“Afterlove EP” Review
Pikselnesia did a fantastic job, and Mohammad Fahmi would definitely be proud of the effort.
Read morePikselnesia did a fantastic job, and Mohammad Fahmi would definitely be proud of the effort.
Read moreNihon Falcom is in for what’s likely going to be its most active year in its history as far as new releases in the west go. Hot off the heels of last month’s release of Ys Memoire: The Oath in…
Read moreThe Ys games have been around for ages, but they’ve hardly been mainstream. It arguably wasn’t until the release of the PSP where we began to see the series take shape with more careful attention with translations from XSEED (and…
Read moreIt’s really special when a game provokes us into having some intense feeling or emotion. Making this even more special is the fact that we tend to see this more from independent developers. Pine: A Story of Loss is yet…
Read more2024 ended up being one of the worst years of my life, and somehow video games contributed to the year being horrible while also making it more bearable.
Read more2024 has been filled with games that had impressive narratives, and a nice chunk of them were huge RPGs that demanded a lot of time from players. For the SmashPad staff in general, with all the JRPG fans we have,…
Read moreIt wasn’t until last year where players got an update on what Atlus called Project Re:Fantasy, a project from the Persona team that pundits coined as a “Fantasy Persona.” This project was eventually renamed Metaphor: ReFantazio, and gamers have been…
Read moreNihon Falcom has really been cranking out titles in the west as of late. Dating back to last July, the developer has come up with fully localized versions of The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, The Legend of Heroes:…
Read moreNeva could’ve stopped at just being a beautiful experience well worth your time, but the developers at Nomada pulled no punches in making it a video game well worth experiencing. An impactful story. A lush setting. A beautiful art style….
Read moreThere isn’t much to introduce here. Astro Bot is just pure, unadulterated fun.
Read moreAce Attorney Investigations Collection is an easy recommendation for people that enjoy the Ace Attorney series, especially if the Miles Edgeworth character from the original trilogy was intriguing to you. If visuals novels or tons of reading aren’t your thing, you’d be wise to stray far away. Either way you look at it, it’s a great set, and Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is worth the price of admission on its own.
Read moreIn this review of GalaxyCon, I’ll talk about my perspectives on what I believe are the main things that really make a small fan convention enjoyable: the celebrity guestlist, the artist’s alley, and the cosplay.
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