Ys Chronicles+ Review

capsule_467x181It is customary to do a bit of research when doing a more underground game for a series that is fairly sizable. Yet, Ys is one of the odder ones I’ve seen. With the entire series only spanning about 10 games in reality, but 25 or so years. While the prospect of obtaining the entire collection would cost a couple thousand easily, due to how often the core group of these games have been remade and re released. Hell, the one I’ve got right here is the repackaging of two originally separate NEC PC-8801 games, which I’ve never even heard of. That was remade for the Turbografx, PC, PSP, and is now the compilation of two of the remakes because of reasons!

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Recettear: An Item’s Shop’s Tale Review

RecettearSteam sales, Steam sales, lovely lovely Steam sales! Yes, there were many an interesting title on sale, and I decided that the quirky title about running an item shop in a JRPG asking for five of my dollars and about 17 hours of my time. Was it worth it though? Short answer, undoubtedly, but… I feel like I did this opening recently. Either way, On with the actual review. (more…)

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Thomas Was Alone Review

thomas-was-alone-bannerSteam is both the best thing to happen to the game industry within the past few years and the worst. I’d be surprised if more than 10% of people who actively use the service have a fully up to date collection of games with no backlog whatsoever. But with my already decent library, I picked up a few games I hope to trail blaze through. So here’s what I think about the 2012 title, Thomas Was Alone. (more…)

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Dust: An Elysian Tale Review

Dust-An-Elysian-TailNote: I re-reviewed this game in 2015. Please disregard this original review.

It is a weird feeling to try and critique a work that was mostly done by one individual, but in a setting where they are not likely to ever be aware of it. Especially after they poured three years of work into a project that was lucky enough to get funded by Microsoft, a move that Sony seems to be all about nowadays. But did a wise man not say that all games should be judged sternly and fairly, regardless of their origins or creative team? Yeah, probably, but I should probably start talking more directly about Dust: An Elysian Tale.

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Rundown (3/17-3/22): Female’s Lazy HD Instinct of Schizophrenia With Murlin Deryl and Ieyasu

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Hey, I’m posting this ahead of schedule, because I plan on squealing over PAX East when it ends, where I’ll pretty much link to Destructoid’s coverage while typing out words of happy and cynicism. But some stuff happened before that, so I’ll just talk about that. Also, new title because I realized that I’ll just use this format for events as well.

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