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How Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest Calls Back to One of the Original's Greatest Tragedies
Still Wakes the Deep's powerful dialogue resonates in Siren's Rest, helping to recontextualize what Mhairi finds in the Beira D's wreckage.
Persona 6 Should Take Notes From Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Status Ailments
Status ailments in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 aren't just detrimental, considering trade-offs in a way that future Persona titles could consider.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Metaphor: ReFantazio Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Metaphor: ReFantazio encourage player agency, allowing an impressive level of nuance and creativity to team builds.
How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Embraces the 'Git Gud' Mentality
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's combat encourages trial and error in a way that's clever and rewarding, leaning on the many options of its strategy.
How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Makes a Basic Feature Essential
The efforts of past expeditions live on in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and their accounts are a clever take on collectibles that reward the player.
Other Games Can Learn From One Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Character Trait
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes its first impressions count, bridging its characters' personalities and circumstances with realism.
How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Shines at its Level Design
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 encourages exploration every step of the way, utilizing clever level design and world-building to demonstrate its wonders.
One Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Boss is Environmental Design Done Right
One Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 boss shows just how compelling combat can be when woven well into its environment, raising the stakes entirely.
How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Humanizes Its Dialogue
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 delivers on the emotion of its dialogue brilliantly, emphasizing the nuances and subtlety of its interactions.
How Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Rebirth Reinforce Tifa's Strength as a Character
Tifa's birthday of May 3 just passed, so it's a great time to celebrate her legacy, with compassion furthering her strength in FF7 Remake and Rebirth.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Clear Proof That Turn-Based Should Never Die
The legacy of turn-based combat in RPGs is not understated, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 both honors and iterates from its predecessors.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an RPG Prologue Done Right
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 manages to set up its world with finesse, drawing on the subtlety of its dialogue to sidestep direct exposition.
What to Expect From Labyrinth of the Demon King
Equal parts survival horror and dungeon-crawler, Labyrinth of the Demon King is set to brandish its Yokai and feudal Japan influences with grim flair.
The Case for Future Persona Spinoffs to Follow P5 Tactica's Approach
The Persona spinoffs have experimented with ample genres and story scenarios, but the way that P5 Tactica focuses outward sets a strong precedent.
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is a Logical Move After Metaphor: ReFantazio
Raidou vs. The Soulless Army will finally be accessible for older fans and newcomers alike, which is a particular boon after Metaphor: ReFantazio.
How Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is Set to Channel SMT 5
Raidou Kuzunoha is back, and in The Soulless Army's remaster is a host of upgrades, including some popular demon designs that were introduced in SMT5.
A Metaphor: ReFantazio Spin-off Would Need to Contend With More Than its Story
Metaphor: ReFantazio's darker tone works to accentuate its political conceit, but whether this tone would continue in a spin-off remains to be seen.
If Metaphor: ReFantazio Gets a Re-Release, One Addition Could Make Waves
Given Metaphor: ReFantazio's strong character writing, shining even more of a spotlight on the party's interpersonal relationships could be a boon.
Metaphor: ReFantazio - The Argument For and Against a Persona 5 Royal-Style Re-Release
Atlus' re-release formula has become a divisive pattern, and though Metaphor: ReFantazio is still relatively new, it could be poised to follow.
How Metaphor: ReFantazio Succeeds in its Royal Virtues
Metaphor: ReFantazio's royal virtues exist as more than a social stat mechanic, woven into its world-building and NPCs with consideration.