Alana Hagues Avatar Image

Alana Hagues


Favorite Games:
  • Skies of Arcadia
  • Final Fantasy IX
  • Xenogears

68 games reviewed
77.3 average score
80 median score
59.1% of games recommended

Alana Hagues's Reviews

Born in England, and living near Brighton, Alana has been writing about video games professionally since 2015. Her love of RPGs knows no bounds, she is particularly interested in Japanese RPGs, both old and new, but is always ready to try out the next big thing. A quick way to her heart is to mention Sega's classic Dreamcast RPG, Skies of Arcadia. As well as writing about video games, she runs RPGFan's Reviews and Previews department, and has been in charge there since 2016. You might also recognise her from Random and Retro Encounter - if you hear the British voice, you've found her. Outside of reviews, Alana loves to do nothing more than stay at home with her two dogs, read a book, maybe drink some coffee, and go on long, lonely walks along the beach no matter the weather. She also likes to make a lot of noise on Twitter, usually about her current non-review game.

Episode INTERmission gives Yuffie the lease of life she deserves and delivers some future teases that will excite fans old and new.

Read full review

A solid first piece of DLC that has a few chinks.

Read full review

The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2 is one witch's brew you definitely don't want to drink.

Read full review

Nights of Azure 2 was the chance to improve on its predecessors potential, but it completely drops the ball.

Read full review

Nov 7, 2021

Alchemic Cutie is an adept of adorableness that's in need of an elixir to smooth out the bugs, improve tutorials, and make it that bit more manageable and engaging.

Read full review

There are better Grimm-esque fairy tales out there.

Read full review

Feb 20, 2018

With a little bit more polish, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT could be great, but as it is now it's a huge disappointment.

Read full review

The Indigo Disk takes a few steps forward for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. There's some genuine challenge, a nice variety of activities, and a fun new world to explore in the Terarium; if you love Pokémon, you'll absolutely enjoy what's on offer here. But the DLC drops the ball in terms of narrative, offering an unsatisfying and rushed conclusion to Scarlet & Violet's story, along with the grindy BP system and those ever-present performance issues. It's fun at best and disappointing at worst, with a lot of missed potential left on the picnic table.

Read full review

The Teal Mask is a fun diversion for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet players that builds on the base game's strengths, but also exposes its weaknesses that much more. Fortunately, those strengths sparkle and Terastalize into a breezy, fun experience that delivers some rich regional storytelling, great characters, and some fantastic new Pokémon. We wanted more, though - more love and care put into the visuals and the battles. The Indigo Disk has a chance to build on the foundations The Teal Mask has laid, and we hope that's exactly what it will do.

Read full review

As a lite beach bash, Danganronpa S will amuse hardcore fans, but it's really just a grindy gacha in disguise with little reward other than a few laughs.

Read full review

May 24, 2020

An interesting concept that needs a little bit more work to make a compelling game.

Read full review

Mar 12, 2020

Aside from its diversity and occasional cute character moments, Half Past Fate is largely forgettable.

Read full review

65% - Oninaki
Aug 21, 2019

I'm frustrated because I wanted to like Oninaki a lot more than I do. It's absolutely not a bad game; rather, it's yet another "serviceable" outing from Tokyo RPG Factory, who continue to try their hardest.

Read full review

65% - Tardy
May 26, 2019

Tardy's uncomfortable sci-fi atmosphere and beautiful pixel visuals are the biggest successes for this otherwise by-the-numbers adventure game.

Read full review

Aug 14, 2018

Style without substance, State of Mind never pushes the boundaries of its genre stereotypes.

Read full review

Jul 18, 2018

The very definition of mediocre, Shining Resonance Refrain fails to stand out from the crowd in another packed year of RPGs.

Read full review

Oct 27, 2016

Tokyo Babel could've been so much better, but it tries so hard to be epic only to result in an overlong and boring narrative.

Read full review

Apr 10, 2016

While it starts off fun, Nights of Azure gets boring very quickly and never seems to fully utilize its array of other features.

Read full review

Exist Archive is proof you can sometimes have too much of a good thing, and doesn't have enough unique ideas of its own to stand out.

Read full review

Nov 6, 2023

It's impressive just how AstralShift has managed to weave together all of these different parts so effectively in Little Goody Two Shoes. The atmosphere is unmatched and the story is genuinely intriguing, with Elise making a great protagonist who – despite appearing selfish and bratty – just wants a better life for herself and whoever she falls in love with. We're so close to being in love with this game, but a few frustrations just hold this game back from having a fairy-tale ending for us. Still, for the unique ideas alone, we'd recommend checking this out.

Read full review