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.
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.
Exist Archive review: tri-Ace's 2015 side-view dungeon crawler for PS4 and Vita, twelve gods, a 6.7 score, and a premise it can't carry.
Another Eden Begins, Masato Kato's time-travel RPG from Studio Prisma, hits Switch 2, PC and Switch with New Game+, 10 endings and command battles.
Lightning Returns gives its heroine thirteen days to save a dying world. A review of Square Enix's timed adventure and where it sits in the series.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book review — a quiet RPG about a girl, a talking book, and the best alchemy board in the series. 7.6/10.
Tales of Zestiria review: Bandai Namco's 2015 JRPG pits Sorey and the Seraphim against malevolence, with strong fusion combat and a thin open world. 7.7/10.
Bravely Second: End Layer review: the 3DS sequel keeps the Brave Point battles and strong cast, but repeats Bravely Default instead of reinventing it.
I Am Setsuna review: Tokyo RPG Factory's snowbound Chrono Trigger homage, its ATB combat, Time Judge twist, and a piano score worth the trip. 7.6/10.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age review — Square Enix's 2017 turn-based RPG scores 8.4/10 for its open world, tradition, and 3D/2D toggle.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King review — Level-5's 2004 PS2 RPG built a continuous world instead of an icon map, and it still holds up.
Dragon Warrior VII hit PlayStation in 2000, the last game to use the Dragon Warrior name in North America and the first mainline entry in eight years.
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