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Octopath Traveler II | Osvald & Partitio Character Trailer

Octopath Traveler 2 is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and PS5 early next year. A new trailer has been released for the game. Check it out below along with our thoughts on the game. Octopath Traveler 2 is coming out on February 24, 2023. The newest trailer shows off two of the game’s characters and some new ways to travel too! The first Octopath Traveler was a good game. The second one looks even better! The graphics look…

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Persona 5 Royal Review

Persona 5 Royal is now on the Nintendo Switch. In this review, we tell you all about the game and how it runs on the Switch!

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This Way Madness Lies Trailer

Zeboyd Games, the creators of Cosmic Star Heroine and Cthulhu Saves Christmas, have a new game coming soon to PC. The game is called This Way Madness Lies. Check out the trailer below and then please come back here for our thoughts on the game. This Way Madness Lies is coming out on STEAM on November 10th. It will cost $9.99 (USD). The game a turn-based jrpg by the creators of Cosmic Star Heroine and Cthulhu Saves Christmas! We liked…

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Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden Arrive on the Switch in January 2023

Persona 5 Royal is coming to the Nintendo Switch this month. Thats not all though. Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden are also coming to the system. In fact, now they have a release date! Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on January 19th, 2023. The games will also be availabe on Xbox One, Windows, and Xbox Game Pass on the same day! I’ve never played either of these games but…

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New gameplay footage of Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

New footage of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet was released today. You can check that out below, along with some thoughts on the new footage! The Pokémon company released new footage of Scarlet and Violet today! The footage showed off the four paths we’d seen before, but it showed plenty of new stuff too. For instance, you can take the Pokémon on picnics, make them a sandwich, play with them, and take of care of them with a bath. Its pretty…

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New Pokemon Scarlet/Violet Trailers Reveal Gameplay And Switch System

Today bought us not one, but two Pokémon Scarlet/Violet videos. The first is a brand new gameplay trailer. The second is the reveal of a Scarlet/Violet themed Nintendo Switch. Check out both trailers below along with our thoughts on them. The new Scarlet/Violet trailer shows off three different paths that players can take in the game. Fighting rebellious students, seeking out a mythical Pokémon, or going after the usual gym storyline. There’s a lot to do in Pokémon Scarlet/Violet. The…

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The DioField Chronicle Demo First Impressions

A demo for The DioField Chronicle will be released tomorrow, August 10th. Thanks to the magic of the Japanese Switch eshop, I was able to download the demo early. Here are my first impressions of it! The DioField Chronicle is a strategy rpg where, much like Final Fantasy Tactics or Triangle Strategy, you join an army thats fighting a war against another nation. However, the battle system in The DioField Chronicle is very different from the aforementioned strategy games. In…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Review

Recently, we talked about Xenoblade Chronicles 3 gameplay, graphics, and story in our review-in-progress articles. Now its time for our full review of the game. Is Xenoblade Chronicles 3 worth checking out? Story And Gameplay The world of Aionios is torn apart by a war between two factions. Each faction is a slave to a clock that must be feed by deaths and each of the people only have a limited time on the Earth. And then two groups of…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Review-in-progress part 3

In our final review-in-progress of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, we talk about the game’s story and some of the most recent gameplay we’ve encountered. Spoiler Warning, just in case. Stay tuned for our full review of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 next week! Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s story is pretty interesting so far. Its different from the other games but still feels very much like a Xenoblade game. The characters and the world feel similar to what we’ve seen in the previous two games.…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Review-in-progress Part 2

Welcome to part 2 in our three-part review-in-progress for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. In this part, we’ll discuss the game’s graphics and sound! Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has great graphics. The characters, especially, are detailed and the environments are pretty good. Big sprawling areas look better in the daylight than at night. So far the colonies are a bit bland visually though. They all look the same, just with different layouts. That’s not to say that they’re not fun to explore. There…

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