Maids have long been a core part of human culture. Because who doesn’t dream of having a servant who takes care of menial chores in your place and spoils you rotten? While today’s modern bourgeoisie has fitting modern servants, it’s mostly the maids of old that served the European nobility…

The concept of personality tests is one that a lot of us partake in from time to time. Seeing what your favorite color says about which Zelda character you are, or how you react to a friend forgetting your birthday, designates what superpower you have is ridiculous fun. The concept…

Demonschool is one of many indie games touted as a love letter to Persona. Demons threatening the world, a quirky cast of characters who come together to take down a common foe, and still needing to take tests in school even though the fate of the world is at stake,…

As a Switch 1 player, you’d have to accept that your console of choice is lagging horribly behind the competition graphically. As such, you’d miss out on many contemporary blockbuster releases that other gamers are enjoying. One of these games was Kingdom Come: Deliverance, an ambitious historical RPG by new…

Story of Seasons has been taking a trip down memory lane, with its recent remakes of older games like Friends of Mineral Town and A Wonderful Life. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar joins the expanding list of being revived for a new audience, with new quality of life features that…

Too Kyo Games has had a packed year, starting with The Hundred Line earlier in the year and closing out with their newest title, Shuten Order. Much in line with their other releases, Shuten Order takes on a mystery/dystopian setting, where you must piece together the mystery of what exactly…

Visual novels and RPGs have long been a match made in heaven. While there are plenty of games that have merged the two in a seamless manner, typically what happens is that aspects of one genre overtake another. Noctuary is more accurately described as a visual novel with action RPG…

When it comes to visual novels, the concept of bad endings is abundant, hanging over the player as they make pivotal choices in the story. For some, they can leave a bad taste in their mouth after spending a while getting acquainted with the characters and the world, while for…

The influence of visual novels like Doki Doki Literature Club, with cute graphics and wholesome interactions luring players into a false sense of security, can’t be understated. For some people, it’s seen as a gimmick, but for those who don’t have much experience with games like this (or those who…

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is the sixth entry in the Rune Factory series, a game that mixes farming and RPG elements. After the middling response for Rune Factory 5, Guardians of Azuma had a lot of work to do to fight against skeptical audiences. With that in mind, there…