Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War
Co-authored by Yamaarashi The second Cosmic Soldier game completely surpasses the original. The graphics have improved, with much more detailed characters and …
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened in 1986. Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant exploded, unleashing airborne radioactive pollution into …
Datestones of Ryn
Chronologically the second game in the series, Datestones of Ryn functions as kind of a prequel to Temple to Apshai, as it shows …
Mushihime-sama Bug Panic
Forced Adaptation Developer Cave is known for its bullet hell shmups. What people often forget is that Cave is also …
Puzzle! Mushihime-tama
A Puzzling Sequel With the success of Mushihime-sama everyone wanted to know what Cave would in store for the series. No one …
Mushihime-sama Futari
On October 27, 2006 Cave released a sequel to their 2004 release Mushihime-sama called Mushihime-sama Futari, with Futari being a pun on the Japanese word …
Gokinjo Boukentai
Gokinjo Boukentai (“Neighborhood Adventure Troop”) is one of the many Super Famicom RPGs which never made it out of Japan. It …
Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu
You will likely have noticed at some point that not all NES carts are of the standard flat gray variety. …
King’s Field (Japan)
Over the last decade, gaming in general has undergone a transformation. Simplifying gameplay while diversifying its audience. Mainstream gaming has …
Sakura Wars V
With Sakura Taisen 4 on the shelves and the Dreamcast project having given up the ghost, that could have been the end …
BloodRayne 2
After the success of BloodRayne, it didn’t take long for TRI and Majesco to deliver a sequel. Rayne in the meantime …
Katawa Shoujo
The medium of “visual novel” is, curiously, a primarily Japanese thing. Perhaps it’s due to there not being very many …