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Tactical Nexus Review

Tactical Nexus is a sort of Puzzle RPG you can get on Steam for free. I gave it a shot because the devs decided to stop charging for a game people were buying but not playing. I know it sounds weird.

The game itself is simplistic. It looks like something a Super Nintendo would have had and the controls are pretty easy,mostly just hold down right click on the mouse and left click on where you want your character to go. You can pick up an assortment of objects that do things like heal you or give you attack or defense. Others will increase your HP or Experience by a about 30%.

This is where the strategy comes into things. When do you pick up the items? And when you level up do you increase your attack, defense or get keys to help unlock new areas?

The puzzle part of this is the fact that if you make the wrong choices you can absolutely lock yourself out of being able to finish the level. Don’t level up your attack enough and suddenly you can’t progress further into the game.

The game can be played in 15 or 20 minutes depending on the level you are on or it can take hours,and mastering it will take hundreds of hours.

As a free to play game it’s definitely worth checking out. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Book Preview

As many of you know myself and @torstenvblog like to spend our time writing and watching horror movies. He hasn’t really put much up here in the last year or two because he has been hard at work writing another book. ( There is a link to his first The Flies Inside as well as my own at the bottom)

He did however send me a copy of it, which unknown to him I finally got around to finishing. It is only a beta version and he was editing earlier parts as I read later parts and others gave him feedback.

I won’t pretend it is the greatest thing I ever read, I won’t even try to convince anyone it is top 10. It is an unfinished book that still needs quite a bit of editing after all. What I will say is the potential for a great book is definitely there.

The story revolves around Pinstriker, a youth that has had a less than steller life and is about to get some special powers that won’t be making it any easier. As he struggles to come to terms with his new life in what I can only describe as a world that has undergone some sort of apocalypse I assume Pinstriker will be dragged into a brutal life of death and destruction.

Now I know you can find most of that on Netflix, but much of how it is done is what made it so interesting. One of the characters, Sid, is essentially a humanoid duck with superpowers and no not like Howard the Duck. Think a human that had duck-like features forced on him.

That is just a small preview of a book I read that has a long way to go before it is officially released, but has a ton of potential as well. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-flies-inside-torsten-v/1138929829?ean=9780578858821

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Final Fantasy 16 Review

It took me awhile to play this one honestly, I usually pick the Final Fantasy games right away, but sadly life got in the way for this one. But damn if it wasn’t worth the wait.

The game starts out with you training to be your brother Joshua’s shield as he was chosen by Phonix to be what they call a dominant and have the ability to summon it. This has made you very unliked by your mother, even if your brother is pretty sickly it seems.

This opening prologue which is as long as many games entire chapters sets you up well. It teaches you the basics of combat and how to use your powers. It also sets the story in motion letting you know about some sort of issue killing the land known as the “Blight” that won’t be explained in detail until later chapters. To make matters worse there is a huge war being fought by numerous parties.

Final Fantasy 16 is also a much more mature iteration than games have been in the past, with foul language and blood everywhere at times. It is actually quite nice to see the emotional reaction of Clive having lost everything screaming obscenities. This is exactly what we see and hear in the prologue chapter as Clive witnesses the death of his brother at the hands of Ifirit and the destruction of his home before being taken away as essentially a slave solider.

The world of FF16 is very complex and beautiful, watching two summons try to kill each other is a treat, and seeing wild Chocobo run around the open fields is amazing. I usually go kill them for experience but its a great sight all the same.

The game isn’t perfect. The side-quests are mostly just busy work most notably early on and the combat while beautiful feels shallow much of the time, almost like a toned-down Final Fantasy 14 with some basic attacks and dodges thrown in.

All in all Final Fantasy 16 is a great addition to the series one I am not surprised most fans seemed to enjoy. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Over Horizon X Steel Empire’ Out Now! (PS4/Switch)

Ready to save the galaxy? Over Horizon X Steel Empire is out now digitally on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4!

In this bundle, players will get to relive Steel Empire in the original Sega Mega Drive and Gameboy Advance versions, and play Over Horizon in its first ever global release!

Considered one of the best games on the NES, Over Horizon is one you can’t miss out on. Upgrade and combine your weapons in the space adventure retro shooter, Over Horizon, while you battle massive bosses and strike down enemies! Fight back against the Motorhead Empire in your fully equipped Striker airplane or Zeppelin!

DROVA – Forsaken Kin Reveals Release Window Trailer

The Precinct is Delayed, coming out in Fall 2024

As the title states, The Precinct has been delayed. I will simply copy and paste the news release so you can see it for yourself and join me in disappointment. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

We have an update regarding The Precinct’s release date. The game was planned to release on August 15, 2024, but we’ve decided to give it a little more time for some final polishing and bug fixing. We want to ensure we can give our players the best experience possible.The game is now delayed until Fall 2024.

Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master Xbox Review

Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master is the newest dungeon running simulator, this one is by Artefacts Studio and Dear Villagers. They were kind enough to toss me a copy to check out on Xbox and admittedly I did not have high hopes.

On the surface the game seems simple enough, many of them do. You are the steward of a dungeon in this one hired by a wizard who just wants to be left alone to do his research. He hires you to do the day-to-day stuff to support his research, you lose the game by getting fired.

The campaign acts as both the story and tutorial mode, each quest gives you more of the story and teaches you how to run the dungeon. This can be as simple as setting up some tables in your tavern to make money to build stuff or showing you how to defend against raids or send out your own.

