There's something about Langrisser Millennium, Masaya's 1999 entry in the long running SRPG series, that we need to make very clear very quickly: It's not like its older and infinitely better known tactical forebears by design, even going so far as to have the back of the box spell out this game's desire to be a new … Continue reading A fresh start in a new era… well, maybe
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ALIENS VS DINOSAURS
I don't know about you, but for me "This game contains aliens fighting dinosaurs" is all the encouragement I need to start maniacally hammering that "Buy" button, and this 1993 Mega Drive game delivers extraterrestrials versus extincts skirmishes by the adorable bucketful. Dyna Brothers 2 - unsurprisingly the sequel to Dyna Brothers (also on the … Continue reading ALIENS VS DINOSAURS
Getting it right by doing it wrong
The Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history has quite understandably been mined for entertainment purposes for centuries at the very least, so it should come as no surprise to learn that gaming has also used the setting for everything from serious stat-heavy historical simulations to coin-swallowing arcade fun too - that's side-scrolling beat 'em up style … Continue reading Getting it right by doing it wrong
QUOVADIS 2: Wakusei Kyoushuu Ovan Rei
Who can resist 90's style sci-fi tactical action stuffed with fantastic FMV sequences, cool mech battles, character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto (Macross, Gunbuster) and mechanical designs by Kazumi Fujita (Zeta Gundam)? Not me, that's for sure. And that's why I bought Quovadis 2 many, many, years ago. Probably. But until the other week I'd never played it, … Continue reading QUOVADIS 2: Wakusei Kyoushuu Ovan Rei