Category: Review
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
Bioware has had a rough decade. Dragon Age II started to show chinks in the armor, but could be forgiven …
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Released almost 15 years to the day after the original, Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is proof that the …
Night Shift
LucasArts, or Lucasfilm Games if you prefer, before getting shut down by Mickey Mouse in 2013 was a very well-regarded …
Ginga Ninkyouden
Jaleco’s 1987 arcade action game Ginga Ninkyouden (“Tale of the Galactic Yakuza”) tells the story of Yatchan, a young gangster …
Prey (2017)
By all accounts, Arkane Studios decided on the name Prey not because they wanted to reboot the old game, but …
Prey (2006)
Back in 1995, the team behind Rise of the Triad (The Developers of Incredible Power, or the D.I.P.S) decided to …
Sayo-chan Cameos
As the beloved protagonist of an arcade hit that turned into a successful series, Sayo-chan naturally found her way into …
Pocky & Rocky Reshrined
21 years after the last game in the series (not counting Heavenly Guardian), the Pocky & Rocky series finally returns …
Heavenly Guardian / Snow Battle Princess Sayuki
Between two of the best games on the SNES and a decent GBA outing, the Kiki Kaikai series was looking …
Pocky & Rocky with Becky
For the franchise’s foray onto the then-new Game Boy Advance, Taito once again loaned the franchise out to another developer, …
Pocky & Rocky 2
At a glance, Pocky & Rocky 2 is exactly what you’d expect from a sequel – it has more stages, …
Pocky & Rocky
After a year off, the series would make its return in 1992 on the Super Famicom as Kiki Kaikai: Nazo …
Kiki KaiKai: Dotou-hen
Often mistaken for a port, Kiki Kaikai: Dotou-hen is instead the franchise’s black sheep, an ambitious but curious mixture of …
Kiki Kaikai
Kiki Kaikai (“Mysterious Ghost World”) certainly wasn’t Taito’s first foray into run-and-guns or shoot-em-ups, but it stands out as their …