Plowing Through the Backlog with Story of Seasons and Shantae
This week Vincent takes a look at managing a town of olives in story of seasons and whips his hair back and forth violently while playing with Shantae and the Seven Sirens. Come enjoy some retro craziness this week on Save State.
Stanley-sama, Parables is War
This week’s save state takes a look at two different forms of narration in the form of The Stanley Parable and God Wars. Read about Vince’s experience with two very different styles of play and remind you how much The Stanley Parable judges you.
Defeating Bad Voice Acting With Platforming And Food Puns
This week, Vincent takes on his JRPG arch nemesis in Arc Rise Fantasia while chowing down on delicious Elite Chef Brigade. It is a tantalizing tale of bad voice acting, al dente food puns, and surprisingly fun games that most gamers would never know about.
Jumping To The Beat Of The Punch
This week Vincent gets down with the funk in Elite Beat Agents and grooves to sound of bone crunching in Draglade
Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Brobots
This week Vincent looks at a GameCube robot smashing game and an PlayStation rougelite and realizes that maybe, just maybe, it might be time to take a small break from the rougelites. It’s time for One Step From Eden and Custom Robo this week.
Save State is Maid in China This Week
This week our Save State columnist becomes Pauline Bonaparte in Banner of the Maid (which he accidentally bought) and then goes dual sword slicing in the critically underappreciated Now More Heroes 2.
Snap Backlog to Reality, Ope There Goes Gravity
We all make mistakes. For our Save State columnist, it was getting a PlayStationTV to play Gravity Rush. (It couldn’t) But now he takes on Gravity Rush remastered as well as Luminous Arc. It’s redemption week on Save State!
Resurrecting the Backlog of Your Dreams
This week our Save State columnist goes deep, deep, deep into his backlog to find some oldie but goodie games of yesteryear. Find out about Terranigma and Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon.
Hunting Monsters is Like X, Y, and Z
This week our intrepid Save State goes hunting in the Monster Hunter Rise demo, and pals around in some classic JRPG action with Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana.
Bugs May Cause Unyielding Rage
For the first Save State of 2021, Vincent goes a little wild with look backs to two very different classic titles, Bug Fables and Streets of Rage 4. Guess which one caused more fury and frenzy?