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“Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 11 Mar 2025

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth was one of the best games of 2024, so the fact that the developers at RGG Studio turned around a follow-up in little more than a year is simply incredible. While it doesn’t make the…

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INTERVIEW: Pikselnesia artist talks about the inspirations behind “Afterlove EP”

author image by Danreb Victorio | Features | 0 Comments | 27 Feb 2025

Pikselnesia’s Afterlove EP has been out for a few weeks now, and if you haven’t seen our review, we really liked it. We were fortunate enough to have Maxi Trois, a game artist at Pikselnesia, answer a few questions for…

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“Monster Hunter Wilds” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 24 Feb 2025

Ever since it was unveiled at the end of The Game Awards 2023, Monster Hunter Wilds consistently made players’ jaw drop. Every time new footage was unveiled, it looked better and when I took another look at the game behind…

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“Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, Tape 1” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 18 Feb 2025

Life after Life is Strange has been a little spotty for Don’t Nod. The five games they’ve released since Life is Strange 2 have seen mixed reviews. Despite this, people generally agree that Don’t Nod is in a class of…

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“Afterlove EP” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Steam Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 13 Feb 2025

Pikselnesia did a fantastic job, and Mohammad Fahmi would definitely be proud of the effort.

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“The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Articles Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 07 Feb 2025

Nihon 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…

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“Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Reviews | 0 Comments | 22 Jan 2025

The 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…

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“Pine: A Story of Loss” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC Reviews | 0 Comments | 14 Jan 2025

It’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…

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Danreb’s Top 10 Games of 2024

author image by Danreb Victorio | Best of 2024 Features | 0 Comments | 31 Dec 2024

2024 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.

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“Last Time I Saw You” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 10 Dec 2024

2024 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,…

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“Metaphor: ReFantazio” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 16 Nov 2024

It 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…

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“Ys X: Nordics” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Reviews | 0 Comments | 14 Oct 2024

Nihon 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:…

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