Utawarerumono: ZAN 2 is a 3D Musou-style anime action game released in 2021 by Aquaplus, with Tamsoft as the developer. It is a direct sequel of Utawarerumono: ZAN, this time following the plotline of Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth albeit with heavy focus on story highlights instead of the standard narrative-heavy style that the series is […]
Indie gaming has grown to cover a pretty wide variety of gaming genres in the last decade. One such style I’ve noticed has been scarcely represented in the indie game world though is that of the 3D combat-heavy action game, often called the “character action” game. Which leads us to today’s topic, a title exploring […]
Dynasty Warriors: Origins Visions Of Four Heroes acts as a DLC expansion to Dynasty Warriors: Origins, adding a variety of content, primarily “what-if” takes on certain story events. This review assumes familiarity with Dynasty Warriors: Origins. If you’ve not yet played it, please check out our detailed review first. Four New Paths After buying Dynasty […]
Once again, we revisit Koei Tecmo’s hack-and-slash take on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this time titled Dynasty Warriors: Origins. This installment of the long-running series acts as somewhat of a refresh on the formula, significantly changing some of the mechanics, bringing a quite different feel to the game, and turning it into more of […]
Grasshopper Manufacture; they have a reputation for being quite hit or miss, but it’s hard to ignore their impact on video games through the decades. The Kings and Queens of quirk, Suda51 and his merry band, are ready to take on the world once again with Romeo is a Dead Man. Do You Bite Your […]
Utawarerumono: ZAN is a 3D hack-and-slash Musou-style anime action game, originally released in 2018 by Aquaplus in collaboration with Tamsoft. It tells a heavily abridged version of Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception’s story, following the same overall plotline but with a heavier emphasis on fights due to the shift in genres. The game was initially released […]
Set in the early days of the kingdom, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment uses the formula of the Warriors/Musou series of games. You can hack and slash your way through the many battles of the Imprisoning War, taking back territory and aiming to slay the vile Ganondorf, along with millions of his disposable minions. The […]
Not all games receive the spotlight they deserve and this can be especially true of anime games. Whether it’s due to their niche nature, a lack of media attention, or even just a lack of marketing, it’s easy for all but the biggest to slip under the radar. “Anime Game” is a fairly wide descriptor. […]
Although the concept of a “boss rush” game has been around for a while, this sub-genre has become more of a mainstay of indie games in the last decade with the success of titles like Titan Souls, Furi, and Cuphead. Although these games use different gameplay systems, they all share in how they largely eschew […]
What does it mean to be a real human? This question is at the core of Crymachina, an action RPG set in a world where humanity died out long ago. NIS America is bringing us this emotional sci-fi tale from developer FURYU. Humans Never Change Crymachina opens as Leben wakes up in a robotic body. […]