The release of Bravely Default on the 3DS set us into a new era of JRPG. It was a perfectly packaged throwback to what made the genre great to begin with while also subverting systems in the genre enough to make it palatable to a modern audience. It also set the stage for a new…
It’s time to give the most prestigious award of the year, that’s right it’s the Rathole Game of the Year. This is an award where we take time to reflect and try and remember all the games we played over the last 12 months, and hopefully recall one we enjoyed that was actually released in…
My very DNA has been etched with the influences of Dwarf Fortress. It’s in my blood, it’s in this very blog. In fact way back in the day I made the first usable .TTF font based on the Dwarf Fortress Tileset. It was in 2012 in fact, and it’s still one of the most visited…
Eastward is one of those Indy titles you can just feel GOTY potential dripping off of looking at the cover art. The level of polish on the loving pixel art is off the fucking charts. The premise is on point, the father daughter protagonists were made in a lab for attracting awards (almost literally), and…
Omega Strikers is a new 3v3 f2p hero based soccer brawler from some studio you haven’t heard of. Till now. Odyssey Interactive, a new studio made up of Riot devs who are sick to shit with working on League of Legends. I’ve seen the word MOBA used in relation to this game but that word…
We’re a little over a week out from having the 3.0 update drop giving us a brand new zone and I’m getting pretty hyped. One of the best parts about these updates is all the new music that gets dropped. By both quantity and quality Hoyo-Mix are able to consistently deliver. You know who else…
I’ve been a massive fan of Mark Sparling’s work ever since discovering him via the critically acclaimed A Short Hike. Since it’s release we’ve been treated to various treatments of the songs, including new tracks for the boating update, and an 8bit cover. Now he’s gone all out and had new arrangements performed by Pablo…
It looks like we’re about six hours away from the official launch of Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continet. This morning the app appeared on my phone predownloaded and I was greeted by a message letting me know it’s a single player experience that I should enjoy in my own time, despite periodic updates. Finally…
Mihoyo, now called Hoyoverse after an explosive entry onto the world stage, is cranking out new titles. They really have no intention to rest on their laurels with Genshin Impact, and nor should they. The copycats are already closing in with the likes of Tower of Fantasy bringing their own twist to the Genshin Impact…
There are so many Switch games coming out I’m hyped for I decided to bang up a quick piece for my own benefit. If it helps someone else discover some great games too that’s even better! This is a super weeby list and I don’t quite know how that happened. I’ve been falling down a…