Archive of dungeon crawler

09Nov2010
Author
Rebecca Quintana
Review: Z.H.P. – Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman Thumbnail

Review: Z.H.P. - Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman

Most games begin at the beginning, progress to the middle, and end with the ending. However, NIS's latest RPG, lengthily titled Z.H.P. - Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman, decides to take things from a different approach, by starting with the ending. Our story begins with the final boss showdown: Darkdeath Evilman has kidnapped "Super Baby," a baby who was prophesied to someday save the world. However our hero, Absolute Victory Unlosing Ranger, slept in (because his mom forgot to wake him up), and in his hurry to get to the fight, is rather unheroically run over by a car and killed. An innocent bystander thus has the role of hero literally thrust upon him, and our main character becomes the new Unlosing Ranger. Due to his inexperience, he is almost immediately killed. Game over, right? Wrong. Despite the game starting off with an ending, the main character's death is actually only the beginning.

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22Sep2010
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Rebecca Quintana
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Review: Cladun: This is an RPG

Cladun: This is an RPG is a downloadable PSP old-school action JRPG from Nippon Ichi Software. Although the game seems fairly familiar on the outset -- cute sprites, hack-'n-slash dungeon crawling -- in reality, it does have its own unique elements that help it to stand out from other games of the genre. The game takes place in a world known as Arcanus Cella, which has a little town of sorts that acts as a hub world, from which you can enter various dungeons as you progress through the story. You will encounter an interesting cast of characters, and eventually unlock the ability to create your own.

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08Jul2010
Author
Rebecca Quintana

Pre-order Etrian Odyssey III, Get Cool Art Book

Atlus, forever showering gifts upon its loyal devotees, today announced those who pre-order Etrian Odyssey III will get a full-color, 60-page art book chronicling the art of the entire series (not just this third installment). The artbook is entitled, Etrian Odyssey: Forests of Eternity, and the publisher has even been kind enough to provide a preview, which you can view here.

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18Mar2010
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David Stewart

SMT: Strange Journey Gets a Pre-Release Gameplay Video

Though overshadowed by some monster March releases, SMT: Strange Journey remains on many radars and as with most Atlus-developed games promises to be rife with quality and depth the likes of which few companies can muster. It also promises the same demons we've seen in six or seven games now, spells named Bufu and Agi, and fantastic localization (Atlus' team manages to translate Japanese humor better than most). Much of that can be seen in the trailer below, which I advise checking out if you haven't looked into this game that much because it relays some important information.

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06Nov2009
Author
Rebecca Quintana

Mini Preview: Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Shin Megami Tensei fans have had a lot to be happy about lately, and it looks like Atlus is giving MegaTen fans even more to smile about. Today they officially announced their newest SMT game, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey for Nintendo DS. One of the first original entries in the franchise in recent history, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is a first-person sci-fi RPG that has already received the highest Famitsu review score in Shin Megami Tensei history. Hit the break for some more details on the story, a few screens, and some concept art. (more...)

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