As the grand finale to the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, the somewhat unhelpfully titled Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII tries to improve upon the issues of the games it follows. After the linearity of XIII, and the back and forth muddle of XIII-2, Lightning Returns successfully combines the two into…

When many people consider the JRPG genre, they often imagine a quest to save the world, or rescue the royal family from despair. But the latest offering from Nihon Falcom dares to make a game out of an easily attainable quest, and for the most part, this is a decision…

The mystery/puzzle genre has seen a massive rise in popularity in the last few years. Thanks to the efforts of the Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright series, new life has been brought into the proceedings with their charming characters, intriguing locations and crimes that would take all your understanding to…

Disgaea D2 comes out 10 years after the original and Laharl, Etna and Flonne are back once again, remastered and ready for all sorts of crazy action in the Netherworld. Is Disgaea D2 worth the wait? Disgaea D2 hits home on the crazy and silly fun like the original but…

Time and Eternity is a game that starts out very different from what you expect. Unlike most RPGs this one starts with a wedding and then even more bizarrely gets invaded by a group of assassins who are there to kill the princess, Toki. At first you play as Toki’s…

From NIS America, Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory is a JRPG that brings some new gameplay and narrative elements into the field of a very hard to compete genre.The game delivers some interesting ideas to the table such as in game rewards, an interesting world to explore and an abundance of fourth…

How often were we told as kids that friendship makes the world go round? That any number of close personal chums can make anything easier or solve any problem. Now what if you added demons, God's and other supernatural beings into that idea? Well for one you'd have some weird…

We at VGU had a lot of trouble preparing to review Ni No Kuni, not because of anything overly negative, mostly because we wanted to do this game justice. Ni No Kuni is a JRPG created by Level-5, who are known for making high quality and in depth RPG’s, and…

Pokémon is back and is bigger than ever. The Pokémon games have always been a big part of Nintendo’s handheld game line-up and this title is no exception, by having the “prequel” of the Pokémon Black and White games, this allows Pokémon Black and White 2 (Pokémon BW2) to take…

Final Fantasy 7 (for Playstation 1 and PC) initially released in 1997 and re-released again on the Playstation Network in 2009 is widely regarded as one of the best JRPG’s in a long time, gaining critical acclaim upon release. Now because of the 25th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series…

Mugen Souls is the next anime style moe moe* game by NIS America and developed by Compile Hearts. The game centres around a young pink haired girl Chou-Chou, who rides around in space on a massive bunny space ship with her companions Altis, a self proclaimed demon and Ryuto, the spaceship…