Friday, March 31, 2023

GrimGrimoire OnceMore | PS4

Long before Harry Potter, and the wizarding world was ever a thing there existed Vanillaware's, "GrimGrimoire". A PS2 era tower defense and resource management game centered around a student named Lillet Blan, and a school for magicians known as the Silver Star. Much Like Harry Potter's own misadventures, Lillet Blan also found herself as the chosen one amidst a sinister plot to resurrect the infamous school's Archmage, and his army of demons.

Lillet enters the school as a fledgling apprentice eager to learn, and do right by her brothers. She meets her would be teachers at Silver Star, and in turn begins her studies of grimoires, and the ability to summon familiars of varying types using mana. First meeting with the elder headmaster then a devil, a cursed beast, and a necromancy professor before butting heads with the unleashed Archmage himself. Setting into motion a groundhogs' day worth of repeated encounters slowly helping Lillet and her trusted acquaintances find out the who, what, when, where, and why of the perplexing situation. Enabling Lillet to grow in power as she does what needs to be done to save the day.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Saga of Sins | Switch Review

Staying true to the biblical origins of sin, and playing out like a living stained glass world, we find in 'Saga of Sins', a kingdom known as Sinwell that has been decimated by the black death. A plague brought on by sinners, and their lack of repentance. The only hope for salvation there being a returning crusader named Cecil. A man of tested faith who finds out from his master Ulric that the only way to rid his people of the plague is to enter their minds as demonic manifestations. Turning into a werewolf, a gargoyle, and a griffin as well as other beasts as he does so. Using their abilities to conquer nightmarish realms of Heironymus Bosch inspiration while obtaining the forbidden fruit therein. Each realm coinciding with the person's sin, and that sin in turn being of the seven deadly sort. 

As he does his best to resist the ongoing temptations of Satan that haunt him Cecil faces his own demons, and questions his own place in the balance of good and evil. Coming to terms with the truth by the end of it all. Is he truly doing God's bidding by haunting the people with demonic visions, or is he aiding the devil in his end goal? These are the questions that Cecil must find out for himself ...

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Pirates Outlaws | PS4 Review

It's high rolling high sea adventures with Blitwork's and Fabled Game's latest console port of the seafaring roguelike, "Pirates Outlaws"!!! A deckbuilding turn based battle for booty!!! Featuring class and ability based pirates and outlaws banking it all on bountiful boss fight laden excursions filled with all sorts of lucrative opportunities. Whether you're scouting for bounties, completing quests, or building upon your reputation you'll find plenty to satiate your unquenchable thirst for more on your journey out into the wild blue yonder. 

Monday, March 27, 2023

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem | PS4

In a blend of mmorpg, and arpg sub-genres with inspiration drawn from the creations of three genre pioneers, "Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem" tries hard to make it's way into relevancy among the greats. What it brings to the table, and to the paying player is a Frankensteinian amalgamation of PoE (Path of Exile), Diablo 3, and Warhammer 40K's Inquisitor series.

It's basically a combination of slightly reworked systems from each of these three franchises inline with a story that also harbors hints of past creations. Coming together in such a way as to be somewhat more complicated, and less user friendly by comparison due to the amount of management options made available. Making access to features, and functions a cumbersome time consuming chore that eats away at half of the game's intended fun which is looting for builds via mob and boss battles. Culminating in a collective of conjoined content which is wholly centered around a deeply involved and ongoing religious conflict of fantastical proportions.