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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Dreamscaper

August 14, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action Roguelike, Adventure, Afterburner Studios, ARPG, Freedom! Games, Hack'n'slash, Indie, Maple Whispering Limited, Steam Early Access

Rougelites are aplenty almost everywhere now and developers need something to set themselves apart. Afterburner Studios has crafted something different here with Dreamscaper and they’ve done it well.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Warhammer: Chaosbane

June 2, 2019June 4, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, ARPG, Bigben Interactive, Co-Op, Eko Software, Old World, RPG, Warhammer, Warhammer: Chaosbane

“… wherever you are, whoever’s face your blade meets, it’s still a joy to kill all of the things and that fact helps me gloss over a lot of the issues I have with the game.”

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Book of Demons

December 13, 2018January 13, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, ARPG, Book of Demons, Casual, Diablo, Indie, STEAM, Thing Trunk

In the grim dark future, there is only loot. To get said loot, one must travel through dungeons and reek chaos and death up on evil baddies until you beat the loot out of them! This seems about right.

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PAX PAX West 2018 PC PS4 Steam Written By: Jonathan A. Xbox One 

(PAX West 2018) Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption

September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Another Indie, ARPG, DARK STAR, Sinner, Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, STEAM

 Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is hard. Straight-up. I watched multiple people face off against and die to this lightning

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Seven: The Days Long Gone

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Ailingforale 2 Comments ARPG, Fool's Theory, IMGN.PRO, Indie, Seven, Seven: The Days Long Gone, Single Player, Stealth, STEAM, Tasty

Seven: The Days Long Gone (Seven from here on out) was truly a great Christmas gift. My key arrived on

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

Review: Sadame

April 7, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, ARPG, Hack'n Slash, Ishi-Sengoku-Den, Mebius, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS eShop, Rising Star Japan, Sadame

There is a distinct lack of ARPG’s for my mobile of choice: my Nintendo 3DS. Sadame is here to fill

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

Review: The Adventures of Van Helsing III

June 4, 2015May 1, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments ARPG, NeocoreGames, PC, STEAM, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III

You know… in all honesty I’ve still got a review for the first game in the series as a draft

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Kickstarter Highlight Written By: Jonathan A. 

Kickstarter Highlight: Umbra

June 3, 2015May 1, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments ARPG, Kickstarter, PC, Solarfall Games, STEAM, Umbra

 Are you a fan of Action of RPGs? Ever played Torchlight? Diablo? You should be checking out Umbra from

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Alphas/Betas/Demos/Early Access Impressions Written By: Jonathan A. 

Impressions: Shadows – Heretic Kingdoms

July 2, 2014 Ailingforale 0 Comments ARPG, bitComposer Games, Games Farm, Indie, PC, Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms, Steam Early Access

Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms is taking the formula for ARPG’s and trying something a bit different from the norm. That is

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Nintendo DS Reviews Written By: Ron N. 

(Review) Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

June 16, 2014October 22, 2017 Ron Newcomb 0 Comments Adventure, ARPG, DS, Konami, Nintendo, Order of Ecclesia

Gorgeous pixel art, gorgeous main character, gorgeous game. Order of Ecclesia is one of the last Symphony clones released before

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Released Reviews Written By: Anthony B. 

Review: Diablo 3 – Reaper of Souls

June 12, 2014July 2, 2014 Ailingforale 5 Comments ARPG, Blizzard, Diablo 3, Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, PC

When angels have fallen, and with no one who can stop death… who will save us? Oh wait, there is

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

Review: FORCED

January 31, 2014February 6, 2014 Ailingforale 0 Comments ARPG, BetaDwarf, COOP, FORCED, Indie

FORCED was a hard game for me to get into. It’s a brutal game for a few reasons and I’ll

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Torchlight II

October 26, 2012May 3, 2019 Ailingforale 12 Comments ARPG, PC, Runic Games, STEAM, Torchlight II

This is a simple review to write, but still rough to nail down how I completely feel about this action

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Updates and Stuff

-(5/31/22) Yes I’m doing some reviews lately. I’ll get back to dev’n when I’m done with my current reviews.
-While patching my first game Mazungeon, I broke it so it’s off the Play store. You can see on the site what it was like when it worked. You can also play a previous version here.

-Thank you to all developers and PR people who make this wild ride possible. It is a pleasure!

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