Good Knight Story
So you’re a Knight with dreams of saving the princess and defeating evil, only you had a really rough night and got yourself into some trouble. It’s a fun premise for what is essentially a match three game with a little twist.
Read more »Game of Thrones: Ascent
Based on the TV show, GoT: Ascent is a resource management game. You start the game in a heterosexual marriage (or recently bereaved) and one way or another you move onto managing your kingdom. The goal is to accrue resources (in the form of people, materials or currency) and use them to build up your empire until you are the strongest force in Westeros. Or… okay, I’m not sure you could get that far, but you can dream big.
Read more »Astoria: Fate's Kiss
So, Astoria is a mobile visual novel in which you choose your romantic partner from a bunch of Greek Gods. You’re an agent for H.E.R.A (which stands for something that I don’t remember, but think of it as like the Men in Black of gods) and you’re assigned to manage dramatic case for one of the gods (or monsters), and… the rest is fate. Well, I assume, anyway.
Read more »Seduce Me
This one had me offside from the beginning, sadly. A girl’s grandfather passes away and bequeaths her his house in his will, so naturally she moves into the mansion alone the next day. When she arrives, however, she finds a group of incubi squatting in the home, quickly befriends them, and… hijinks ensue?
Read more »Rising Angels: Reborn
If I was going to choose any character in a spaceship crew to play, an academically-focused strategic officer going on her first mission would be pretty high up on my list. This visual novel granted my wishes by putting me in the shoes of Natalie Puccile – and it was great fun trying to help her guide her team through an exploration gone wrong.
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