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Just Short of Purrfect: A Cats and the Other Lives Review

10/25/2023

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By Al
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Players: 1
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, XBox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC


Have you ever wanted to play a game that places you into the role of a cat? Well, then Cats and the Other Lives is the game for you! Releasing on consoles following a PC release last year, Cats and the Other Lives is something of a point and click style adventure game that adds in other genre elements as well. Following in the wake of Stray, you play as a house cat for a rather mysterious, but apparently wealthy, family in a series of puzzles and adventures that lean heavily towards horror. So it's a scary cat game? Well, I guess it's time for us to cut the intro short and dive into this one to see if it's worth picking up, or ignoring it in favor of the many other cat simulator-style games out there. Then again being a cat is always somewhat fun...

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Stay Detached: An Archetype Arcadia Review

10/24/2023

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By Al
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Players: 1
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5


Archetype Arcadia is a dark, sci-fi visual novel that is developed by the same team that brought us Raging Loop back in 2019, and it's out now on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. It's arguable that visual novels aren't often associated with long narratives, or darker themes, but Archetype Arcadia brings them both in droves. Is this post-apocalyptic story worth sinking 50 hours into? Do the dark themes weave themselves in well with the pseudo-Isekai plot? What are some of the secrets that lie beneath the surface of the game's world? Well, we're hopefully going to answer all those questions and more in this review, so read on to find out!

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Game Review: Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent

10/23/2023

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By Manuel
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Players: 1
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC


Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent is the latest title in the long-running Class of Heroes series, and it released in December of last year on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC by way of PQube Entertainment. While the Class of Heroes series is mainly a dungeon crawling JRPG series, Adventure Academia changes things up by moving into the SRPG genre. Nothing is ever that simple though, and it's an SRPG game with quite a few real-time elements to shake things up a bit. Seeing as we're nearing the its first anniversary, we decided that now is a good time to dive into the game and see if it's worth going back to school for, or if you're better off dropping out early.

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Square Enix Reveals New Job & Details for Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

10/21/2023

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Square Enix today revealed brand-new information about Dawntrail, the fifth and latest expansion pack for its critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online, set to launch in Summer 2024.

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Game Review: Soviet Project

10/19/2023

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By Al
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Players: 1
Platforms: Nintendo Switch


Soviet Project is a survival horror adventure game that saw a release on Steam previously under the title Bug Dolls: Soviet Project. We'll cover that Bug Doll thing later on in the review, but it's now available on the Nintendo Switch as well. It's a bit of an odd take on the genre as it's far more open-ended than one would expect in the genre. One might even call it an open-world game if its world was not relatively small. We're getting ahead of ourselves though, so let's back up and see what these bug dolls are all about and unravel the mystery behind the Soviet Project!

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Neon Doctrine & GameChanger Studio Reveal New My Lovely Empress Trailer

10/19/2023

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At The Indie Horror Showcase, Southeast Asian publisher Neon Doctrine and developer GameChanger Studio released a new trailer for macabre creature collector and empire management sim My Lovely Empress that offers a taste of the power that the deliciously demonic Yaoguai can bestow. Details, and the newly released trailer, can be found below!

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Game Review: Hentai Tales Vol. 1

10/17/2023

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By Al
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Players: 1
Platforms: Nintendo Switch


Today we're going to look at Hentai Tales Vol. 1: Hitomi and Strange Forest. It's another one of "those" games that you see all over the Switch eShop. We previously looked at Hentai Project not too long ago (You can find that review HERE.) and we were curious what this game had to offer since it implied a different gameplay style, and is apparently the first in a new series. We're going to see if this is a game you're going to want to pick up, or one you'll want to skip at all costs. Where do you think we're going to steer you? Read on to find out!

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Game Review: DUSK

10/17/2023

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By Weston
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Players: 1 (Online: Up to 16)
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC


DUSK is a Survival Horror FPS game by Publisher New Blood Interactive. Specifically, DUSK is a modern FPS game that was inspired by the classic FPS games like Doom, Half-Life, Quake, and Wolfenstein. The story takes place in the fictional rural town of Dusk, Pennsylvania, were the locals have discovered some Lovecraftian ruins that turn those nearby into a demonically possessed being. Since that initial incident the government sealed the town hoping to stop the spread of the evil that they had unleashed upon themselves. You play as the "Dusk Dude", or "The Intruder", who has recently arrived after hearing that there is treasure within. As you make your way to the town you are caught by the locals and placed near a farm, set to be a sacrifice. As The Intruder you make your way through farmland, factories, the underground, government bases, and the town itself.

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