Riding the wave of success collected by recent installments, Falcom returns to the origins of the Trails series, historically part of the classic “The Legend of Heroes” brand, to offer a solid starting point for …
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Video game reviews in English.
Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream – Review
This article merges two articles previously published in Italian on IGN Italy. After the commercial success achieved by the two Atelier games starring the well-endowed Ryza, Gust and Koei Tecmo return to focus on one …
Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & The White Guardian – Review
This article was originally published in Italian on TheGamesMachine.it The case of Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & The White Guardian is a unique one. In essence, it is the twenty-seventh entry in the Atelier series, but …
Silent Hill f – Review
Entrusted to the Taiwanese team at NeoBards Entertainment, Silent Hill f marks the return of Konami’s legendary horror saga to the hands of an Asian development team, after seven consecutive chapters conceived and created by …
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles – Review
This article was originally published in Italian on TheGamesMachine.it Nearly thirty years after its debut on the original PlayStation, Square Enix’s legendary tactical role-playing game returns to the spotlight on modern platforms. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice …
Shuten Order – Review
Visual novel fans will likely already know that Tookyo Games is the studio founded in 2017 by Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi. The creators of Danganronpa and the Zero Escape trilogy have long been considered …
Retrospective: Tales of Phantasia (PS1)
In what promises to be a deep dive into the golden age of the auteur JRPG, I recently began revisiting Bandai Namco’s Tales of saga, giving myself the chance to rediscover each of its many …
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – Review
This article was originally published in Italian on TheGamesMachine.it The return of a classic like Snake Eater can only be celebrated as a perfect opportunity to rediscover one of the finest stealth-adventure games ever developed. Today, however, …
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 – Review
This article was originally published in Italian on TheGamesMachine.it With countless anime-based arena fighters already under its belt, CyberConnect2 reaffirms itself as a true authority in the realm of video games adapted from Japanese boys’ comics. The …
Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact – Review
Among Shueisha’s mainstays and especially within the weekly serializations of Shonen Jump, Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi remains one of the most beloved battle shonen of the past three decades. Despite this, due to …
BOXBOY! – Review
This article was originally published in Italian on Games969.com in 2015. Despite a few hurdles and a noticeably slower pace compared to its competitors, Nintendo is slowly but surely catching up with the “indie craze” that …
Rune Factory 4 – Review
This article was originally published in Italian on Games969.com in 2014 A few weeks after the European launch of Fantasy Life by Level-5, Rune Factory 4 arrives on the European market—albeit only in digital format. Developed …
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – Review
This article was originally published in Italian on Games969.com in 2014 When Atlus approached the now legendary trio behind the Persona brand—Katsura Hashino, Shigenori Soejima, and Shoji Meguro—with the proposal to create a crossover between the …
Monkey King: Hero Is Back – Review
This article was originally published in Italian on StayNerd.it in 2019. The Chinese video game market has always been dominated by online experiences geared heavily toward competition, yet Sony Interactive Entertainment has taken on the daunting task …













