A young girl named Mion rises from a deep sleep within a ruin, guided by two fireflies through light and shadow in this atmospheric puzzle-platformer.
Battle Princess of Arcadias review: Nippon Ichi's 2013 PS3 action RPG scores 7.0, with sharp side-view combat and siege battles but thin RPG systems.
Demon Gaze on PS Vita, reviewed 13 years on: a 6.8 dungeon crawler with a great demon-sealing hook, an inn that charges rent, and a low ceiling.
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy is a first-person dungeon crawler remake of two Generation X games, scoring 7.0/10 for craft with a visible ceiling.
Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet fuses fighting and shooter into a flawed PS4 hybrid. A 6.3/10 curio for Touhou fans, but the duel never quite lands.
Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors sends seven Delinquents into the Hell Spire — one of them a liar. NIS America's 2016 PS Vita RPG reviewed.
The Witch and the Hundred Knight review: Nippon Ichi's 2013 action RPG has a great swamp witch in Metallia, but Gcals, karma and bugs drag it down. 6.2/10.
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.
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.
Grand Kingdom review: Monochrome's tactical RPG nails its turn-based board map and battle system, but its online war mode is gone and the story never lands.
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana review — a shipwreck, a barter village, and two timelines. Fast combat, wide exploration, and a rocky English launch.
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