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ISSUE #141
April 2019
Family Friendly Gaming - ISSUE #141 April 2019
CONTENTS                             ISSUE #141     April 2019
                                                                 CONTENTS
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Section				                Page(s)
Editor’s Desk					 4
Female Side					 5
Comics					 7
Sound Off			         		 8 - 10
Look Back					12
Quiz						13
Devotional					14
Helpful Thoughts				15
In The News					        16 - 23
We Would Play That!				 24
Reviews					25 - 37
Sports						38 - 41
Developing Games				    42 - 67
Now Playing					68 - 83
Last Minute Tidbits				 84 - 106

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Editor’s Desk FEMALE SIDE
           Planning                                                           have those years. I may not have those years.
                                                                              How can we come up with a plan when a
                                                                                                                                        Youtube Failures Mount                                         ing that so we are not reliant on the greedy,
                                                                                                                                                                                                       selfish, lying Youtube. Two days before this
                                                                              base premise is faulty? Do you know what I                                                                               happened we turned comments back on.
               Recently I had a wonderful conversation with someone. We                                                                 You might have noticed Family Friendly Gaming recently        Youtube threatened to remove all monetiza-
                                                                             mean there? How can you plan for five years
               were discussing planning and things like a five year plan.                                                              started working on our Twitch channel. If you want to          tion from our channel if we did this. Why?
                                                                             from now, when you may die tomorrow. Why
              Want to know my five year plan? To work on this tomor-                                                                   check it out please go here:                                  Because we might not police the comments.
                                                                             waste all of that time planning for things you
              row. Literally that is it. Why don’t I make all these grand                                                                                                                            We have done that for years and Youtube
                                                                            will never be able to do? What if others rely
              plans and have all these time lines for them? The answer                                                                 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/392971373                        never paid us to make the community bet-
                                                                            on you to get those things done and you are
             is rather simple. I have seen too many things derail plans.                                                                                                                            ter. You can probably tell that we are angry
                                                                            not here to do them? I believe in taking one
             If you keep to a schedule and get your goals accomplished                                                                   What prompted this? What happened for Family Friendly      at Youtube. This is what they are spreading
                                                                           day at a time. If God calls me home tomor-
            on time - it is boring. Where is the fun in life by marking                                                                 Gaming to finally grow into Twitch? The answer is shock,    with content creators - anger. They are also
                                                                           row then I have live life to the fullest. What
            boxes off your list? I enjoy the diversity of what each day                                                                 dismay, disgust, and corruption from Youtube.              causing content creators to leave Youtube and
                                                                          do you think about that concept? Am I on to
           can bring.                                                                                                                          We found out that Youtube completely and totally    try and find something better. Anything is
                                                                          something? Am I way far off base? What say
                     I have a ton of projects I am working on. I get to                                                                removed all monetization on our channel from all of our     becoming better.
                                                                          you?
           each of them as I have time. I see no reason to stress over                                                                 videos. We have over seven thousand videos on Youtube.
          them. I see no reason to get angry because I am not meet-                                                                    Why did they do this? What major violations had we com-     God bless,
                                                                          God bless,
          ing some mythical schedule. I am not that kind of a person.                                                                  mitted? According to Youtube we have Reused content.        Yolanda Bury
                                                                          Paul Bury
         I have too much to do to sit down and plan everything out.                                                                   They pointed us to the policy and guidelines. Which we are
         I honestly see planning as taking up time. I have too much                                                                   following 100%. We pointed this out to Youtube. We were
        to do to plan it out. I can get more done without planning                                                                   told their system identified us. Their system is somehow
        it out.                                                                                                                      never ever capable of making a mistake. It was created by
                   Does this concept scare you? Do you need plans?                                                                   humans who make mistakes and constantly make tweaks
       Do you need things all planned out? If you do then maybe                                                                     to it. We follow the copyright laws. We obey the fair use
       you can explain it to me. Maybe you can educate me. May-                                                                     part of the copyright laws. We have permission from the
       be you can tell me how long it takes to plan these things                                                                    video game companies to make these videos. We have nev-
      out. How do you plan out your day? What do you do when                                                                       er had a copyright strike stick to us. We have no violations
      plans go awry? Do you have to spend even more time mak-                                                                      and our account is in good standing. We have commentary
     ing more plans? Do you have to revise your schedule and                                                                       on our videos (which is our own copyright by the way).
     figure out a new plan? By the way I am constantly revising                                                                            Do you know what the appeals process is for this
     what is going to be worked on next. So I can relate to revis-                                                                heinous act by Youtube? We can apply for monetization in
    ing what you are going to do. I also understand that some                                                                     thirty days. We asked which video(s) they believe are too
    days we will run out of time or energy to do things. There                                                                    much of Reused content? They won’t tell us. How can we
    are sick days that delay things.                                                                                             fix something if they won’t tell us where the violation is?
               I take each day one at a time. I feel the flow of every                                                           The truth is there is no violation. They just want to keep
   single day. There are plenty of times where my plans and                                                                      even more of the money and turn even more of a profit.
  the flow of the day are drastically different. I have to adapt                                                                Their greed is the problem. Maybe we are being discrimi-
  to that. I see no reason to plan beyond a single day. It leaves                                                               nated against because we are Christians. Maybe we are
 me with less stress. I enjoy life a whole lot more. I have                                                                     being discriminated against because we are conservatives.
 talked to others that appreciate this outlook on life. Do you                                                                 Since they refuse to disclose we think the worst of them
 appreciate it?                                                                                                                since they are radicals on the extreme left.
            I do not like to look too far down the road. Part of                                                                        Youtube is profiting off of our hard work. Youtube
that comes from my belief we never know when our lives                                                                        is treating us like slaves. In order to pay our bills we have
will end. I do not know when God will call me home. I                                                                         to find other revenue streams. That is the biggest reason
believe it is arrogant to plan years in advance. You may not                                                                  why we are going to Twitch now. We are working on grow-

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Lesson-based education & Fun                                                                                                                Mission
                                                                                                                                                              Statement

                                                                                                                                                              Family Friendly Gaming (FFG) was cre-
                                                                                                                                                              ated in March of the year of our Lord
                                                                                                                                                              2005 as the first ever Christian video
                                                                                                                                                              game magazine. The goal of Family
                                                                                                                                                              Friendly Gaming is to report on video
                                                                                                                                                              games from the family view point. Family
                                                                                                                                                              Friendly Gaming takes a fair and bal-
                                                                                                                                                              anced approach to all news, previews,
                                                                                                                                                              reviews, interviews, features, and other
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                                                                                                                                                              morally bankrupt games and call those
                                                                                                                                                              games good. The major secular media
                            Interactive Bible Series for Windows by GraceWorks Interactive                                                                    reports on the bad side of video games
                                                                                                                                                              mainly. Most other Christian media
                                                                                                                                                              outlets claim video games turn the player
                                                                                                                                                              into a zombie, or they completely wor-
                                                                                                                                                              ship video games. Family Friendly Gam-
                                                                                                                                                              ing reports the good, and bad side effects
                                                                                                               features 15
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                                                                                            of                                                                Those of us at Family Friendly Gaming
photorealistic imagery. Their purpose is to provide a                                                                                                         believe by giving you the facts, you can
great backdrop while the teacher articulates the story,                                                                                                       decide for yourself. There are plenty of re-
there is no audio, but a lesson outline is provided for the
teacher along with Bible references. Each story also has                                                                                                      ally good video games on the market that
a printable PDF activity sheet and a coloring page.                                                                                                           teach wonderful lessons. Both inside the
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                                                                                                                                                              ask the question: “how God feels about
                                                                                                   Products can be ordered from your                          certain video games.” God’s opinion on
                                                                                                      local Homeschool Retailer.                              the matter is more important than any
                                                                                                                                                              mere mortal. Which is why the rest of the
                                                                                                                                                              industry does not influence FFG.

