REVIEW: Mana Khemia: Alchemists Of Al-Revis April 3rd, 2008 Nate Aguilera

The latest entry from GUST and NIS comes Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis. As “Project A9,” the ninth title in GUST’s flagship Atelier Iris series of games, Mana Khemia adds some tweaks to their established alchemy RPG formula.

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Soul Nomad Gameplay Videos July 25th, 2007 Nate Aguilera

We’ve put up three gameplay videos of NIS America’s upcoming SRPG for the PlayStation 2, Soul Nomad & the World Eaters. Check out the vids after the jump.

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REVIEW: GrimGrimoire July 16th, 2007 Jason Glick

If anyone cares, let me just say that I’m sorry this took so long. Lots of business with starting a new job, cons, friends and other stuff really took away from time that should’ve been spent looking at this. That being said, the clever observer would probably note that “GrimGrimoire” couldn’t have been all that great if it didn’t get me to devote all my spare time to it. They’d be correct, but the game’s not all bad. It just goes to show that no matter how engaging a story and characters you have, and no matter how you try to streamline and tweak the interface, real-time-strategy games just don’t work as well as they do on consoles as they do on PCs.

JASON GLICK

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More Dragoneer’s Aria Gameplay July 16th, 2007 Nate Aguilera

We’ve put together some more gameplay footage of NIS and HitMaker’s upcoming RPG for the PlayStation Portable, Dragoneer’s Aria. This batch of footage shows off the Field Skills, Guard Ability, and the combined Elemental Attacks. Enjoy!

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Dragoneer’s Aria Gameplay July 10th, 2007 Nate Aguilera

NIS and HitMaker’s upcoming RPG, Dragoneer’s Aria, for the PlayStation Portable is one of the newer game’s I’ve been working on. Check out the small preview and gameplay footage we’ve put together by clicking on the jump below. Enjoy!

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REVIEW: Atelier Iris 3 — Grand Phantasm May 29th, 2007 Jason Glick

 

Let me level with you, this wasn’t a game that I requested to review. The way I wound up with it mainly went like, “Atelier Iris 3, it’s a sequel to a fantasy RPG series I’ve never played before, huh? Well, I’m not looking at anything else at the moment, so go and send it my way. It can’t be that bad.” Sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? Well much to my surprise, I wound up enjoying this game a lot more than I expected to. The turn based battle system and alchemic item creation system have a lot of depth to them, making them really fun to use. Unfortunately the story, and game world aren’t nearly as deep.

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Grim Grimoires Anyone? May 2nd, 2007 Harry Chang

Since we’re on roll here with Vanillaware stuff, here’s their next title that’s definitely unique and still very pretty like their other title, Odin Sphere. Believe it or not, GrimGrimoires is a platform RTS title. Intersting ain’t it? Later today, we’ll bring you some more in-depth gameplay footage…

HARRY CHANG

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