Fans of Fire Emblem on the 3DS are surely experiencing massive tactical RPG withdrawal symptoms as they eagerly await Fates to hit shelves sometime next year. Fortunately, Imageepoch with the help of Atlus and Sega brings us Stella Glow, their last hurrah in the video game industry, to quell our strategy battle needs.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night Developed by Atlus Published by Atlus Available on PS Vita The Persona franchise has always been known for its great stories, eccentric characters, and fantastic gameplay. The developers of Persona, Atlus, have been stretching the characters of Persona 4 to their absolute limit. From a fighting game (Persona 4: Arena Ultimax), …
UPDATE: Since this original posting a new trailer for Persona 5 has been released. It shows off a lot more of the gameplay that can be expected from the latest entry, as well as, promising a Summer 2016 released date. After promising a vague 2015 release date, Atlus has surprised no one and announced that …
In a land devoid of everything it means to be human, humanity becomes a priceless commodity. And those who cling to their humanity have lost all sense of what it means to be human. The beloved Saint Astraea lost her humanity to the scourge of the Deep Fog like every other peasant, merchant, knight and …
The creators of the surprise hit indie game series, Zeno Clash, ACE Team, return with an ambitious, but entirely different, adventure in Abyss Odyssey. This combat heavy indie title blends so many genres and in doing so creates a game perfect for anyone who’s a completionist at heart.
The complexities of dungeon crawlers, such as those of Atlus’ Etrian Odyssey series, while appealing to longtime fans, can often intimidate potential new players who become glassy-eyed and lost at the first mention of status attacks, debuffs, and skill trees. Finding a way to introduce a franchise to a new audience while still maintaining the challenge and strategy that hardcore devotees require is a tricky feat, but one that Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight seems to have pulled off fairly well, give or take some nasty bosses. Who would’ve thought that meticulous mapmaking, collecting rocks, and managing a restaurant could be so fun? Oh, and fighting monsters, of course. That’s cool too.
Famed Persona developer, Atlus, will from time to time take a niche Japanese game created by a smaller developer and publish it in North America. Several years ago they did this with a little game called Demon’s Souls, and audiences in the west responded by bolstering the game’s sales enough to eventually put it in …
Only one game this year has the nerve to blend a traditional first-person dungeon crawler RPG experience with the kind of fun that meticulous map-making, restaurant management, stone collecting, and town development can provide. Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight is making its way to the West, containing all the swordplay, spellcasting, and hardcore buffing and debuffing …
The inevitable video game iteration of one of the hottest anime series in recent times has finally made its way to the west. Attack on Titan is brought to the 3DS with Humanity in Chains, a game that promises to capture the action-packed essence of the anime all while failing at everything it attempts to do.
Let’s get right down to it. If you like strategy games, RPGs, and anything in between and have never played Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, you should. If you have played SMT: DeSu 2 and you liked it, you should still pick up Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker, the enhanced 3DS remake of the 2009 DS title. Despite being a sequel and a remake, DeSu 2 RB has a lot to offer old fans and new comers alike and is exceptionally approachable to those unfamiliar with the franchise or even the genre.
It’s interesting to consider how for many of us, games have been growing up with us. Atlus’ Catherine serves as a prime example of this phenomenon. Having been developed by a team who grew and matured as games themselves did the same, it simultaneously reaches much of the gaming audience as they confront the very issues addressed within it.