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Blue Reflection Quartet (Switch 2) Review

Blue Reflection Quartet is a collection of four games ripe with tropes in the larger Japanese entertainment media ecosystem. We have magical girls, mysterious worlds that exist alongside our own, and world-saving consequences running parallel to slice-of-life narratives. There isn’t necessarily an element…

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Dead or Alive 6 Last Round (Xbox Series X) Review

First released in 2019, Dead or Alive 6 is the latest entry in the Dead or Alive franchise. Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo built the game on a brand-new graphics engine, released tons of characters and outfits, and, most interestingly, sought to slightly tone down…

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Making Pokopia’s Post-Game Less Overwhelming

There’s a lot of anxiety that comes with just how massive Pokémon Pokopia looks and feels. As you begin to progress your Ditto’s story, you’ll find that you’re not just dealing with the massive landscape of Withered Wastelands, but four other distinct areas with…

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Atelier Resleriana (Nintendo Switch) Review

The Atelier franchise has seen international success in recent years. Since the release of the Atelier Ryza games (known as the “Secret” trilogy), the franchise has branched out from a cult classic, niche experience to something more mainstream. As a fan of…

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Fairy Tail 2 (PlayStation 5) Review

Game adaptations for anime are sometimes hit or miss for me. Depending on the anime, I feel like certain adaptations are just overdone. Dragon Ball Z does well, as does One Piece, but a lot are half-baked attempts to capture the source…

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Dynasty Warriors: Origins (Xbox Series X) Review

One of my favorite game franchises of the PS2 era, Dynasty Warriors, gets a lot of flack from the larger gaming community. It’s a button masher; you’re facing mostly hordes of helpless enemies, and you’re simply spamming until you can hit a single…

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Dynasty Warriors: Origins to Release Free Demo

KOEI TECMO and developer Omega Force will release a free demo for Dynasty Warriors: Origins ahead of the game’s 2025 release date. The demo will launch on November 22nd for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The demo will feature the…

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Wo Long and Lies of P Collab DLC Available now

Out of the Souls-likes from last year, I initially didn’t play many of them for one reason or another. In terms of Lies of P, it was the fact the PR people sent a PS5 code when asked for a PC one, which…

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Fate/Samurai Remnant (Nintendo Switch) Review

It doesn’t take much to get me to try a video game. If it looks even slightly pleasing to the eye, I’ll give it a shot. Develop enough games up my alley and I’ll try things blindly. Having not experienced much of the…

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake Coming in 2024

Released in 2001, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 was a relatively big hit in Japan on the PlayStation 2 and PSP. Released in the U.S. a few years later, it appeased fans of the franchise but failed to make a huge splash.…

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