#degica
#degica
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Following the excellent Guardian Heroes successor Phantom Breaker Battlegrounds, I was pretty excited to check out Ogre Tale. But while the presentation still remains at the same excellent standard as Phantom Breaker, with highly detailed backgrounds, spritework and voice acting, every other aspect has taken a hit. Combat has been simplified severely, skill trees stripped out, and a repetitive structure creates an overwhelming feeling that developer Mages was desperately trying to get the most out of a limited amount of artwork.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
A lot of action games suffer from a lack of feedback. Copy Kitty isn’t one of them. Its got the type of feedback you get when you stick your microphone in front of your speakers, crank the volume, and fill the room with distortion. Its colors are overwhelming and obnoxious, garish in delivery, with several competing styles and guaranteed to compete for your attention with things get chaotic. I ended up playing it more by feeling than by sight.
by Omar (@siegarettes)
Dariusburst Chronicle Saviors is a game so wrapped up in the history of the series, that it’s impossible to start comprehending what it even is before taking in some of that history. The finale to the long running Darius shoot-em-up series, Chronicle Saviors is the fourth revision of the PSP entry Dariusburst. Dariusburst returns with it’s series trademarks of giant robot fish and an absolutely MASSIVE soundtrack by Taito house band ZUNTATA. Although coming off the dramatic changes introduced in Darius Gaiden and G-Darius, I was underwhelmed. Particularly missed were the opportunities to turn mid level bosses to your side, or capture enemies to use as weapons.
With that in mind, Chronicle Saviors operates as a dramatic remix of the original Dariusburst. Or rather, if the first revision was a remix, this one is a multi-disc set of remixes that has you reevaluating the original Dariusburst and puts it in line with the history of the series.