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SOUND                                                                                                                OFF
The Sound Off section is where                                                                                                                                 comments on our         - Barbara
you the reader/emailer is heard.                                                                                                                               channel. Youtube had
What you have to say is put in                                                                                                                                 some bad stuff hap-     {Paul}: Barbara,
this section for all the readers to                                                                                                                            pen and they stopped
see. Of course certain content is                                                                                                                              comments on a lot of    Appreciate your kind comments
edited for appropriateness issues.                                                                                                                             channels. We went       about our little magazine. It is
This is a family friendly maga-                                                                                                                                into our Community      really funny you ask about issue
zine, and certain content is just                                                                                                                              Settings and turned     #150. I have been praying about
not proper. We hope you enjoy                                                                                                                                  comments back on.       what to do special. We complete-
this section as much as we do.                                                                                                                                 Youtube also disabled   ly redesigned the magazine lay-
Keep an eye out for your com-                                                                                                                                  monetization for all    out from scratch for issue #100.
ments appearing in these very                                                                                                                                  these channels at the   That will not happen for issue
pages. You have our attention, so                                                                                                                              same time. Odd how      #150. At least I do not think I
SOUND OFF!                                                                                                                                                     they do everything      have time for that. So maybe
                                                                                                                                                               possible to take away   there were will be some other
                                      for that idea? I hope they do it    though. So I doubt they would                                                        money at every
                                      and pay you. Family Friendly        be honorable enough to do that.      Do you like the inductees thus                  single opportu-
Fortnite Playing Pre-                 Gaming deserves it. Your site       I would love for them to prove       far? Have you enjoyed the FFG       nity. Since we turned the
vious Seasons                         is the only interesting gaming      me wrong on that. I hope they        Hall of Fame in the past? Are       comments back on, they
                                      site I have found. The ideas you    read this issue and enact previ-     there any companies, people,        should be back on. We did
I love the ideas you come up          come up with are genius. FFG        ous seasons in the physical copy     or video games that you feel        verify that they are not
with on Family Friendly Gam-          ROCKS!!!!                           realm.                               deserve to be in the FFG Hall of    back on for a lot of our
ing. The article - Fortnite Play-     - Dan                                                                    Fame?                               videos. So we contacted
                                                                                                                                                   help to find out what their
ing Previous Seasons - is a great                                         Hall of Fame                                                             glitch is this time. {UP-
example. Your idea is perfect.        {Paul}: Dan,                                                             Comments                            DATE}: Followed their
I would purchase a disc com-                                              Will you be doing a Hall of Fame
pilation of previous seasons of       Thank you for your kind words                                                                                procedure to add the com-
                                                                          in 2019?                             Hello, i like your videos and was
Fortnite. I just started playing      of encouragement. We certainly                                                                               ments back. Hopefully it
                                                                           - Chris                             wondering if you could enable
this game after finding out about     hope Epic Games releases previ-                                                                              will work now.
                                                                                                               comments on your channel? I
it from Family Friendly Gaming.       ous seasons of Fortnite. We also                                         like to comment on good videos.
                                                                          {Paul}: Chris,
I also tried Apex Legends and         hope they release physical copy                                          Thank you!                          Issue #140
did not like it.                      versions again. I doubt they                                              - Adrian
                                                                          We are certainly planning on
         Do you think Epic            would pay me for that idea. We                                                                               Hi, your magazines are
                                                                          doing one. It might even be
Games will release discs or           have floated all kinds of differ-                                        {Yolanda}: Adrian,                  cool. I just read issue #140
                                                                          released before this issue is re-
previous seasons? If they do          ent ideas out there, and many of                                                                             and it was fantastic. Any
                                                                          leased. I do not know for certain.
they should pay you money for         them have come to pass. Not one                                          Thank you for that. We con-         special plans for issue
                                                                          We are planning on inducting
coming up with the idea. Do           of these companies have ever                                             tacted Youtube support to find      #150? It is only ten months
                                                                          another class into our Family
you think they would pay you          provided any payment for them                                            out what is wrong with the          away.
                                                                          Friendly Gaming Hall of Fame.

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SOUND OFF
                    Continued
shake ups in that issue. Time          does not like. Peter thinks it is     my game, and I have no interest
will tell. Does anyone in Family       okay. He has played the most of       in going back any time soon. Oh
Friendly Gaming Universe have          any of us here at Family Friendly     I also do not like the map and
any ideas what we should do for        Gaming.                               how things are set up in Apex
issue #150?                                     I don’t like how the         Legends.
                                       chests look. I hate being stuck
                                       on a three person team. I had
Apex Legends                           trouble communicating with
                                                                             Housekeeping item
                                       team mates. Every match I
What do you think of Apex Leg-
                                       played went the same way - loot       {Paul}: We recently updated our
ends? Do you like it? Hate it? Is
                                       for ten minutes, come across an-      Advertisement page and options.
it worth it to play? Will it destroy
                                       other team, and die. That is not      Anyone interested in advertising
Fortnite?
                                       my idea of fun. I can get some        please go here:
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                                       kills in Team Rumble in Fortnite.
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                                                                             video games, the website, the
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                                                                             ternet and go to our Comments
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                                       I can get deep into a Solo game
{Paul}: Marley,                                                              http://www.familyfriendlygam-
                                       thanks to hiding. Fortnite has
                                                                             ing.com/comments.html, or
                                       more interesting modes in my
I want to preface my opinion                                                 send an email to: SoundOff@
                                       opinion.
with something. If you are                                                   familyfriendlygaming.com. Mail
                                               Maybe Apex Legends
enjoying Apex Legends and you                                                us comments at:
                                       will get better in the future. I do
are old enough to play it, then                                              Family Friendly Gaming
                                       not know. I am sure that right
by all means keep enjoying it.                                               7910 Autumn Creek Drive
                                       now it is not my thing. It is not
I personally don’t like it. Noah                                             Cordova, TN 38018

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Look BACK                                                                                                                                  QUIZ
 There has been a lot of history made here at Family Friendly Gaming. Let us take a look at some of the         Family Friendly Gaming decided to do some fun little historic quizzes. Anyone who is not a busi-
 historic front covers to a few of the issues in our long and storied history.                                  ness partner, advertiser, PR contact, or works for Family Friendly Gaming can answer these questions.
                                                                                                             Email answers to SoundOff@familyfriendlygaming.com. After three months the person with the most right
                                                                                                             answers will be emailed an Amazon gift card.

