Game Reviews7.4/10
Yo-kai Watch Found Its Audience on the 3DS and Never Quite Escaped It
Yo-kai Watch hit Japan in 2013 and sold a million copies on 3DS. A review of Level-5's ghost-hunting RPG, its touchscreen battles, and Oni Time.
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Game Reviews7.8/10
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax’s Two Halves Still Earn Their Keep 13 Years On
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax review: Arc System Works' fighting game with a visual novel attached, its two campaigns, Shadow Types, and 2022 ports.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Review: 100 Characters, One War
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance review: Nippon Ichi's PS4 tactical RPG puts 100 characters on screen, builds a war of a million soldiers, and scores 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Review
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth review — a 249-Digimon roster, an EDEN Syndrome mystery, and a Final Fantasy X-style battle system. Score: 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Keiji Inafune’s Vita RPG Turns Spellcasting Into a Resource You Spend
Soul Sacrifice, the 2013 PS Vita action RPG by Keiji Inafune, made every spell cost a piece of your body. We review its brutal design and 7.6 score.
Game Reviews7.5/10
The Escapists 2 Adds More Prisons but Not Much Else to Do in Them
The Escapists 2 adds four-player co-op and space prisons to the routine-based prison break sim, but the solo tension still carries it. Score: 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash: A Shooter Under the Joke
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash review: Tamsoft's 2017 water-gun shooter on PS4 and PC, with two-mode weapons, cards, and a 30-plus roster. Score: 7.6/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
My Friend Pedro’s slow-motion gunplay still lands seven years on
My Friend Pedro review: a violent ballet of split aim, slow-mo and ricochets, plus the family twist that reframes every kill. Score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey wants to hand you a world and then put a clock on it
Atelier Firis gives its heroine an open world and one year to pass her alchemy exam. A review of Gust's ambitious, uneven Mysterious entry.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Swords of Ditto’s time limit makes every run a gamble worth taking
The Swords of Ditto review: Onebitbeyond's roguelike action RPG gives every hero a sword and a countdown to beat Mormo before time runs out.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain Review — A Straight Face on a Silly Premise
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain review: Yuke's 2019 PS4 spin-off drops the series' wink for a serious alien invasion, 52 missions and a 7.2 score.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Blood & Truth Review: A Good VR Shooter and a Good Crime Story, Not Quite Enough of Either
Blood & Truth is a PlayStation VR gangster shooter from London Studio. We review its story, combat, and VR design, plus why it's the studio's final game.