Chris Shive


290 games reviewed
74.6 average score
80 median score
53.1% of games recommended
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Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is essentially JRPG comfort food.

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Jul 12, 2016

Monster Hunter Generations is an action RPG that is designed to consume your life.

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Jul 13, 2016

Crush Your Enemies is a fast-paced RTS that combines a need for strong strategy with pick up and play accessibility.

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Jul 18, 2016

Daydreamer: Awakened Edition plays like an early 90s platformer but looks like it belongs in this console generation.

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Jul 22, 2016

Cast of the Seven Godsends Redux could only be more old school if it actually was made in 1991.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Lifeless Planet
Jul 25, 2016

Lifeless Planet is all about exploration and atmosphere (groan).

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Jul 26, 2016

Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force is an enjoyable, though not groundbreaking RPG.

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1.5 / 5.0 - Snow Horse
Aug 1, 2016

Snow Horse is a mildly amusing concept that could have been decent if it were developed beyond the idea of “let’s put a horse on a snowboard.

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2.5 / 5.0 - A.W. Phoenix Festa
Aug 2, 2016

A.W.: Phoenix Festa attempts to combine an action RPG with a dating sim and is actually able to pull it off. It is a short game that can be completed in just a few hours, but it has some replay value since getting different partners for the Phoenix Festa or trying to date different women can offer a different experience the second time around. There is not a great deal of challenge to it but it is a cute game that can be casually enjoyed, provided one has thick enough skin to handle repeated rejection from digital young ladies.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Grow Up!
Aug 22, 2016

Grow Up is a worthy follow up to Grow Home.

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II is a modern JRPG masterpiece.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Wrath of Loki (VR)
Sep 12, 2016

Wrath of Loki:  VR Adventure is a rather short game that is designed to be completed in twenty to thirty minutes.

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Sep 13, 2016

MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death is a good though unremarkable game.

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4 / 5.0 - 60 Seconds!
Sep 18, 2016

60 Seconds! is a blast (groan).

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Sep 22, 2016

Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors isn’t a groundbreaking RPG, but does offer a decent gaming experience with an interesting story concept.

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Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past takes a fragment of gaming’s forgotten past and breathes new life into it. Some of the more hardcore Dragon Quest fans may find the reduction in job grinding time and streamlining the intro a negative change that dumbs down the game, but I would argue that it also makes the title more accessible and more fun. Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past is essentially the same game we remember from the PlayStation except it has been updated and improved.

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Oct 4, 2016

Combining an action RPG with a building game is an unusual combination, but great care was done to ensure that fans of both can be satisfied by this and the freedom to play the game in a way most compatible to the individual player’s preference only makes it better.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Butcher
Oct 12, 2016

Butcher is not an innovative title by any means, but that is also kind of the point.

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Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky mends Metroidvania style platforming and exploring with a traditional JRPG with turn-based battles to surprisingly good effect.

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4 / 5.0 - Atlas Reactor
Oct 21, 2016

Atlas Reactor is a fun game for people who love blasting the hell out of their friends.

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