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Forgotton Anne is an anime inspired puzzle platformer from Danish developer ThroughLine Games published under Square Enix’s Collective banner, development being significantly helped by the state-funded Danish Film Institute. You’ll be immediately struck by its beautiful graphical style as it brings to mind the artistic style of Studio Ghibli’s output, […]

Forgotton Anne – PS4 Review

May 11, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged adventure / anime / platformer / puzzle by Ian

Megadimension Neptunia VII released back in early 2016 to pretty good reviews. The series has no doubt improved since the first release, but we’ve also seen re-releases and spin offs trying to capitalise on the popularity of the characters. According to the wiki there have only been four main entries […]

Megadimension Neptunia VIIR – PS4/PSVR Review

April 23, 2018 in PS4 / PSVR tagged anime / dating sim / hyperdimesion / jrpg / megadimension / neptunia / scouting / summer lesson by Gareth

Casing aside their musou sensibilities, 2016’s Attack on Titan saw Omega Force receive praise for their representation of the popular anime. Japanese developers in general have been under a great resurgence and, with that, Western audiences have become more receptive to what they have to offer. With that in mind, […]

Attack on Titan 2 – PS4 Review

March 31, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged action / adventure / anime / attack on titan 2 / japanese / omega force by Mike

Tokyo Tattoo Girls is a strategy game released on Vita from Sushi Typhoon Games. It involves giving anime girls tattoos in order to give them stronger powers. What’s not to like about that? After a catastrophe Tokyo has been quarantined and separated into twenty-three wards. Girls throughout Tokyo have started […]

Tokyo Tattoo Girls – Vita Review

December 11, 2017 in Vita tagged anime / plays itself / strategy / tokyo tattoo girls by Gareth

I have to admit to having not played the original Demon Gaze. I have however reviewed multiple Experience Inc. developed RPGs on the Vita (here, here and here if you’re interested) so do have a decent frame of reference. Although in many ways it felt familiar I was surprised by […]

Demon Gaze II – PS4 Review

November 13, 2017 in PS4 tagged anime / demon gaze / dungeon crawler / experience inc / rpg by Gareth

.hack is a franchise I’ve been aware of for a while. I believe I played a portion of the first game on the PS2 and I own a couple of the visual novels though it’s been so long since I read them that I might as well not have as […]

.hack//G.U. Last Recode – PS4 Review

November 5, 2017 in PS4 tagged .hack//g.u. last recode / anime / jrpg / mmorpg / ps2 / remaster by Gareth

Chaos;Child is a new entry in the Science Adventure series of visual novels that fans of the genre may have experienced through the Steins;Gate games. It is actually a direct sequel to Chaos;Head but that has never been released outside of Japan. The events of that game are referenced but […]

Chaos;Child – PS4 Review

October 13, 2017 in PS4 tagged anime / chaos;child / dark / murder / steins;gate / visual novel by Gareth

The third visual novel entry in the Danganronpa franchise has hit PS4 in the form of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. If you’ve played either of the previous two titles then you’ll have a pretty good idea how things are going to go down. I was a little disappointed, expecting a […]

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony – PS4 Review

September 24, 2017 in PS4 tagged anime / battle royale / Danganronpa / goodbye despair / school / style / trial / trigger happy havoc / v3: killing harmony / visual novel by Gareth

I reviewed Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception about three months ago and now the second part has been released. If you’ve played the previous entry then you’ll know if you want Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth or not as it is basically the same thing, just a continuation of the story. I […]

Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth – PS4 Review

September 9, 2017 in PS4 tagged adult / anime / mask of deception / mask of truth / rpg / strategy / utawarerumono / visual novel by Gareth

Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception has released on the PS4 and Vita and boasts a visual novel game with strategy RPG elements. Can it please both sets of fans? Utawareromono was actually released back in 2002 on the PC in Japan. It was an adult visual novel. Mask of Deception is […]

Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception – PS4 Review

June 8, 2017 in PS4 tagged adult / anime / rpg / strategy / Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception / visual novel by Gareth

Originally released in 2014 for the Nintendo eShop The Legend of Dark Witch has now come over to the Vita. Its a colorful and simple platform shooter and the easiest touchstone to compare it to would be something like Megaman. Starting up The Legend of Dark Witch I was stuck with the general budget […]

The Legend of Dark Witch – Vita Review

May 2, 2017 in Vita tagged 2D Platformer / anime / budget / hard / japanese by Steven

Flying Bunny, from its screenshots, may look like a side-scrolling shooter, it kind of is, but that masks the gameplay mechanic that is its strength, identity and, perhaps, its biggest weakness. While you do travel from left to right shooting enemies that fly into view, you also have to control […]

Flying Bunny – PS4 Review

April 6, 2017 in PS4 tagged anime / flappy bird / flying bunny / shoot em up by Richie