I know I said I wasn’t expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. The controls work well and graphically the game is nice. I also enjoyed my minions randomly complaining as they walked around my dungeon that I clearly put 0 thought into so they went running from one side of it to find the bathroom on the other side.

The story itself is pretty standard, get hired, run the dungeon, and get harassed by what is the equivalent of the dungeon homeowners association you were forced to join because just like in real life the guy who hired you doesn’t know what he is doing and doesn’t listen.

The amount of stuff you can build is also nice, with multiple floors and minions that will freely travel between them to find things you aren’t forced to change your dungeon every time you unlock a new room. You are also free to decorate any room or hallway you like, add plenty of traps to alert your guards you are being raided, and much more. It is probably the best game of its type you will find on consoles. Solid 8 out of 10. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Idol-Filled Visual Novel ‘B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA’ Is Out Now!

PQube (London, UK) – July 15th, 2024 – PQube and MAGES bring show-stopping visual novel ‘B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA’ to the West.

‘B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA’ is out now on Steam and Nintendo Switch eShop! 10% launch discount available on Steam until 29th July! Physical Nintendo Switch edition releases on July 26th, 2024.

14 male idols, all with unique personalities and styles, are now yours to guide and grow together with. Brought to life with live2D animations and voiced by famous voice actors, B-Project Ryusei*Fantasia, is an unforgettable, lengthy visual novel that will have you fighting for their dreams as if they were your own.

A sparkling visual novel: Full of brightness and colour, B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA is a visual novel which follows the lives and careers of the idol group “B-Project”.Become an idol A&R: Support these idols towards their dreams in the role of an A&R (Artist & Repertoire) where you are their representative and the expert in their artistic development.
14 different idols to represent: Each with different personalities, likes and dislikes, but all with the same dream, pick your bias or stan them all.Original music: Enjoy exclusive B-Project music, unlocking songs and tunes by the very idol boys you represent.Interactive mechanics: Your phone is your gateway to nurturing your relationship with the idols, don’t miss your chance to respond to messages and calls!Voiced and animated: Voiced by famous seiyuu, let the idols beautiful voices take you away and watch their lively animated reactions.Endless magic: With 2 different possible endings, 14 character epilogues to explore and many CGs to unlock, there’s a lot to discover in the world of idol management.Available now on Steam and Nintendo Switch eShop.10% launch discount available on Steam until 29th July, 2024.Nintendo Switch physical edition releases on July 26th, 2024.

Check out the ‘B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA’ Launch Trailer:

Princess Maker 2 Regeneration Review (Nintendo Switch)

I can say a lot of things about this lifesim from the early 90’s that has been redone for today,and I will. Right after I thank Bliss Brain and Gainax for tossing me a copy. It’s always a pleasure.

I won’t go into too much depth with the story, suffice it to say a god gives you a child free of sin to raise after you save a kingdom and you will make many choices that can lead to at least 70 endings. These choices will do things like raise any of I don’t know how many stats, probably around 2 dozen I never counted them. Some have real uses you will see in action like attack and defense for battles. Others are more like cooking or decorum which are things your princess does or how she behaves.

The game plays much like the first,you make a schedule and she will follow it for the month. Send her to work to make some money (apparently her father is a slaver as well as a hero) or send her to school to study things like fencing or horseback riding.

As cute as the game is it does have some fundamental issues, nothing that ruins the game by any means but it does make it harder. I’m not crazy about the chosen font which in a bigger screen is no big deal but if you toss it in your switch lite does get a little harder to read (it is still perfectly legible) and the game doesn’t offer much guidance. For example it doesn’t tell you that the 30 gold it cost for classes or per day, and you can only send your princess to class for parts of the month not single days. It’s a very quick way to burn through your cash.

I’m sure the game came with an instruction manual back in the day,but today it does not. And while graphically it’s improved and the controls aren’t bad at the price they are asking I would have like more done to it. The game is still fun and is a 6 out of 10. Id pick it up on sale for fans of the genre. Best wishes and may the Gaming gods bring you glory.

Godzilla X Kong: New Empire Review

Oh monsterverse we meet again. As a life long Godzilla fan, way back to watching the original movies with my dad when it was just a guy smashing toys while wearing a rubber suit until today watching them with my children I have always loved Kaiju. I remember watching Kong scale the Empire State Building in awe as planes attached to strings shot him and the two fight each other. Seeing them together will always bring a smile to my face.

Now something new brings a smile to my face. It’s this picture.

The real question is how does it hold up to all the other movies in the monsterverse? Well simply put very well. The movie starts out with Kong out on patrol of his territory in the Hollow Earth searching for more of his own kind, suffering from of all things a sore tooth.

This will eventually lead him to the surface which worries humanity as after our last movie there is a deal between kings and Godzilla,kong stays below and Godzilla stays above. Each has their own territory and they don’t encroach on the others domain.

That is until a new hole and area of the Hollow Earth opens up and Kong discovers he is no longer the last of his species. There is a whole lot of them left under the tyrannical rule of the Skar King and his pet the titan Shimo which is honestly just ice breathing Godzilla.

The movie is largely following Kong and a child of his species as they bond and attempt to free their species from Skar, and when Kong loses his fight and is greatly injured he attempts to enlist Godzilla to help in his fight. I won’t spoil the details of how this comes to pass, but anyone familiar with how the Godzilla franchise has always worked knows he has a flight inclined counterpart that has always had the ability to make him see reason and do the right thing.

The action scenes look amazing as they have in all of the movies so far,and while this has been my least favorite of them all so far it was still an entertaining and well made movie worth a watch. Best wishes and may the Gaming gods bring you glory.