                                                                                                             Question: Can companies sponsor Family Friendly Gaming?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: Do you enjoy watching R-rated movies? Why or why not?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: Do you enjoy playing M-rated games? Why or why not?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: Where can the Video Game Lies book be purchased?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: What number did FFG recently pass in terms of published news stories?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: What happened to FFG in issue #100?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: Is there a page on how you can help Family Friendly Gaming?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: What are ways you can donate to Family Friendly Gaming?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: Will your church financially support the ministry work done by FFG?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: Who started Family Friendly Gaming
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: How many companies are in the FFG Hall of Fame?
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                                                                                                             Question: When did this issue get released?
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                                                                                                             Question: Are you one of the 8.88 million readers of FFG?
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Helpful Thoughts
Fellowship                          For what do righteousness and
                                    wickedness have in common? Or
                                                                         God has done for you?
                                                                                  How often do you think
                                                                                                              There are wise decisions we
                                                                                                              make in life and there are mis-
                                                                                                                                                   matter what the Million Dollar
                                                                                                                                                   Man tells you.
                                                                                                                                                                                        in Family Friendly Gaming
                                                                                                                                                                                        before. A great way to start our
                                    what fellowship can light have       about fellowship with the Holy       takes. Family Friendly Gaming                  Joy comes from the Lord.   prayers is thanking God for all
Fellowship is a topic I have not    with darkness? They try to mix       Spirit? 2 Corinthians 13:14          wants to share some thoughts         Joy is something that really         of the wonderful things in our
written about for some time.        light with darkness and say the      May the grace of the Lord Jesus      that can be helpful. Maybe this      comes from perspective and           lives. There is such joy in list-
There are so many interesting       world is now gray. They ignore       Christ, and the love of God, and     will bring more joy into your        focus. I have known people that      ing all of the wonderful bless-
facets of fellowship too. Acts      the wisdom in the Holy Bible.        the fellowship of the Holy Spirit    life. Maybe it will allow you        are dying from some rare disease     ings in our lives. There is such
2:42 They devoted themselves        They accept the redefinition of      be with you all. The Holy Bible      to have better physical health.      be more happy than others in         misery focusing on what we do
to the apostles’ teaching and to    words and institutions by those      teaches us to fellowship with        Maybe it will help you reach         perfect health. I have met people    not have. Wanting things is a
fellowship, to the breaking of      serving Satan openly.                the Holy Spirit. How many of us      a better mental, psychological       who are full of joy and they have    bottomless pit. There is always
bread and to prayer. This is how            Where does that leave        obey that? How many of us prac-      or emotional state. The goal of      a death sentence. I have met         something new coming to the
the early church behaved. I am      those that embrace the lies of       tice that? Have you ever heard       each column in each month is to      people with all kinds of promise     market. There is constantly some
a firm believer in emulating the    the world over the truth of Jesus    that before? What areas of your      share some helpful thoughts to       in life and they are miserable.      upgrade to devices. Plenty of
early church as much as possible.   Christ? 1 John 1:6 If we claim to    life could you improve fellow-       you and your family.                 Others like being around joyful      companies will advertise what
It dismays me to see the mod-       have fellowship with him and yet     ship? How does your fellowship                                            people. They find it contagious.     they want you to give them
ern day American church move        walk in the darkness, we lie and     honor God?                                                                The same contagion can be            money for. How many of those
away from the practices of the
early church.
                                    do not live out the truth. Do you
                                    choose lies or truth? God will       God Bless,
                                                                                                              Joy                                  found in misery. I choose to be
                                                                                                                                                   happy. I choose to find the good
                                                                                                                                                                                        previous purchases brought you
                                                                                                                                                                                        lasting happiness?
        God called us to a rela-    judge each and every one of us.      Paul Bury                                                                 in life. I choose to be thankful               The goal of these col-
tionship with Him. 1 Corinthi-                                                                                Ever notice how happy people
                                    Does that scare you? Are you                                                                                   for what I have. I choose to be      umns are to get you to think.
ans 1:9 God is faithful, who has                                                                              face problems better? Ever notice
                                    comforted in knowing you will                                                                                  pleasant to other people.            After you think about it we hope
called you into fellowship with                                                                               how positive people deal with
                                    be judged?                                                                                                               We all have issues, and    you apply it. We hope you try
his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.                                                                               adversity better? We all choose
We must remember this as we
                                            We all need a good focus     PRAYER                               to look at life as half empty or
                                                                                                                                                   problems. We all have things we      to choose happiness over mis-
                                    on what is important. We all                                                                                   deal with. We all have pain in       ery. Your life will be better if
go about our daily lives. We                                                                                  half full. We all choose to find
                                    need to keep our eyes on the         Jesus,                                                                    some way or other. Do you let        you have more joy in your life.
must also remember to fellow-                                                                                 the good in life or focus on the
                                    prize. 1 John 1:3 We proclaim             I know that I am a sin-                                              that define you? Do you let that     Ultimately you make that choice.
ship with Jesus Christ on a daily                                                                             bad. We all look at life and are
                                    to you what we have seen and         ner and need Your forgiveness.                                            control you? Are you a slave to      It is like accepting Jesus Christ as
basis. To reject that is to rebel                                                                             thankful for what we have, or
                                    heard, so that you also may have     Nothing I can do of my own                                                your problems? Are you a slave       your savior. You choose that or
against God and tell Him we                                                                                   complain about what we do not
                                    fellowship with us. And our fel-     power will give me true joy. I                                            to your pain? Are you a slave to     you reject that. It is like obey-
know better than He does.                                                                                     have. It is an endless pit to want
                                    lowship is with the Father and       believe that You died for my sins.                                        the issues in your life? Do you      ing God or choosing in rebel-
        Too many modern day                                                                                   more things. Why is that? There
                                    with his Son, Jesus Christ. We can   I want to turn from my enslave-                                           choose a better path. Do you         lion against God. You choose to
American churches embrace                                                                                     is always going to be something
                                    only talk about what we know.        ment to sins, and repent of them.                                         choose the path of spreading         obey or rebel in life style choices.
rebellion against God. Too many                                                                               else you want. There is always
                                    We also share about what God         I now invite You to come into                                             joy? Do you choose the path of       Which will you choose? The
modern day American churches                                                                                  going to be something you do
                                    has done for us. There are days      my heart and life. I want to trust                                        uplifting others?                    path of the world? Or will you
accept the teachings of Satan                                                                                 not currently own. Riches and
                                    that go by when that is all I want   and follow You as my personal                                                       There is so much good      choose the path of God? We all
and ignore the Holy Bible. 2                                                                                  material things do not give hap-
                                    to discuss. I know all about it,     Lord and Savior. I welcome the                                            around us. There are so many         choose joy or misery? We all
Corinthians 6:14 Do not be                                                                                    piness. They can give us pleasure
                                    and I love talking about it. Do      transforming power of the Holy                                            things to be thankful for. Many      choose obedience or rebellion.
yoked together with unbelievers.                                                                              for a short time. There are plenty
                                    you? Are you ashamed of what         Spirit. Amen.                                                             of these things have been listed     What say you?
                                                                                                              of things money can not buy. No

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In The                                                                                                              NEWS
CONTENTS                                                                                                         CYTUS α is a rhythm game featuring a futuristic graphical style, which includes more than 200 songs from
                                                                                                                 the original CYTUS and new tracks created for CYTUS α. Players will use the Nintendo Switch’s unique Touch
                                                                                                                 controls to hit notes for maximum control. There is also an online mode, where players can engage in score
                                                                                                                 battles with other rhythm fanatics.

