What do you do when you want to make a Valkyrie Profile game but you don’t have the license? If you’re Spike Chunsoft, you hire the people who made those games to make Exist Archive, published in the west by Aksys. It’s an homage in so many ways, but does it live up to its spiritual predecessor?
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Shiren the Wanderer is back in the West! The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate marks the return for Chunsoft’s flagship Mystery Dungeon title courtesy of Aksys, American publisher of the company’s Zero Escape games. It’s a venerable series, but one that’s seen more acceptance outside Japan as roguelike titles have grown in popularity.
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The hallmark of a great strategy game is how easy it is to let yourself give in to its myriad systems and revel in their complexities. Grand Kingdom, developed by Spike Chunsoft and brought to the West by NIS America, certainly is that. It doesn’t have your traditional JRPG trappings, instead focusing on intricate mechanical interactions and a veritable smorgasbord of possibility. Grand Kingdom doesn’t seek to be a game you like. It seeks to be a game you live.
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Grand Kingdom developed by Monochrome and published in Japan by Spike Chunsoft, is releasing in the West in June thanks to NIS America! The PS4/Vita RPG-strategy hybrid is a spiritual sequel to cult import hit Grand Knights History and a compelling tactical experience in its own right.
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If a Danganronpa game gets you questioning the use of continuing onward, despite tragic events and overwhelming odds, then you know it’s a success. The whole point is to get you weighing the potential of hope against the reality of despair.
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