
Wandering, Dying, Starting Over: What Shiren the Wanderer Still Teaches About Failure
Shiren the Wanderer review: Chunsoft's Wii roguelike with 30+ dungeons, a brutal item-loss rule, and an easy mode that welcomes newcomers. 8.3/10.


Shiren the Wanderer review: Chunsoft's Wii roguelike with 30+ dungeons, a brutal item-loss rule, and an easy mode that welcomes newcomers. 8.3/10.

A deep dive into Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward — its Ambidex Game, 24 endings, flowchart, escape rooms, and why the story still holds up.

Dragon Warrior IV splits into five chapters before the Hero appears, and that structure is what makes Enix and Chunsoft's 1990 RPG worth replaying.

Dragon Warrior II (1987) review: Chunsoft and Enix's sequel adds a three-person party, six-enemy battles, and a bigger world. Score: 8.7/10.

Dragon Warrior (1986) set the template for console RPGs: Erdrick's heir, three keepers, the Dragonlord, and a 7.3 Metacritic score built on patience and grind.
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