                                                                                                                 Key Features
                                                                                                                 •       Music: More than 200 tracks from the original release with over 400 Charts, and additional unreleased
                                                                                                                 songs, including exclusive songs from Cytus Ω, which are available in Chapter Ω! and collaborations from
Story					 						Page(s)                                                                                         Chapter Ω!
                                                                                                                 •       Visuals: Mesmerizing futuristic graphics with a new UI developed specifically for Nintendo Switch!
Cytus α Coming to Nintendo Switch							                                                  16 - 17
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt Releases						                                               18 - 19
Space War Arena Announced								                                                         20
Celebrate Chinese New Year in the Onion Kingdom				                                       21
Playstation and Xplora Team up to Encourage Physical Activity		                           22 - 23                •      Story: An in-depth data system for diving into even deeper story engagement!
Pumped BMX Pro Releases								                                                           22 - 23                •      Difficulty: Easy to hard modes to satisfy beginners and veteran rhythm game players alike, and various
                                                                                                                 musical tastes such as pop, jazz, trance, hardcore and more!

Cytus α Coming to Nintendo Switch

PM Studios and acttil are excited to announce that CYTUS α, the latest title from critically acclaimed rhythm
game developer Rayark, is coming to Nintendo™ Switch in North America this April in both digital and physi-
cal formats. To celebrate the release of CYTUS α on Nintendo Switch, the initial release of the retail version
will come with a special CD, which will also include music from [Chapter Ω]!

About CYTUS α

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In The News Continued                                                                            In The News Continued

Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt
Releases

Fans of city building games all over the
world! We know you have been eagerly wait-
ing for the release date of Townsmen – A
Kingdom Rebuilt. More great news for all
loyal Townsmenfolk: When the new King-
dom comes, it will appear completely free in
your great library of noble video games, if
you own the original 2016’s Townsmen.

This improved and remastered version
from the iconic Townsmen-Series holds a
shipload of content in the cargo room: 24
maps for the sandbox mode stand next to 26
scenarios, so it’s up to you if you pick your
own tale and turn a barren pile of grass into
a gigantic city or face a predefined challenge.
A new, 6-mission-long tutorial will make
your first steps as a mayor as smooth as fine
silk from the tailor’s shop. Research over 70
technologies and construct more than 150
buildings and objects.

Plan your city wisely: Your Townies &
Townettes need a place to live, to work – and
to relax, to grab some food. Having a market
place close to their workplace will guaran-
tee a short walk and also a realistic looking
town. And speaking of placement, make             About Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt             and recruit brave soldiers to protect your       •       Complex economy sim and deep
sure to have a fire tower or the infirmary        The medieval metropolis builder gets a         citizens from harm, too. You rule the entire     production chains
around, when one of the new catastrophes          mighty overhaul on the PC. Grow your tiny      empire from your castle, and making sure         •       Over 150 different town and produc-
strikes and your city is hit by a large fire or   village into a grand medieval empire with a    your inhabitants have fun, stay happy and        tion buildings
the plague.                                       thriving economy and happy villagers. Find     remain safe.                                     •       Optional military feature with sol-
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt will be              spots for mining ore, harvest the crops of                                                      diers and bandits
available on February 26th 2019 for PC.           your farms and collect coins as taxes from     Features:                                        •       Seasons and weather effects with
The price is 19,99 € / 19,99 $ / 16,99 £ but      your folk. Build jousting fields, taverns,     •        City-building gameplay set in medi-     actual impact on gameplay
the game will be added free of charge to all      marketplaces and beautify your city with       eval times                                       •       Devastating disasters like fire, dis-
existing owners of the original 2016’s Towns-     impressive statues, magnificent monuments      •        Inhabitants with their own daily rou-   ease, drought and many more
men. Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt is              and lush gardens. As you do so, be aware of    tines                                            •       26 diverse scenarios and challenging
developed and published by HandyGames, a          dangers: bandits are never far away, looking   •        New voice over language for live-       tasks
THQ Nordic company.                               to plunder and pillage peaceful towns. So      lier interactions, created from Finnish &        •       Unrestricted sandbox gameplay on
                                                  don’t forget to erect barracks, guard towers   Volapük                                          24 maps

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In The News Continued                                                                                                  In The News Continued

Space War Arena Announced                                                                                              Celebrate Chinese New Year in the Onion Kingdom

Independent developer Playchemy today announced Space War Arena, a brand-new strategy action game                      Team17, a global games label, creative partner and developer of independent, premium video games in part-
that blends exciting real-time space combat with tactical and strategic gameplay that delivers a fun and highly        nership with Indie Studio Ghost Town Games is thrilled to announce a new update for Overcooked 2. To
engaging gaming experience. With development led by Ed Annunziata, creator of Ecco the Dolphin on the                  celebrate the Chinese New Year, new recipes, new chefs and new kitchens are available for players. The Chi-
Sega Genesis, Space War Arena is an homage to the original Spacewar game from the 1960’s. Space War Arena              nese New Year update is available now digitally on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Nintendo Switch™, free of
is coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo eShop on February 14th.                                  charge.

