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Fate Extra Review

Fate Extra Review

As a self-professed lover of all things anime and most decent JRPGs, I was surprised that I received a review copy of an animé style role playing game I hadn't heard of. As someone who is obsessed wi... Read More

Persona 2: Innocent Sin Review

Persona 2: Innocent Sin Review

I just reviewed Trials in the Sky recently, and considering it was such a joy to play a hardcore old-school RPG like that, Persona 2: Innocent Sin just takes it to another level. Again, this is a de... Read More

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Review

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Review

Trails in the Sky is a 7-year-old game released again for the PSP, and oh boy, it’s one of the best, simple and old-school JRPGs I’ve played this year. I really have to praise this game, because ... Read More

Fighting Fantasy: The Talisman of Death Review

Fighting Fantasy: The Talisman of Death Review

Who doesn't remember choose your own adventure books in their youth? Endlessly drawing maps onto a separate sheet of paper to catalogue your adventures, keeping seven or eight bookmarks at your side s... Read More

Patapon 3 Review

Patapon 3 Review

As the PSP nears the end of its excellent lifespan, it's getting some final hurrahs, even as the inflow of new releases is reduced to an absolute trickle. Earlier this year, we got the rather excellen... Read More

BreakQuest Review

BreakQuest Review

No matter how unique and innovative a game may be individually, if there are a million and one other similar titles in the same genre, it can be hard for said game to rise above the competition. Break... Read More

God of War: Ghost of Sparta Review

God of War: Ghost of Sparta Review

People say some specific games are given higher scores because the standards of the systems they have been released on are low, or because of the fact that the game did the best it could with limitati... Read More

Actual Crimes: Jack the Ripper Review

Actual Crimes: Jack the Ripper Review

Actual Crimes: Jack the Ripper is one of those sad point and click games where you do a lot of pointing and clicking and seemingly no actual puzzle solving. Released on the Playstation network in the ... Read More

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Review

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Review

When I was told that the folks over at Atlus had mixed a social simulator with Jungian psychology into a JRPG framework, I laughed heartily at what seemed to be a rather ridiculous idea. I stopped lau... Read More

Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines Review

Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines Review

The odds are stacked against you Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines. Though Assassin's Creed was successful if repetitive on the PS3, 360, and PC, it was far from perfect. Now it seems like Griptonite Games... Read More

Dissidia: Final Fantasy Review

Dissidia: Final Fantasy Review

Dissidia: Final Fantasy is Square Enix’s compilation of heroes and villains from the Final Fantasy universe. Ranging from Final Fantasy I-X, it wanders away from Square Enix’s comfortable realm of... Read More

Gran Turismo PSP Review

Gran Turismo PSP Review

Back at E3 2005, along with announcing the PS3 and Gran Turismo 5, Sony announced that Gran Turismo would be coming to its new handheld. Almost five years later, we have Gran Turismo on the PSP. With ... Read More

G-Force Review

G-Force Review

G-Force is a game based on Disney's latest film of the same name. In the game you take up the role of Darwin whos been sent by the G-force team to investigate the base of Leonard Saber a filthy rich m... Read More

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Review

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Review

Monster Hunter is one of the top games you can buy for the PSP, especially in Japan where the game is incredibly popular. The game has had a few releases in the U.S. including two PSP games. Now the d... Read More