Game Reviews7.9/10
Demon Gaze II Builds a Better Dungeon Crawler on the Same Old Bones
Demon Gaze II review: Experience Inc.'s first-person dungeon crawler set in Asteria, where a nation's exploitation births demons. Scored 7.9/10.
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Tag: JRPG
Game Reviews7.3/10
Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online (2017) Review
Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online is a 2017 RPG from Compile Heart and Tamsoft, scoring 7.3/10. The first Neptunia game on Unreal Engine 4.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter’s Monster Creeps Closer When You Look Away
A monster that moves only when you do not look, a trick from the Weeping Angels, makes the Faerie Epitaph one of the creepiest monsters ever seen.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Review: A Cyberpunk RPG Whose Ideas Outrun Its Hardware
Soul Hackers review: Atlus's 1997 cyberpunk dungeon crawler, its negotiation systems, and why the 3DS port is the version to play.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Compile Heart’s Fairy Fencer F Swaps Out Its Cast but Keeps the Same Battle Engine
Fairy Fencer F launched Compile Heart's Galapagos RPG label in 2013 with Amano and Uematsu aboard — and a modified Neptunia mk2 battle engine underneath.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings Review — A Warm Capstone for the Mysterious Trilogy
Atelier Lydie & Suelle ends the Mysterious trilogy with twin alchemists, pair-based combat and a painting world. Our review scores it 7.4/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk Review — A Deadline That Never Bites
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk review — a girl, a three-year deadline, and a sister everyone buried. Gust's Dusk storyline debut, scored 7.3.
Game Reviews7.8/10
The 3DS Etrian Crossover That Asks You to Map a Dungeon and Then Punishes You for It
Etrian Mystery Dungeon mixes Etrian Odyssey classes with Mystery Dungeon's shifting floors. A 2015 3DS crossover where every step costs a turn.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout review — a small island, a deep alchemy loop
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout review — the 2019 alchemy RPG that earned Ryza her own atelier, scored 7.7 of 10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland Review — A Workshop on the Chopping Block
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland review — Gust's PS3 debut trades world-saving for deadlines, ledgers, and 12 exams. Score: 7.8/10.
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.
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.