“This has been one of my favorite games to make,” said Ed Annunziata, CEO and President of Playchemy.                  This second piece of seasonal content for Overcooked 2 transports players to a new map where they will face
“We’ve been working hard on Space War Arena for a long time and as a small indie team it’s so rewarding to             culinary chaos in seven stunning new kitchens. Enjoy the tranquility of Koi ponds, incense and drifting lan-
announce your product and be so close to launch. Whether it’s playing the solo campaign or shared screen               terns as you get to grips with two new recipes: fruit platter and hot pot. Just be sure to keep your wok hot! Two
1v1 multiplayer, we think players will really enjoy the strategic decision making and have as much fun playing         new chefs will be joining players for this journey, ornate dragon chef and Chinese New Year pig chef.
it as we do.”
                                                                                                                       The update also sees the introduction of “Survival Mode”. In Survival Mode you must serve as many dishes
Key Features:                                                                                                          as possible in the time given, with each dish served adding precious seconds to the timer. Survive for as long
Epic Space Battles - Enter a universe of exciting real-time space battles that are accessible, but deeply strategic.   as possible in this frantic race against the clock! Survival mode is available for all levels in the main game, the
Think quickly and deploy the right units at the right time, manipulating their launch trajectories for added           Surf ‘n’ Turf DLC and both seasonal updates.
tactical depth.
Deck Building - Mix and match over 30 types of units and experiment with different play styles as you prog-                                                                                                    KEY FEATURES:
ress and take your squadrons into battle. Deal out and deal with nimble fighters, sweeping lasers, drone facto-

                                                               ries and atomic warheads.                                                                                                                New kitchens! Experience
                                                               Solo Campaign - Liberate the galaxy in pitched                                                                                           seven new kitchens, beau-
                                                               battle against AI masterminds. A solo campaign                                                                                           tifully themed for Chinese
                                                               pits you against a variety of configurations and                                                                                         New Year. New kitchens
                                                               scenarios, charging would-be commanders to                                                                                               mean new hazards and so
                                                               upgrade their fleets and become masters of all they     watch out for the dancing dragon who has mistaken your kitchen for a parade route!
                                                               behold.
                                                                                                                       New recipes! The simple yet delicious fruit platter is a traditional Chinese New Year dish that signifies fullness
                                                          About Space War Arena                                        and wealth. Hot pot is a great dish to make with friends and family so chop some bok choi, prawns, and meat
                                                          Starship combat on a grand scale has never been              and get cooking. Just don’t forget the noodles!
                                                          this addictive or accessible. Direct the tides of
                                                          war in lightning fast strategic battles and unleash          New mechanic! The Chinese New Year update sees the introduction of a new piece of cooking equipment:
                                                          astonishing arsenals against opposing fleets to              woks. Used for cooking hot pot, you must make sure that it remains bubbling by keeping the wok over the lit
                                                          destroy their bases and claim their space. Space             fire.
                                                          War Arena is a unique homage to the original vid-
eogame. Build an armada from 30 different types of evolving units, unleash your cunning, adapt to the enemy,           New chefs! The Chinese dragon is ready to take the heat of the kitchen fires and the pig may be the 12th sign
and command your fleet in epic AI encounters or vicious same-screen multiplayer. Engage!                               of the Chinese zodiac but is ready to be first in line for kitchen duties.

No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system in the US at this time. Families are required to        The Chinese New Year update is available now digitally on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Nintendo
pay for Internet usage fees to download this game. For more information click here.                                    Switch™, free of charge.

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Playstation and Xplora Team up to                 and children the ability to communicate in
Encourage Physical Activity                       a safe and easy way without compromis-                                                          Jorge Huguet, CMO of PlayStation® Iberia
                                                  ing security and fun. The device allows                                                         for the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Bal-
XPLORA, the Norwegian technology com-             both parents and children to make phone                                                         kan areas, adds: “By merging technology, a
pany known for its smartwatch range for           calls and send text messages with emojis to                                                     healthy lifestyle, and safety, we and XPLO-
children, has partnered with Sony Interactive     pre-approved contacts via the parental app.                                                     RA are creating a new multimodal enter-
Entertainment Spain (SIE España) to devel-        Safety zones can also be set by the parent,                                                     tainment experience that can be enjoyed
op the very first video game that syncs with      allowing them to monitor their children’s                                                       both outdoors and when you get home and
a smartwatch, with in-game perks being re-        whereabouts. The XPLORA app (available                                                          turn your PS4™ on. We are looking forward
warded for physical activity in the real world.   on iOS and Android) can be used to set time                                                     to seeing how these two dimensions of our
The XPLORA 3S, the company’s most recent          limits for gameplay, receive updates on their                                                   players’ lives come together and create new
smartwatch for children, features a pedom-        children’s physical activity, and track their                                                   synergies.”
eter that logs exercise - such as walking or      in-game progress.
running - within an app, and converts it into                                                                                                     The XPLORA 3S device, along with the
level-ups, new powers, and new characters         Jesús Llamazares, CEO of XPLORA, com-                                                           rest of its portfolio of products, will be
that are redeemable in the upcoming Play-         ments: “This game, the first one owned by                                                       available for a hands-on demo at the
Station®4 title ‘Aces of the Multiverse’.         XPLORA, encourages children to partake in                                                       XPLORA stand (8.0H37) at the Mobile
                                                  physical exercise and play outdoors. We want                                                    World Congress 2019 held in Barcelona,
As the first IP owned by XPLORA, the game         children to be more active and explore the                                                      25th-28th February. There will be an Aces
will encourage players to be more active in       world in a safe way, and we’re very proud to                                                    of the Multiverse demo available later this
their everyday lives. The XPLORA 3S is a          partner with PlayStation® as we aim to make                                                     year and the game will be released in Spain
smartwatch for children that gives parents        a real change to their lives.”                                                                  in late 2019.

Pumped BMX Pro Releases                                                                                                                         pro? High score chasers can compete on the
                                                                                                                                                global leaderboards, to see if they can thrash
Calling all danger junkies and cycle-paths!                                                                                                     at the same level as the best riders in the
Curve Digital is proud to announce that                                                                                                         world!
Pumped BMX Pro, the bigger, better, rag-
doll-tastic sequel to Pumped BMX + is avail-                                                                                                    “Pumped BMX Pro is a rad new twist on
able now on PC, Xbox One and Nintendo                                                                                                           the momentum-based biking formula,” said
Switch. Developed by one man studio Yeah                                                                                                        George Morgan, Product Manager at Curve
Us! Games, the momentum-based BMX                                                                                                               Digital. “We can’t wait to see players can-can
freestyler soars onto player’s systems with                                                                                                     it down the slopes in pursuit of those sweet
a tricked-out new look, improved physics,                                                                                                       high-score combos. It’s definitely got that
and an insane of roster of professional BMX                                                                                                     one-more-ride quality!”
stars.
                                                                                                                                                “‘Pumped BMX Pro plays and looks great on
Choose from 15 riders with pre-designed                                                                                                         PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch,” said
bikes, or come up with your own in the easy                                                                                                     Adam Hunt, Director of Yeah Us! Games.
to use bike creator. Once you’re ready to hit                                                                                                   “Whether you’ve got hours to freestyle your
the tracks, get creative with more than 40                                                                                                      way up the leaderboards or just five minutes,
trick options and combo your way through                                                                                                        Pumped BMX Pro has that pick up and play
over 60 insane levels, maintaining your flow                                                                                                    magic. I think it’s the best entry in the series
to ensure you reach the next obstacle wheels                                                                                                    yet and I can’t wait for players to perfect
first instead of face first. For the best rid-    ers out there, there are over 200 challenges    to beat. Have you got what it takes to go     those clean landings and insane stunts.”

