We're all familiar with New Game Plus by now. You beat a game and get to start over with all of your experience, gear, characters, etc. But Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross take that mechanic and tweak in quite a few neat ways. In Chrono Trigger, wa…

What is the correct term for a Pokemon clone? A "creature collector"? I have no idea. But The Shin Megami Tensei series is my favorite "creature collector" thus far. Yo-Kai Watch is a super duper close second. There's just something about how you re…

Pentiment is an overwhelmingly quiet game. Despite having hundreds of lines of dialogue for dozens of characters, there are zero voice lines. In lieu of audio dialogue, Pentiment provides the sound of a pencil writing on parchment as the letters an…

If you haven't heard of Etrian Odyssey or played a game in the series, I don't blame you. While nearly everybody owned a DS back in the day, only a small chunk of them were fond of dungeon crawlers. The first few games of the series were released o…