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8.5

Great

Tales of Graces f Remastered Review

My first Tales game was Tales of Symphonia. Someone on my hall in college lent it to me in 2006 to play on my Gamecube. Back then, games weren’t...[Read More]

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7.5

Good

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Keylocker (Nintendo Switch) Review

Keylocker claims itself to be a Cyberpunk turn-based rhythm JRPG inspired by the Mario & Luigi series and Chrono Trigger. Knowing this, I went in ...[Read More]

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9.5

Amazing

WitchSpring R (PS5) Review

WitchSpring’s first title came out in 2015 – nearly a decade ago – on mobile devices in Korea. Its remaster made its way stateside in 2018. By then, t...[Read More]

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8

Great

8.6
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Grandia HD Collection Review (PS5)

Grandia, unfortunately, has not had the staying power of numerous other long-running JRPG series players likely recognize. Unlike Final Fantasy, Ys, D...[Read More]

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9

Amazing

Octopath Traveler II (PS5)

Octopath Traveler II is less of a direct sequel to 2018’s Octopath Traveler and more of an anthological entry into the series, featuring an enti...[Read More]

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9

Amazing

Persona 4 Golden Review

It has been two years since I jumped into the Persona world. Back in June 2020, I reviewed the PC version of this and came out of the experience with ...[Read More]

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8.8

Great

Persona 3 Portable (PS4)

The PSP-era of gaming was a weird one, chock full of ports, remasters, and PSP-specific editions that lacked some of the unique content from titles th...[Read More]

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9

Amazing

Neo: The World Ends With You Review

Neo: The World Ends With You was a welcomed surprise to play for the 10 hours I was able to run through, as it was a surprising experience of combo ba...[Read More]

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9.5

Amazing

Bravely Default II (PC)

The best JRPGs are those that give you a good reason to “grind” away through enemy encounters beyond “git gud.” Over the years...[Read More]

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9.5

Amazing

9.5
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NEO: The World Ends with You (PlayStation 4)

Fourteen years ago, Square Enix and Jupiter released the World Ends with You for the Nintendo DS, an action-JRPG set in modern-day Shibuya that very q...[Read More]

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6.5

Fair

SaGa Frontier Remastered Review

I love RPGs. I have a long history with them growing up in the 80s and 90s. Starting with the Pool of Radiance for the Commodore 128 which led me to b...[Read More]

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9.5

Amazing

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Persona 4 Golden (PC)

What in God’s name have I gotten myself into? For the better part of FOREVER, I have somehow not played any Persona games. Generally, I pass these off...[Read More]

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