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We Would
        Play That!
There are all kinds of cool fam-
ily friendly video game ideas out
there. This column features ideas
                                      great healer. All of us could focus
                                      on the real perspective that healing
                                      comes from God. As medicine as
                                                                             of our lives all of the time. What
                                                                             a better world that would make
                                                                             when we focus on God and not
                                                                                                                                     REVIEWS
                                                                                                                   Welcome to our reviews section. We have a couple of rules when it comes to our reviews. The reviewer must give an hon-
                                                                                                                   est accounting as to why he/she liked or disliked something. No fanboy reviews allowed here, or at the very least they are
                                                                                                                   discouraged (after all everyone has their own personal biases, likes, and dislikes). Everyone also has different tolerances, and
of video games we would play. We      progressed there are a few people      blowing in the wind standards         weaknesses - we strive to keep that in mind in our reviews. We have been burned ourselves by reviews saying a certain game
hope games like these are created     that put their faith, hope, trust,     of man. Too much of the current       is great, only to be greatly offended by that game. Reviewers must be kind in their reviews. A game may be horrible, but there
in the near future. Can you make it   and love in doctors and medicine.      teachings from human beings is        is no need to degrade the developer, publisher, artists, etc. There is also no need for name calling.
happen?                               Whereas doctors and medicine are       rebellion against God. That will               We review video games on five separate criteria: graphics, sound, replay/extras, gameplay, and family friendly factor.
                                      not a bad thing, we should go to a     help any of us. That will not grant   Review scale can be found here. The editor in chief coordinates reviews to have as much cohesion as possible. We are very
                                      higher source for our healing. We      you healing. That will not grow       open about the way we review video games. Each section starts with a 75 score, and can earn or lose points based on the con-
There are so many wonderful ideas     should go to God first. It always      you closer to God. Too many           tent of the game, using our grading scale (found on the website).
for video games in the Holy Bible.    dismays me when people go to           people embrace a sinful lifestyle              Parents, please do not take any of our reviews as gospel. Different people are offended by different things. We work
One of them came to me recently.      doctors and medicine and bypass        and then get mad when God does        hard here at Family Friendly Gaming to discern the good from the bad in the teachings of each different video game. What
I would love to see a video game      going to God. Why would anyone         not help them. They must cleanse      may seem harmless to our reviewer(s), could be a big deal to you. We encourage you to spend time with your children and
based off of the historically accu-   do that? God has the power to mi-      their lives of sin before expect-     investigate each video game yourself. Each review is written with you in mind, and we try to mention each problem we find.
rate healings done by Jesus Christ.   raculous and instantly heal you. At    ing God to grant their prayers.       We are not perfect, and miss things from time to time - just as the ESRB does. The ESRB rating is merely a start, and since
There were so many people that        the very least give God a chance to    There is also something to be said    they ignore many of the moral and spiritual factors important to parents all across America, we do our small part to fill that
Jesus healed. There is all kinds of   work in your life. Show everyone       for people who only pray when         huge void. We are a small ministry and your prayers are so very important to us.
potential for this kind of a video
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                                      that you have faith in God.            they want something. Like God is                                              Questions, suggestions, comments, or got a game you would like for us to review? Then
game. The game could have differ-             A video games based on         some vending machines that they                                             please email us at: Gamereviews@familyfriendlygaming.com.
ent mini games based on the heal-     the healings of Jesus Christ could     put their money in and get their
ings being performed. There could     help educate everyone to where         dreams to come out the dispenser.     Nintendo 3DS					Score                                Page          NBA 2K Playgrounds 2				 75                           34
even be boss levels where demons      true power resides. It could help      It all goes to having a good per-     Azure Striker Gunvolt Striker Pack			 66              26            Onrush						60                                        33
are being cast out of people.                                                                                                                                                          Shining Force Refrain				59                           32
                                      people focus on God again. It          spective of who God is, and who
                                                                                                                   Nintendo Switch					Score                             Page          Tokyo Xanadu eX+				58                                29
        All of us could learn the     could begin an amazing revival         were are. Would you play a video      Legendary Fishing				85                               27
wonderful lesson that God is the      where God in number one in all         game like this?                       Mercenaries Saga Chronicles			              64        30            Xbox One					Score                                    Page
                                                                                                                   NBA 2K Playgrounds 2				                    75        34            Fishing Sim World				70                               36
                                                                                                                   Shantae Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition 		 69        35            NBA 2K Playgrounds 2				 75                           34

                             Matthew 8:10-13                                                                       Shining Force Refrain				59

                                                                                                                   Personal Computer				Score
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                                                                                                                                                                                       Onrush						60
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                                                                                                                   Fishing Sim World				70                               36
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I                                  NBA 2K Playgrounds 2				 75                           34
tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that                            Shining Force Refrain				59                           32
  many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast                               Tokyo Xanadu eX+				58                                29

  with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of                                   Super NES					Score                                   Page
 the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weep-                                  Bill Lambeer’s Combat Basketball			 56                37
                              ing and gnashing of teeth.”                                                          Bill Walsh College Football			      80                37

    13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it                               PS4						Score                                        Page
                 would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.                                                Fishing Sim World				70                               36
                                                                                                                   Legendary Fishing				85                               27

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Azure Striker Gun-                                                                                              Legendary Fishing
                                      volt Striker Pack

