Game Reviews7.2/10
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Review — A Lean, Fast Template-Setter
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, Falcom's 2003 action RPG, strands Adol Christin in the Canaan Islands with three elemental swords and sets the series template.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Crush Your Enemies Review: A Lean, Loud RTS That Knows Exactly What It Is
Crush Your Enemies strips RTS down to foul-mouthed barbarians and fast fights. It's a lean 6.6/10 palate cleanser worth a download, not a genre replacement.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Anima: Gate of Memories: A Pact, a Switch, and a 6.7 That Fits
Anima: Gate of Memories review: a 2016 action RPG with a pact, a mid-fight switch, an open world, and a 6.7/10 score that fits.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Masquerada’s tactical combat earns its place, even when the storytelling doesn’t
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows review: a tactical RPG of Venetian masks and elemental tags, scored 7.2 of 10 for its smart combat and dense lore.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Blue Reflection: A Quiet, Uneven Magical Girl RPG Where the School Day Is the Point
Blue Reflection review: Gust's 2017 magical girl RPG gives ballet dancer Hinako Shirai a second chance, with a warm school loop and a repetitive Other World.
Game Reviews6.1/10
InnerSpace’s inverted worlds look lovely and stay stubbornly empty
InnerSpace review: PolyKnight's inverted-physics flight game scores 6.1/10 — a striking premise that never quite becomes a place.
Game Reviews6/10
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Review: A Bold Timeline, a Middling Shooter
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet review — the fifth SAO game trades swords for Gun Gale Online guns, an alternate timeline, and a 6/10 score.
Game Reviews6.8/10
City of Brass: A Clever Whip Wrapped in a Thin Game
City of Brass review: Uppercut Games' first-person rogue-lite scores 6.8/10. A brilliant whip mechanic wrapped around a thin game set in the Arabian Nights.
Game Reviews7.2/10
WWE 2K19 Is the Last Yuke’s Wrestling Game, and the One That Changed How It Played
WWE 2K19 ditched simulation for faster, fluid wrestling and became the last WWE game Yuke's ever made before Visual Concepts took over.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Warhammer: Chaosbane Review: Faithful to the Old World, Flat in the Fight
Warhammer: Chaosbane review: faithful Old World setting, six distinct classes, real split-screen co-op, but combat never finds its rhythm. 6.5/10.
Game Reviews6.8/10
FromSoftware’s invisible-fairy game is about the loneliness of being unseen
Déraciné, FromSoftware's 2018 PlayStation VR fairy adventure from Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki, reviewed: a short, quiet experiment that misses.
Game Reviews6.4/10
V1 Interactive’s squad shooter strands an interesting idea inside a game that keeps contradicting it
Disintegration review: V1 Interactive's hybrid shooter-RTS with the Gravcycle, nine crews, and a strong sci-fi premise that never quite gels. 6.4/10.