Metroidvania

Review: Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

Review: Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

If you’ve absorbed any content on this website before, you probably know that I’m a big fan of the Suikoden series of JRPGs. I bought in on day one when Rabbit and Bear studios launched a Kickstarter campaign for Eiyuden Chronicle: 100 Heroes, a spiritual successor to that phenomenal series.

Born from the success of that Kickstarter was Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, a prequel action RPG that sets up the world of 100 Heroes. What Rabbit and Bear craft here is a great action game with beautiful artwork that doesn’t feel beholden to being the appetizer for a bigger adventure, and I couldn’t help but explore every inch of the city of Nevaeh.

Review: Metroid Dread

Review: Metroid Dread

Author: Rich Meister

It’s been almost twenty years since Metroid Fusion, our last mainline 2D Metroid game and somehow Metroid Dread seems worth the wait. Dread was first announced back in 2005 and then disappeared for a very long time only to reemerge this year just a few months before launching. Somehow despite over a decade in development hell, Metroid Dread delivers. It brings the same exploration and excellent boss design that we’ve come to expect from the series, all while bringing the journey Samus has been on since the original NES game to a satisfying conclusion.

Review: F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch

Review: F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch

Author: Rich Meister

Torch City is a shell of its former self. This Dieselpunk monstrosity of a city was once teeming with plant life, and life was good for Furtizens like Rayton, the rabbit until he and his companions lost the war to the evil iron dogs.

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch is the story of Rayton and one of redemption for a former hero. After losing a six-year battle against the mechanical legion and its Iron, Dogs Rayton is forced back into the fight when an old ally is put in harm’s way in this surprisingly engaging Metroidvania action platformer