                                           SCORE: 66                                                                                                     SCORE: 85

Everything is AWESOME                                                       most definitely have concern-        I feel bad for Ubisoft. Their        ally. Maybe you
when we are provided re-                                                    ing Azure Striker Gunvolt            PR and Marketing people lost         want to use just
viewable copies of video                                                    Striker Pack are violence,           them quite a few sales by fail-      a Joycon and
games. Thankfully FFG                                                       blood, bad language, entice-         ing to provide FFG a review-         get some more
provided a reviewable                                                       ment to lust, lack of attire, and    able copy of Legendary Fishing.      physical move-
copy of Azure Striker                                                       more. There might be some            I really like this arcade fishing    ments out of this
Gunvolt Striker Pack. We                                                    sexual deviant characters in         game. I hope to be able to do a      game.
are not part of the bought                                                  Azure Striker Gunvolt Striker        video series on this game when               There are
off gaming media so we                                                      Pack. Azure Striker Gunvolt          I have some time. The modes in       twenty different
                                                The levels in Azure
are treated as a lower class of                                             Striker Pack is similar to Mega      Legendary Fishing are Career,        kinds of fish in
                                       Striker Gunvolt Striker Pack
citizen by the PR and Market-                                               Man in the side scrolling 2D         Arcade, Free Play, Options,          Legendary Fish-                      far in the red we can lose the
                                       are extremely long for a hand
ing moochers. Thankfully our                                                shooting concepts. We can            Help, and Credits.                   ing. There are eighty missions       fish. I had fun catching fish in
                                       held video game. I found out
loyal readers in FFGU do not                                                level up, collect resources, and              Legendary Fishing           in ten different fishing areas.      Legendary Fishing. I also like
                                       the hard way that saving before
buy games from companies                                                    upgrade gear in Azure Striker        lets families control this fish-     The areas are large enough to        how this game starts easy and
                                       completing all these levels
that do not provide reviewable                                              Gunvolt Striker Pack.                ing game a variety of differ-        show some nice environment           slowly gets more difficult.
                                       meant I had to completely
copies. They only lessen their                                                      The cut scenes look          ent ways. It is all up to you        diversity. We play in four dif-               Fish will come af-
                                       replay all of the levels since the
sales and increase their chanc-                                             nice in Azure Striker Gun-           on which control format you          ferent seasons in this Switch        ter your lure pretty quickly.
                                       last mainline save. The saves
es of going bankrupt.                                                       volt Striker Pack. The music         are most comfortable with. I         and PS4 video game. Legend-          Families must unlock content
                                       are too far apart for my person-
         Azure Striker Gunvolt                                              is good. Expect a long chal-         played Legendary Fishing with        ary Fishing has fantastic music      in career to play it in Arcade
                                       al tastes. We get Japanese voice
Striker Pack includes Azure                                                 lenge with many of the bosses.       the Joycons in the controller        and decent looking graphics.         and Free Mode. Up to family
                                       acting in Azure Striker Gunvolt
Striker Gunvolt, and Azure                                                  They do not go down quick or         most of the time. I enjoyed                  Hooking fish is easy in      members can enjoy Legend-
                                       Striker Pack. Are you guys up
Striker Gunvolt 2. The graph-                                               easy in Azure Striker Gunvolt        that layout the best person-         Legendary Fishing. We move           ary Fishing at the same time.
                                       to speed on that language?
ics are small and we spend                                                  Striker Pack. Parts of Azure                                                             a stick a specific    I value Legendary Fishing at
                                                The issues families will
most of the game shooting and                                                     Striker Gunvolt Striker                                                            direction. Once       twenty dollars brand new.
destroying all of these different                                                 Pack can be hard. The                                                              we hook a fish                 I hope to see more
characters. Many of them are                                                      lightning storm shield we                                                          we need to reel       games like Legendary Fishing
repeated in levels making these                                                   can employ for limited                                                             it. There are two     in the near future. This is a fun
games a real boring experi-                                                       periods of time can assist                                                         curved lines that     game that anyone can enjoy. I
ence. Azure Striker Gunvolt                                                       with certain enemies. I                                                            we must keep          did not find offensive content
Striker Pack does include story                                                   value Azure Striker Gun-                                                           the fish in the       within this game at all. It was
elements explaining what is                                                       volt Striker Pack at five to                                                       middle of. If the     a pleasure to play and review
going on.                                                                         ten dollars. - WMG                                                                 right side gets too   this game. - Paul

System: Nintendo 3DS                                                        Graphics: 50%                        System: PS4/Nintendo                                                      Graphics: 80%
Publisher: Yacht Club Games                                                 Sound: 60%                           Switch(tested)                                                            Sound: 90%
Developer: INTI CREATES CO                                                                                       Publisher: Ubisoft
Rating: ‘T’ - THIRTEEN and OLDER                                            Replay/Extras: 80%                                                                                             Replay/Extras: 75%
                                                                            Gameplay: 80%                        Developer: Sims                                                           Gameplay: 90%
ONLY {Fantasy Violence, Mild                                                                                     Rating: ‘E’ for Everyone SIX and
Blood, Mild Language, Mild Sugges-                                          Family Friendly Factor: 60%                                                                                    Family Friendly Factor: 90%
tive Themes}                                                                                                     OLDER ONLY

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                                                                                   Tokyo Xanadu eX+

                                                                                        SCORE: 58

                                             Due to the PR and Marketing            nate dimensions,
                                             failures Family Friendly Gam-          demons, certain
                                             ing purchased a copy of Tokyo          people can see
                                             Xanadu eX+ on the PS4. This            these rifts, demons,
                                             game was actually on the game          and more.
                                             purchasing list on the PS Vita.                 Tokyo
                                             Then the purchasing agent              Xanadu eX+ looks
                                             noticed the best version was on        like a PS3 game to
                                             the PS4. That is why this game         me. The long story
                                             was purchased on the Playsta-          element sections
                                                                                                                        thing from these companies
                                             tion 4.                                can be skipped. Tokyo Xanadu
                                                                                                                        like I have. Please catch up and
                                                      The issues families can       eX+ fast forwards through
                                                                                                                        start to reject games like Tokyo
                                             have with Tokyo Xanadu eX+             them. The music in Tokyo
                                                                                                                        Xanadu eX+.
                                             are violence, bad language, en-        Xanadu eX+ is okay. The Japa-
                                                                                                                                 The Legend of He-
                                             ticement to lust, lack of attire,      nese voice acting sent me to
                                                                                                                        roes Trails of Cold Steel does
                                             magic, demons, soul powers,            reading the text. The dungeons
                                                                                                                        this kind of game better in
                                             and more. Tokyo Xanadu eX+             in Tokyo Xanadu eX+ look like
                                                                                                                        my opinion. The long ranged
                                             is like so many other JRPGs            so many other recent JRPGs
                                                                                                                        attacks are a bit too limited
                                             out there. Why do American             as well. This role playing game
                                                                                                                        in this action adventure role
                                             gamers buy the same things             felt so dull to me. I felt like I
                                                                                                                        playing game. Boss fights are
                                             over and over again? We have           have been there and done that
                                                                                                                        challenging thanks to their
                                             high school students, alter-           a thousand times already with
                                                                                                                        large health bars. We can swap
                                                                                                 Tokyo Xanadu eX+.
                                                                                                                        players which is helpful - espe-
                                                                                                      American
                                                                                                                        cially after one dies.
                                                                                                 companies need
                                                                                                                                 I value Tokyo Xanadu
                                                                                                 to inject this genre
                                                                                                                        eX+ at five dollars brand new.
                                                                                                 with some better
                                                                                                                        That is only if you are not fa-
                                                                                                 concepts. I hope my
                                                                                                                        miliar with this genre and can
                                                                                                 fellow role playing
                                                                                                                        handle all of the bad content.
                                                                                                 gamers get to the
                                                                                                                        This game did not impress me
                                                                                                 point of exhaus-
                                                                                                                        - not one bit. - RPG Master
                                                                                                 tion with the same

                                             System: PC/PS4(tested)                                                     Graphics: 50%
                                             Publisher: Aksys Games                                                     Sound: 50%
                                             Developer: Nihon Falcom
                                             Rating: ‘T’ - THIRTEEN and OLDER                                           Replay/Extras: 80%
                                             ONLY {Drug Reference, Fantasy Vio-                                         Gameplay: 60%
                                             lence, Language, Suggestive Themes}                                        Family Friendly Factor: 50%

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Mercenaries Saga
                                       Chronicles

