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Kotaku East
The Up All Night Stream Plays Fatal Frame V [Game Completed!]
Zero: Nuregarasu no Miko, the fifth game in the iconic Fatal Frame horror series came out in Japan a few weeks back. So who is up for getting the living crap scared out of them alongside me? Update: The game is now complete. You can see the full playthrough through the links below. Will we…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 11, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Sword Art Online Returns Strong as a Cyberpunk Murder Mystery
Fourteen episodes in, Sword Art Online II has finished its first arc; and if you were let down after the first anime’s second half, let me assure you, Sword Art Online is back and in grand style. Good – Reinventing the Wheel The strongest aspect of Sword Art Online as a franchise is the freedom…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 10, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Why Fatal Frame is My Favorite Horror Series
There are more than a few popular horror game series out there—from classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill to more modern hits like Dead Space and Amnesia. But for me, one series stands tall above those: Fatal Frame Let’s be clear from the start: I do not like horror in general—neither in games nor…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 10, 2014 -
Kotaku EastUsing the Wii U GamePad as a Ghost-Killing Camera
As a long-time fan of the Fatal Frame series, I can see the perceived appeal of having the Wii U’s GamePad with its gyro sensor and dedicated screen acting as a proxy for the game’s ghost-killing camera. But while it works in Zero: Nuregarasu no Miko (Fatal Frame V), I’d rather just use my big…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 10, 2014 -
Reviews
The Angry Video Game Nerd Tackles the Most Infamous Game in History
When this whole YouTube thing was just getting started, one man began to review the Nintendo games that ruined his childhood—often with beer, explosions, cursing, and human feces. Nearly a decade later, The Angry Video Game Nerd has his own movie where he goes up against the most infamous bad game of all time: E.T.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 7, 2014 -
Kotaku EastYour Complete Fall 2014 Anime Guide
Summer is finally over and now it’s time for some pleasantly cool weather. Not that you’ll want to go outside and enjoy it with 50 new anime in the pipeline. But how do you know which ones to watch? Check out the trailers and brief blurbs to see which of them catches your interest. [*Note:…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 7, 2014 -
Kotaku EastBayonetta 2 Is Like Eating All Your Halloween Candy at Once
The original Bayonetta was touted as “non-stop climax action.” But that tag line fits the sequel even better, as Bayonetta 2 starts with what would be any other game’s climax and attempts to continue on at that level for the next eleven hours—even when it probably shouldn’t. Good – Bayonetta Goes to Hell The plot…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 3, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Why I Can’t Bring Myself to Enjoy Akame Ga Kill
Before it started airing, Akame Ga Kill was the anime I was most looking forward to. Sadly, that excitement was brutally murdered even before the end of the first episode—and nothing in the remainder of first half of the series did anything but push me further away. Now before we get into it, let me…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 3, 2014 -
Reviews
Persona 3 Works as a Stage Play, But Less So as a Musical
This past week in Tokyo saw the end of the second Persona 3 musical’s run. And while I had not seen the first, I decided with my vast knowledge of the series I owed it to myself to give Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Ultramarine Labyrinth a watch. But while I can now say…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 3, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Fate/Zero Sets a High Bar for All Other Fighting Anime
Gen Urobuchi has written some of the most psychologically dark anime in recent memory. He is a master at subverting anime tropes to breathe new life into stale genres. And while I had seen many of his series, I had never seen Fate/Zero. So with a new Fate anime coming in just a few weeks,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 26, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Co-op Is My Favorite Part of Bayonetta 2
Eleven hours in to my live-stream ofBayonetta 2, I had beaten the game and was looking to enjoy my first meal of the day. Yet, even then, I just had to try out the game’s co-op mode—and I am so glad that I did. Even as tired as I was, it quickly became my favorite…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 26, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Adds Easy Mode, Cuts Co-op
This past week in Tokyo, Kotaku was able to sit down with Final Fantasy Type-0 director Hajime Tabata and talk with him about the game’s upcoming HD remaster—what’s new, what’s cut, and why the game is so damned hard. In the West, there is no doubt Final Fantasy Type-0 is one of the most anticipated…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 21, 2014 -
Kotaku East
The Up All Night Stream Plays Bayonetta 2 [Completed!]
I may want nothing more right now than to crawl into a corner and die from exhaustion after an exhilarating dose of TGS this past week, but there are still games to play—namely, Bayonetta 2 which came out here in Japan yesterday. So join me as I play for as long as this broken body…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 20, 2014 -
Kotaku EastI Didn’t Expect a Game About Busty Bikini-Clad Babes to Play So Well
This morning as the masses flooded into the Tokyo Game Show for the show’s first public day, I decided it was time to put my head through the giant boob hole and play the newest game about zombie-slaying, bikini-clad, busty babes: Onechanbara Z2 Chaos Over two years ago, I played the first Onechanbara Z, expecting…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 20, 2014 -
Kotaku EastWatch Us Go to TGS’ Resident Evil Shooting Range
Resident Evil Revelations 2‘s isn’t the only Resident Evil booth on the floor of the Tokyo Game Show 2014. There’s also a Resident Evil-themed airsoft gun shooting range. So join me, fellow Kotaku author Toshi Nakamura, and an airsoft gun replica of the iconic Samurai Edge pistol as we see just how good I am…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 19, 2014 -
Kotaku EastYour Favorite Anime Characters Duke it Out In This New Fighter
At the Tokyo Game Show 2014 today, I spent some time with Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax—a fighter that sports characters from popular anime Sword Art Online, The Devil is a Part Timer, Accel World, Black Bullet, and The Irregular at Magic High School, among others. Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is a fast 2D fighting game…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 19, 2014 -
Kotaku EastHands On with Square Enix’s New Streaming Service
Dive In is an up coming game streaming service for some of Square Enix’s most popular games to iOS and Android devices. Today at the Tokyo Game Show, I tried out the service on an Android pad. Let’s see how that went. For my time with Dive In I had the choice of playing Final…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 19, 2014 -
Kotaku EastBravely Second is Exactly What You Want It to Be
Bravely Default is a darling of a JRPG that hearkens back to the Final Fantasy games of yore—and one of the best games the 3DS has to offer. From playing the game’s demo, Bravely Second seems like simply more of the classic JRPG gameplay you know and love. The Tokyo Game Show demo was rather…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 19, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Resident Evil Revelations 2 Makes Me Excited for Co-op Survival Horror
I’ve been a fan of Resident Evil since I was first attacked by a pack of dogs jumping through a hallway window in my middle school years. And like many long-time fans, I prefer the survival horror Resident Evils to the action horror ones. From what I saw at TGS today, Resident Evil Revelations 2…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 18, 2014 -
Kotaku East
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Focuses on More than Ground-Level
Today at TGS I got to sit down with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on the 3DS. Simply put, it’s Monster Hunter as you know and love it, only now with more focus on the vertical space. For the demo, I and two Capcom representatives proceeded to hunt a giant crab. While I have tended to…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 18, 2014
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