Game Reviews7.5/10
Rise of the Ronin’s combat carries an open world that can’t keep up
Rise of the Ronin review: Team Ninja's 2024 Bakumatsu-era action RPG scores 7.5 — great combat, strong history, weak open world.
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Game Reviews7.8/10
Dynasty Warriors: Origins Review — A Branching, Amnesiac Take on the Three Kingdoms
Dynasty Warriors: Origins review — Ziluan's amnesia, faction branching, and Switch 2 port. A 7.8/10 hack-and-slash that finally gives the series a spine.
Game Reviews8/10
Fate/Samurai Remnant Packs Too Much In and Loses the Thread
Fate/Samurai Remnant review: Omega Force's Edo-period Fate spin-off pairs Miyamoto Iori with Saber in a focused action RPG that scores 8/10.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Samurai Warriors 4 Review: Two Fighters, One Battlefield
Samurai Warriors 4 review: Omega Force's 2014 tenth-anniversary hack and slash with character-switching, Hyper Attacks and 55 playable fighters.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Review — Deflection, Morale Ranks and a Dynasty in Flames
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty review — Team Ninja's Han Dynasty action RPG, its deflection combat, Morale ranks, spirit gauge, Divine Beasts and 1M sales.
New Game in the Works for the Series That Made Everyone Wonder What Happens Next
Apothecary Diaries' Maomao gets a console game, solving poisons and puzzles in an imperial palace mystery.
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 Reviews6.6/10
Nights of Azure Buries a Good Idea Under Repetition
Nights of Azure review: Gust's 2015 action RPG with a strong blood-polluted premise, shallow combat and a 6.6/10 critic score.
Game Reviews6.4/10
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn Review: A 6.4 That Knows Exactly What It Is
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn review: PS3-only 2013 hack-and-slash with the series' largest Mobile Suit roster and first playable Mobile Armors. 6.4/10.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water Review — One Great Idea, a Lot of Dead Weight
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water review: the Camera Obscura is brilliant, but muddy story, clumsy pacing, and the wetness meter drag it down. 6.1/10.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Review: A Great Sword, a Hollow Story
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk review: Omega Force's Warriors mash-up scores 6.7/10. Great sword, wrong engine — and two key manga arcs missing.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book Review — A Quiet, Warm RPG Built on One Excellent Alchemy System
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.