GO!! Mega Otaku Game-Reviewer Alpha

So I have a love/ hate relationship with this game. On the one hand, I love JRPGs. On the other hand, I hate games that increase challenge by simply heaping on bigger numbers of enemies. I have noticed that many of the so-called “big budget, triple-A titles” do this these days (although many also do not, so there is still hope). At the start of the game you can select Kasane’s (girl) story or Yuito’s (boy) story. I will say that I won’t be getting into Yuito’s story anytime soon, as I will explain. But onward and upward. So I will start with what I liked about the game. Beautiful eye-candy graphics- this game is gorgeous, and is very much like “playing an anime”. A good modern JRPG should do this. The game also handles quite well, although it makes use of every button. It IS a complicated layout, but as the player makes their way through the game, it becomes more intuitive. The enemies are creative as well. Called “Others”, they are basically abominations that are combinations of human...

Judgement- PS5 I was (and still am) a huge fan of Shenmue, ever since I got it on the Dreamcast all those years ago. Making my way around the sandbox world was so intense to me, interacting with almost everyone and nipping away at the story until completion.   Over twenty years later I find myself playing Judgement, another SEGA game with very similar elements, as well as striking differences, but still just as fun. There is a mystery to be solved, and your character, Yagami Takayugi, is the detective doing the job. As well, this character is a lawyer… who has allegiances to the Yakuza. The characters in his midst are a strange mix of law enforcement (both straight and corrupt), other lawyers, Yakuza families, and just plain thugs. A deep story surrounding a drug developed by a pharmaceutical company to cure dementia, that includes plots, murders, and the like. So, obviously there will be action. Lots of fighting in the streets. This is one of the things about the game I didn’t lik...