• Ragnarok Odyssey Ace

    I’ll be honest, I had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up the original Ragnarok Odyssey. I knew next to nothing about the series that spawned the game, therefore I had no preconceived notions. The demo sold me, just on the over-the-top aerial combat. I never finished it, because I have a short attention span, and a bad habit of buying games, and never finishing them. Fast forward to a little over a month ago. I was in my local GameStop, browsing through the Vita selection they had. I saw the Launch Edition of the ‘sequel’ to RO, and I picked it up, and gave it…

  • Biomotor Unitron

    There’s a common stereotype when it comes to the NGPC, that it’s got nothing good besides 2D fighters on it. That’s a fair exaggeration in regards to the system’s library; at most, only half of the Neo Geo Pocket’s games were fighting games. Of course, several genres made appearances on SNK’s handheld: board games (King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise), shoot-‘em-ups (Cotton), even a few sports titles (Pocket Tennis, Neo Turf Masters, Baseball Stars), but there are two in particular that could be called the NGPC’s unsung genres: puzzle games and RPGs. Of course, the latter isn’t completely forgotten; Card Fighters’ Clash is one of the two games most commonly…

  • Small Shadowrun Induced Delay

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYsQ0M2Jrg&w=540&h=304] In the unlikely case that there is anyone waiting on baited breath to read my next review, I’m sorry for the delay. You see, about a year ago, I backed a little project called Shadowrun Returns. It released on the 25th of July and I’ve been spending a good deal of time with it. Everything else was put on hold as I wanted to take it all in. Now that I’ve taken it all in, I have to get it off my chest. After this, I assure you that Portable Review will be all about portable stuff. Hell, maybe I’ll review this when it comes out for iOS/Android platforms.