The Raven: Remastered brings a four year old point and click mystery game up to snuff for modern consoles. While the art and animation upgrades are welcome and appreciated, it plays precisely like it's predecessor, which is both a good and a bad thing.
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The Council is a new narrative-based game that looks to upend the tropes that such games have falle into. With an emphasis on character development and choice permanence, it infuses the genre with some RPG elements. Depending on how the rest of the five episode series goes, The Council right now is shaping up to be a wonderfully intriguing title with more replay value than the traditional narrative videogame experience.
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Hakuoki: Edition Blossoms is the second of the Hakuoki tale for PS Vita and Steam. It continues the tale of Chizuru as her quest to find her father leads her into relationship with several potential samurai “husbandos.” This visual novel is low on interaction but shares a compelling story.
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The Silver Case was released last year. An early work of the famed Suda51, it allows a peek into the start of his career, but it was plagued with issues inherent to it's origin on the original PS1. It's sequel, the 25th ward, works as a standalone title, but it's origin on 2005 era mobile devices creates it's own glaring flaws.
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Bridge Constructor is a simple game about crossing chasms by building a bridge. This is not that. Adding in the wit and sarcasm of GLaDOS and all the inventions of Aperture Science Laboratories creates a crazy, chaotic world full of flipping switches, death laser beams, gun turrets, and swinging pendulum bridges that adds a welcome layer of challenge and fun to a simple concept.
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Aperion Cyberstorm is a retro twin-stick shooter with a major multiplayer twist, allowing up to five people to play through a campaign, horde-style mode, or versus. The multiplayer is both a pro and a con. It makes solo feel empty, but getting a full crew together makes the game feel so very right.
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The Station is a mystery sci-fi game set on a station circling an alien world. You are sent to investigate, as the crew has lost contact and you need to figure out why. While there are some issues that will hopefully be ironed out in patches, the game does provide an intriguing story that will keep you enthralled through it's short play time.
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Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology is a rerelease of a 2011 DS RPG with added elements. Within, you play as Stocke, a Special Intelligence officer in the middle of a war. During a critical mission, Stocke comes across an unwinnable scenario, but soon finds that the mysterious White Chronicle he carries will allow him to travel back in time and see what happens if things had happened differently. He must then use these powers to find the proper timeline and save the world. The new edition of the game for the 3DS offers more paths thanks to a new, mysterious character.
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The Longest Five Minutes is an RPG for those who may long for classic RPG styles but simply don't have the time to invest. As your protagonist faces down the final boss of his quest, he suffers from amnesia. Afraid and unknowing of how or why he got here, he relies on his friends and key points in the battle to jog his memories so he can regain his power, stop the evil, and save the world.
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Beholder is set in a horrible country where a totalitarian regime sets down rules that must be strictly followed or you risk being beaten or killed. As a simple landlord, you are secretly tasked with making sure everyone falls in line. You can choose to help your tenants, who may break a rule simply trying to survive, but is it worth the risk?
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Vesta is a puzzle platformer where you control Vesta, a young human seemingly alone in a facility with a bunch of robots and artificial intelligence. Teaming up with DROID, you are tasked with exploring the labyrinth and finding out the true story as to why you are all alone in this mechanical world.
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Breakout, but with missiles. Sounds like a cool concept. Unfortunately, Energy Invasion by Sometimes You attempts to do something that needs a bit more support than a $2.99 budget title. If anything, just a better tutorial screen, and a few more beeps and boops over the techno soundtrack.
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The Deer God gets ported to the Nintendo Switch. With no extra frills, gamers who have seen this title on many different platforms before won't get anything new short of natural Switch portability. Gamers who have yet to try this title, however, are in for a treat, as the simplistic 3D pixelated style and smooth music lead to a relaxing, enthralling experience.
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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 has expanded beyond the scope originally thought of by the developers. At the request of the fans, a new set of downloadable content has been released beyond the Season Pass plan. While a few vocal people are complaining that it's more cost beyond the full-cost game and Season Pass, the additional content warrants the cost of admission.
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Ultimate Chicken Horse is a corny multiplayer party game where you control cute little animals as they play Chicken with death and pull an "I can do better" game of Horse trying to get from Point A to Point B. Single player exists but is sparse. While there is online play, the game truly shines in couch co-op, watching your friends squirm trying to get through your mutually created death trap.
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SUPERBEAT: XONiC is a wonderful rhythm based game that has been out on the Vita for a while, and is also available on the PS4 and Xbox One. Recently, the title came out for the Switch. While still just as awesome as ever, there is one hitch to getting off of Sony machines that changes the difficulty for some players, but your mileage may vary.
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Morphite is a mix of many different genres that evokes the feeling of No Man's Sky. It does it's own thing, though, as it adds a bit of Metroid weapon progression and level unlocking in it. It's a budget priced game that can be fun despite it's flaws.
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ELEX is a highly ambitious game that meshes multiple genres into one fun world. Unfortunately, the difficult combat, wonky AI and tough learning curve leaves room for a sequel. With the right updates and patches, ELEX could be great, but as it is, deserves a pause.
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Battle Chasers: Nightwar resurrects a classic comic book from the 90's as a traditional JRPG with beautiful American comic stylings. Players take on the roles of all of the original comic's team members, with a new character developed thanks to the Kickstarter campaign. With its unique Overcharge system, Battle Chasers adds its own special flair to the classic genre.
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Seedi is a retro emulation device that has a few days left on its Indiegogo campaign, and is in need of about half of it's funds. As an easy way to play classic CD based games, the Seedi stands out as a good chance to experience some early disc-based classics with some extra modern love options baked in.
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