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Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree is a lackluster roguelite, taking the variety the genre is known for and creating systems that minimize how different each run feels. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/towa...

Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac is an enjoyable remake that anyone who digs platformers can have fun with. - @spencer-legacy.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/pac-...

I'm looking forward to my trip/short vacation this weekend. I am tired.

While Type-Noise: Shonen Shojo could have executed some of its concepts a little better, it tells a solid story about trauma and moving on. - @samlienhard.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/type...

Alright, here's everything announced at the PS State of Play. SAROS - PlayStation 5 - March 20th, 2026 Zero Parades for Dead Spies - 2026 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - December 8th, 2025 Battlefield 6 - October 10th, 2025 Deus Ex Remastered - Feb 5th, 2026

The Ivalice Chronicles remains a strong addition to the Tactics lineup, despite a few missteps and strange development choices. - @nickmanwrites.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/fina...

We’ve selected some of the best co-op games you and a buddy can pick up and play. - @imluisgutierrez.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/xbox...

If Dinogod can fully realize the blend between mech mastery and homestead life, Bounty Star could carve out its own space in the mech-action genre - @williamsaw.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/boun...

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored features a fun story and match-3 gameplay, but that’s all there is to it. - @oldpappythomas.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/cree...

If you’re into weird art projects and vibing to some cool fake cable programming and recapturing that vibe of trying to find something to watch on a weekday afternoon, there’s nothing like Blippo+. - @oldpappythomas.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/blip...

Even after so many years away from the series, slipping back into Plants vs Zombies felt natural. - @williamsaw.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/plan...

For someone who adores everything to do with books, Tiny Bookshop was and is the perfect title for me. - @saintsunflower.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/tiny...

Silent Hill f delivers a compelling and creepy horror experience, with unique enemies and environments that feel smartly focused on telling Hinako's story. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/sile...

I deactivated my profile on that other site and looks like my handle has been reclaimed as a bot. Just letting you know that's not me

I went to watch Demon Slayer Infinity Castle and saw MonsterVine in the new FF Tactics pre movie trailers. 😮 Totally made up for the server outage impacting the site and emails today lol. Life finds a balance. Check out @diegoescala.bsky.social 's preview: monstervine.com/2025/09/fina...

Played the Digimon Story Time Stranger demo. I'm sold. Give me more Digimon.

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is an impressive collection in terms of presentation, bonus content, and emulation. The only issue is that the games included are not especially fun at their core. - @spencer-legacy.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/bubs...

Road to Empress Preview – A Tang Dynasty FMV Drama of Survival and Intrigue monstervine.com/2025/09/road...

I was intrigued by the idea of solving small day-to-day mysteries, but Little Problems wasn’t quite what I’d hoped for. - @samlienhard.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/litt...

Digimon Story: Time Stranger seems to rectify that to even things out from what I saw in my nearly four hours with the game. - @diegoescala.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/digi...

VOID/BREAKER applies the roguelike formula to the FPS, to wit: you endlessly respawn in a dystopian landscape that’s part woodsy office park and part full of killer robots and charge forward with a gun. - @oldpappythomas.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/void...

Lost Soul Aside has ultimately left me feeling empty. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social Our review: monstervine.com/2025/09/lost...

Day 4 of PAX West 2025 wrapped up the show with a bang, featuring a mix of long-awaited sequels, chaotic co-op shooters, and inventive indie surprises. monstervine.com/2025/09/pax-...

Echoes of the End really struggles to provide a satisfying experience. - @nickmanwrites.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/echo...

PAX West 2025 Round-Up – Every Preview, Interview, and Highlight monstervine.com/2025/09/pax-...

Day 3 of PAX West 2025 brought an eclectic mix of experiences, from deep-space cooperation and chilling horror mysteries to colony sims, fungus-cleaning adventures, and downright absurd ape boxing. monstervine.com/2025/09/pax-...

There is one last very exciting point that Ingrid’s closing out this Season Pass may represent in terms of what is in the future for Street Fighter, and potentially another fighting game developer. - @raisinbman.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/stre...

August 2025 and we did alot sheesh - 21 reviews - 17 previews - 6 features - 163 news Check it Monstervine.com

I reviewed Cronos: The New Dawn for MonsterVine and had a great time with it. The tough difficulty and strict resources management makes for a great experience, even if the story doesn’t land fully

I finally understand the Helldivers hype

Which I think is a perfect way to describe Borderlands 4: it’s more Borderlands, for better or worse. - @kaijucryptid.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/bord...

Pax Autocratica is what happens when you successfully play with your food, as it’s a satirical totalitarian colony sim mixed with a roguelike FPS. - @diegoescala.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/pax-...

Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots features plenty of golfing goodness that will please anybody who likes to take to the green. - @spencer-legacy.bsky.social Our review: monstervine.com/2025/09/ever...

Cronos: The New Dawn is an excellent survival horror game, offering legitimately tough battles, scary monsters, and some intense resource management. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social Our review: monstervine.com/2025/09/cron...

Octopath Traveler is famous for its multiple protagonists, so when Square announced that Octopath Traveler 0 would be focusing on one character, it made me curious. - @kaijucryptid.bsky.social Our preview: monstervine.com/2025/09/octo...

Final Fantasy Tactics Director Kazutoyo Maehiro on Revisiting Ivalice After 28 Years Our interview: monstervine.com/2025/09/fina...

My time with Entropy was brief but enjoyable, and while its combat was fairly standard, it was the world and its characters that had me eager to explore more. - @diegoescala.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/entr...

Metal Eden feels like a fantastic rollercoaster, only bogged down by the long line. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/meta...

September is finally here, and I’m very pleased to bring you some of the more intriguing indie games I had the chance to play this month. - @nickmanwrites.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/sept...

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is not just a great improvement on the original, it might honestly be the ideal way to play. - @diegoescala.bsky.social Our preview: monstervine.com/2025/09/fina...

Daemon X Machina Titanic Scion shakes off the comparisons to Armored Core by boldly reinventing itself. - @woodmanflg.bsky.social Our review: monstervine.com/2025/09/daem...

Here’s our full round-up of the standout games and tech from Day 1 of PAX West. monstervine.com/2025/08/pax-...

I always try to make an effort to check out some neat-looking tech at PAX, and this year SAN Sound’s SANWEAR-GAMETYPE earbuds caught my eye. - @diegoescala.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/08/san-...

From its first few seconds, There Are No Ghosts at the Grand immediately hooked me in with its Caribbean-inspired music and Powerwash Simulator levels of satisfying gameplay as I got a quick run-through of its hotel renovation gameplay. - @diegoescala.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/08/ther...

As someone who never had Hollow Knight click for them, Silksong did have me wanting to give the original another try. - @diegoescala.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/08/holl...

High on Life 2 comes only a few years after its debut in 2022, and it’s just as ridiculous as it was before. - @diegoescala.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/08/high...

Without combat, every second was about survival through wits and awareness, echoing the classic Resident Evil ethos while building something distinct with Grace’s anxious perspective. - @williamsaw.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/08/resi...

Dividing a game into five separate genres could be a recipe for disaster, but Shuten Order turns it into something brilliant instead. - @samlienhard.bsky.social Our review: monstervine.com/2025/08/shut...