above all else
The more experienced and patient of strategy fans are sure to enjoy the newest entry in one of Japan’s longest-running gaming franchises, but newcomers might struggle to get into it due to its deep learning curve and conspicuously limited tutorials.
E3 2016: I Am Setsuna Hands-off Impressions – A deeper meaning
The biggest surprises of this year’s E3 came in form of impromptu interview opportunities that popped up during our appointments at the show. One of these happened when we stopped by Square Enix’s spacious booth for a showing of their JRPGs. Instead of the usual demo and information overload that everyone who writes about games at…
Yakuza 5 Review – Doki Doki Dorama
Yakuza 5 is another strong chapter of the long-running crime drama that started its run on the PlayStation 2 back in 2005 as Ryu ga Gotoku, a then Japan-only action adventure game that set its sights on a then relatively unexplored genre for videogames, the seedy underworld of the Japanese mob. Having acquired a pretty loyal…