Robert Fenner's Reviews
Stranger of Sword City is a competent dungeon crawler with teeth.
In a sea of copycats, The House in Fata Morgana is a standout visual novel.
Mandatory Happiness is a compelling cyberpunk visual novel in its own right, though one that never reaches the heights of the anime it's based on.
Lieve Oma is a charming little game about how our relatives shape us.
Abstraction Games have done a great job emulating Kemco's MacVenture ports, just know going in this is a package that knows its audience.
Holiday Star is possibly the only game that contains a pheasant weaponizing the delusional fervor of otaku. Established birdie lovers will find a lot to love in Holiday Star, but fledglings should start with the prequel.
Uncanny Valley doesn't always get it right, but still manages to be an effective horror adventure well-worth your time.
Zwei: The Arges Adventure is better observed as a Falcom museum piece rather than a tight, satisfying experience, but I'm thrilled we've access to it all the same.
OZMAFIA!! is pretty inconsistent across the board as far as visual novels go, but a ridiculous concept and large stable of lively beaux make for a wacky good time.
Chasm's procedural dungeon, though a technical marvel, ends up woefully underutilised and results in a title that does little to set itself apart from its peers.
Stella Glow may fail the Bechdel Test with flying colors, but its battles provide hours of fun.
Chaos;Child is, for better or worse, a 5pb visual novel.
Final Fantasy Explorers offers a lighter alternative to players intimidated by Monster Hunter, but know going in that it's a very light experience indeed.
Misao may not be a filling portion, but sometimes all you need is a bite-sized parody.
Steins;Gate 0 would be excellent if it was about one-fifth of its length, but its constant missteps make it difficult to recommend to any but the most ardent Steins;Gate fans.
Magical Eyes isn't the worst visual novel on Steam by far, but there's plenty more out there that are more deserving of your time.
River City: Knights of Justice has the potential to be a quick and dirty fantasy brawl, but instead it ends up a tedious exercise in frustration.
There's a bud of good ideas present in Blue Reflection. Unfortunately, it spectacularly fails to blossom.
Creating a "good" H.P Lovecraft game in 2018 is probably an impossible task, but Call of Cthulhu is a valiant effort.
Re: Hollow Fragment is an appropriate title for yet another shallow licensed game.