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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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“Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector” Review

author image by Kurosh Jozavi | Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 30 Jan 2025

In Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, players embody the Sleeper, a malfunctioning android who has escaped into the sprawling Starward Belt. As the Sleeper, your survival depends on navigating the intricate web of relationships, contracts, and challenges that this spacefaring…

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“Donkey Kong Country Returns HD” Review

author image by Myles Obenza | Nintendo Switch Reviews | 0 Comments | 25 Jan 2025

The Nintendo Switch is rounding the corner on its eighth birthday. We’ve seen countless ports and remasters of their first party catalog from the Wii and Wii U libraries of games. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD continues this trend 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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“Nine Sols” Review

author image by Kurosh Jozavi | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Steam Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 22 Dec 2024

Nine Sols immerses players in the shoes of Yi, a legendary Solarian hero reawakened after centuries. The game’s gripping narrative centers on revenge against the Nine Sols, rulers of New Kunlun, who betrayed Yi and his people. This journey takes…

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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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“Neva” Review

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

Neva 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….

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“Reynatis” Review

author image by Brandon Perkins | Nintendo Switch PlayStation 5 Reviews | 0 Comments | 13 Oct 2024

You ever watch one of those movies? The ones where it’s obvious that the producers ran out of money halfway through filming, so they had to struggle to finish the project on a shoe-string budget? They hope against all hope…

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