Category: Review
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Year of Games #10.5: Some things I’ve played but not finished
a few games and an announcement.
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Year of Games #10: Mushroom Musume
A neat little character creator/short solo RPG makes for a lot of complexity in a small package.
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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Aging, and Agency
How many years will we let pass, how much more brutal must every single fight become before everyone finally lets Kazuma Kiryu go?
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Year of Games #9: Blanc
The best way to approach Blanc is with low expectations and a friend to play with.
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Year of Games #7: Yakuza 5 Remastered
Yakuza 5’s dogged earnestness and tender moments ultimately won me over.
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Year of Games #6: Goodbye World
Content warning for discussions of mental health, suicide Goodbye World, by Yo Fujii, first caught my attention during last year’s Day of the Devs press conference. It was one of a handful of games shown off during the conference’s small segment on indie games making their way from Japan to the rest of the world,…
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Hi-Fi RUSH is the Best ‘Mid’ Game of 2023 So Far
I’ll tell you what wasn’t on anyone’s radar: a colorful, cartoonish Shinji Mikami-produced rhythm action game set to a soundtrack of Nine Inch Nails, Number Girl and The Black Keys with obscenely high production and animation values and some really funny gags. And yet,
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Year of Games #5: Lost Judgment
Lost Judgment loses its way by the end of its whodunit mystery, while the Kaito Files burns just a bit too bright for a story relegated to the main game’s DLC.
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Year of Games #4: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
It’s good, but maybe not essential.