Only a handful of months on from the western release of Trails Through Daybreak, Ark Vanride and his crew are back in a sequel.
Henery Stockdale previews the game and interviews Falcom's president Toshihiro Kondo.
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An Asexual Preview Of Jackbox Naughty Pack | Gamescom 2024
Jackbox is back with its most explicit Party Pack yet.
Naturally, startmenu is about REAL journalism so we sent an asexual to preview it Gamescom to test the game's limits.
Kate Robinson is our intrepid muck racker.
Preview | Pro Philosopher 2 - Ace Attorney Meets Over-The-Top Political Debates
The Ace Attorney series might have gotten a lot of releases over the last few years but it feels like it’s been an age since the last new game.
That’s why its a good thing Pro Philosopher 2 is here to OBJECT to some of the greatest thinkers in history.
Henry Stockdale previews.
Preview | Golden Lap - A Casual F1-Style Management Sim That Takes Risks
With the F1 season well and truly underway, what better time could there be to manage some speedy racecars?
Henry Stockdale takes to the track to preview Golden Lap.
Behind The Scenes Preview | Inferni: Hope & Fear
Mashing together TCG deck-building gameplay with a battle royale’s structure certainly sounds like a hellish endeavour, but Village Studio is hoping to make something devilishly replayable with with Inferni: Hope & Fear.
We sent Kate Robinson behind the scenes to descend into hell.
Preview | Planet Scanner - Planets, Please!
Just a normal indie game where you scan planets. Nothing else to see here. Just a very normal game.
It’s so normal in fact we got Ali Rees to preview Planet Scanner to ensure NOTHING ABNORMAL IS A FOOT!
Preview | Read Only Memories: Neurodiver - Making Ruthlessly Delving Into Memories Of The Past Fun Instead Of Traumatic!
Seven years on from 2064: Read Only Memories the team at Midboss is back with another queer cyberpunk tale.
Ash Schofield previews Read Only Memories: Neurodiver.
Overcoming My Final Fantasy XIV Multiplayer Anxiety At PAX East
Bryan Lally hit PAX this year and during his time there discovered something wonderful.
Maybe the real Final Fantasy is finding new friends…
*gets yanked off stage by a shepherds stick*
PLAYTEST IMPRESSIONS | Warden's Rising - This Industry Is A Nightmare
Wardens Rising is still in development but already, Skeleton has a sinking feeling about the game, and moreover, the state of the industry.
Review-In-Progress | Baldur's Gate 3 - Fear And Loathing In Faerûn
After years of development, three more years in early access, pushing forward and delaying the release date at the same time somehow, Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally out in the wild… And it is massive.
Kate Robinson dives deep on her time with the game so far and investigates if a game this big can stand under its own weight.
Baldur's Gate 3 Is Finally Leaving Early Access. So What Comes Next?
After almost three years in Early Access Baldur’s Gate is almost upon us.
Matthew John McCormick has taken the time to look back at the game’s time in Early Access and look to the future.
Preview | The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails - A Long Wait With Just A Little More To Go
We were invited to preview NIS’s upcoming slate. Of course, we sent startmenu’s expert RPG historian, Henry Stockdale to check out the long-awaited The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails.
All these years after its original release in Japan, does Nayuta still hold up?
Preview | Arkanoid: Eternal Battle - Forever A Classic
100 Battle Royale games drop onto a map [the games industry] and only a handful can survive. Will hoping on the Battle Bus breathe new life into the classic Arkanoid series or will it be quickly eliminated?
Oma Keeling reports from Gamescom.
Gamescom Preview | Dredge - Fishing, Fun... Fear
Fishing is always the most relaxing mini-game, so it is nice that a team is making a whole game dedicated to… *check notes*… indescribable horrors beyond human comprehension… oh, and mackerel.
Henry Stockdale reports from Gamescom.
Preview | I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - Time For Growing Up
Visual novel? Deck builder? Coming of age tale? Interactive Fiction?
Just what exactly is I Was A Teenage Exocolonist? Jamie Alexander interviews Sarah Northway about her and Finji’s new game and it seems like it might be something really special.
Alex Orona and Super GG Radio’s Best Betas from the first half of 2022
We welcome back Alex Orona of Super GG Radio to let guide us through games we should be adding to our wishlists before they release.
Hero Academia Beyond - A Plus Ultra Fan Project
A community of fans have gone above and beyond by giving My Hero Academia the open world RPG treatment - and it might just be everything anime lovers have been waiting for. We welcome Tyler Constable to the site to report.
Preview | Honey, I Joined A Cult - Early Access... To a Higher Plane
Some people have called startmenu a cult. To which I say, “YOU DARE QUESTION THE ARCH-GAMER?!”
A-anyway, we are delighted to welcome Ruddy Celestial to the site to preview Honey, I Joined A Cult.
Preview | Lost Epic - I Think I Need A Map...
The 2D Metroidvania genre is a crowded market nowadays. On top of that, the 2D air-juggling-action-anime Metrovandia with cooking-sim elements genre is also a crowded market. Video games are odd, so is LOST EPIC and Jason Coles is here to let us know if it is any good also.
Preview | Back 4 Blood (Closed Beta) - When a Door Closes a Beta Opens
There are hordes of co-op multiplayer shooters right now, so we got Mattew John McCormick back in to let us know if Back 4 Blood looks like it will survive this wave.