                                          SCORE: 64

I really enjoy turn                                                      gamers.
based strategy role                                                               All three games have
playing video games.                                                     stories of conflicts between
Mercenaries Saga                                                         different nations. The player is
Chronicles contains                                                      a mercenary who is essentially
three of them. In fact                                                   profiting off the wars. There is
the three games within                                                   plenty of work for mercenar-
this collection are Will                                                 ies in these situations. I love
of the White Lions, Or-                                                  how three games that were
der of the Silver Eagle,                       I did eventually adapt    previously digital downloads
and Gray Wolves of War. Those         to the controls using the four     were put on one cartridge. I
games had previously only             buttons on the left Joycon.        hope this becomes a trend with
been released in the digital          There is no camera rotation        more video game companies in
download format. Supporters           in Mercenaries Saga Chron-         the near future.
of the physical copy movement         icles. The music is good and                I am very pleased
can rejoice that Mercenaries          I enjoyed listening to it while    Family Friendly Gaming had
Saga Chronicles was released.         playing this game. We can save     the money to purchase Mer-
         The issues families will     between battles. The same goes     cenaries Saga Chronicles on
have with Mercenaries Saga            for upgrading gear and using       the Nintendo Switch. There
Chronicles are violence, blood,       skill points. There are multiple   is plenty of bad content that
bad language, lack of attire,         difficulties in Mercenaries Saga   could have been left out of
enticement to lust, promoting         Chronicles so it is approach-      Mercenaries Saga Chronicles
religious beliefs of a false god-     able by more teenage and older     in my opinion. The turn based
dess, and more. The controls in                                                   battles and violence
Mercenaries Saga Chronicles                                                       is pretty standard. I
are difficult to adapt to. The                                                    hope to see sequels
Gameboy Advance looking                                                           to Mercenaries Saga
graphics in Mercenaries Saga                                                      Chronicles in the near
Chronicles and screen layout                                                      future. Maybe after
make moving around the cur-                                                       three more games have
sor quite challenging on the                                                      been released online.
Switch.                                                                           - Paul

System: Nintendo Switch                                                  Graphics: 50%
Publisher: PM Studios                                                    Sound: 60%
Developer: Rideon                                                        Replay/Extras: 90%
Rating: ‘T’ - THIRTEEN and
                                                                         Gameplay: 65%
                                                                                                                        BUY IT NOW RIGHT HERE
OLDER ONLY {Alcohol Reference,
Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Mild                                       Family Friendly Factor: 55%
Language, Suggestive Themes}

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Shining Resonance                                                                                               Onrush
                                                 Refrain

                                                SCORE: 59                                                                                                SCORE: 60

How does Sega                                                                  The shield break attack can        Onrush is a different kind of a    you are consistently using
stay in business?                                                              be very handy to getting an        video game for Codemasters.        the boost to keep up. These
They make bad                                                                  enemy defenseless. The story       Onrush is not a racing game.       cars will leave you behind
decision after                                                                 in Shining Force Refrain is        Onrush is a vehicular combat       very quickly. There are
bad decision.                                                                  standard normal Japanese role      video game. We are part of a       cars not part of the teams
They continue to                                                               playing cliches that have been     racing team that goes against      riding around. They are
trample the legacy                                                             used so many times that it         another racing team. It is the     generally cannon fodder
of the Shining se-                                                             shocks me if anyone buys this      blue team versus the orange        for players to get points.
ries with horrible                                                             game ever.                         team. We play in Onrush to                  After a race we            than me most of the time. I did
games like Shin-                                                                       Characters can swap        get the most points, make it       earn loot boxes that give us dif-   lose a few matches by running
ing Force Refrain.                           in the original mode or the       costumes and dress differently.    through the most gates, keep       ferent gear, vehicles, clothing,    into too many objects. I then
This is an action adventure role             refrain mode. This game was       Why are bikinis needed for         the most lives, or controlling     dances, etc. Onrush obviously       learned the repetitive tracks
playing game like the Tales                  originally on the PS3 and it      the female characters? That        a moving circular zone. It gets    is trying the Fortnite concept      and avoided trees in the next
games. Shining Force Refrain                 shows. The American voice         does not scream battle against     repetitive very quickly. In fact   with this. Thankfully no real       round(s). Onrush has online
also has dating that encourages              actors are average at best. The   monsters to me. The areas          I found myself bored with On-      world money is needed for           game play as well as the nor-
sexual deviancy.                             lack of emotion from them         are a bit small in my opinion.     rush almost right away.            them. We earn them with             mal game play.
        The issues families                  almost put me to sleep. Battles   Shining Force Refrain starts               Onrush tries to be         every single level up. Which is              I was so bored playing
will have with Shining Force                 in Shining Force Refrain get      with a tutorial and that comes     exciting with the wreckcam         pretty much after every race in     Onrush on the PS4. I am very
Refrain are violence, bad                    really boring too.                up every time we come across       that shows your vehicle crash-     the career mode. The modes in       thankful Family Friendly Gam-
language, nudity, lack of attire,                    Shining Force Refrain     something new.                     ing into things like trees. We     Onrush are Superstar, Quick         ing purchased a copy of this
enticement to lust, magic, and               looks like a PS3 game. We have            Shining Force Refrain      also can be thrown back into       Play, Ranked, Custom Game,          game after the PR and Market-
more. The main character has                 two major attacks and magic.      was not translated when it         the action if we wind up too far   and Training.                       ing representatives failed us
the soul of a long dead dragon                                                              was on the PS3.       back. This happens a lot unless             The issues I had with      100%. They must have known
within him. He can transform                                                                We did not miss                                               Onrush are violence, lack      we would find Onrush boring.
in battle and fight with you. We                                                            anything though.                                              of attire, enticement to       They want to stop any reviews
see the enemies in the field, go                                                            After playing it on                                           lust, obnoxious music and      that are not making them mas-
to them and it triggers a battle                                                            the PS4 I can say                                             more. Onrush looks okay.       sive amounts of sales. More of
circle where we fight.                                                                      that with complete                                            I had such trouble keeping     the swamp of corruption in the
        The extremely long                                                                  and total confi-                                              up, and using the pow-         video game industry. I value
cut scenes can be skipped in                                                                dence. Don’t buy                                              ers. Whether we won or         Onrush at five dollars brand
Shining Force Refrain. Shining                                                              this game.                                                    lost had more to do with       new.
Force Refrain can be played                                                                 - RPG Master                                                  my computer team mates         - Frank

System: PC/Switch/Xbox One/                                                    Graphics: 50%                      System: Xbox One/PS4(tested)                                           Graphics: 60%
PS4(tested)                                                                                                       Publisher: Codemasters
Publisher: Sega                                                                Sound: 60%                                                                                                Sound: 60%
Developer: Media.Vision                                                        Replay/Extras: 70%                 Developer: Codemasters                                                 Replay/Extras: 60%
Rating: ‘T’ for THIRTEEN and OLDER                                             Gameplay: 75%                      Rating: ‘E10+’ - Everyone TEN                                          Gameplay: 60%
ONLY {Fantasy Violence, Language,                                                                                 and OLDER ONLY
Partial Nudity, Suggestive Themes, Use of                                      Family Friendly Factor: 40%                                                                               Family Friendly Factor: 60%
Alcohol}                                                                                                          {Mild Violence}

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