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Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days Review

By Roy | Published: September 11, 2009
Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days marks the fourth entry of the series onto a portable system.  The game features a brief prequel starring the unlikely “Dark Hero,” Axel.  A number of improvements were made to the battle system that were taken directly from Disgaea 3, the most recent title in the series. As a connoisseur of [...]
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Review

By Roy | Published: September 1, 2009
There was a dark time in the early history of video game localization when xenophobic publishers mutilated Japanese games beyond recognition.  Perhaps the pinnacle of such botched titles was Atlus’s Revelations: Persona for the Playstation, released in 1996.  The game reeked of a distrust in the consumer to accept anything foreign and everything was changed: [...]
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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Review

By Roy | Published: August 12, 2009
The time I spent in Japan opened my eyes to a powerful gaming phenomena known simply as monhun:  a wholly consuming obsession with Monster Hunter and all its facets. While I had never played the game, I could not help but have respect for it and be in awe of the following it had [...]
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Devil Survivor Review

By Roy | Published: July 17, 2009
The very foundation of what I understand to be a video game has been shaky lately.  Titles like Knights in the Nightmare and Cross Edge took such a huge step away from the familiar that I was left reeling a bit.  Then, Atlus’ Devil Survivor appeared – a game which manages to remain simple and [...]
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Knights in the Nightmare Review

By Roy | Published: June 24, 2009
Sting’s Department Heaven series is one of the most unique compilations of titles out there, spanning three games (currently) and changing the way people think about RPGs.  Atlus has brought over part four in the series: Knights in the Nightmare, a game which appears quite different from its sister titles. When I returned from E3, jet-lagged [...]
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