Metaphor Refantazio is one of the best games of the year. BUT no game – no matter how good – is 100% perfect. So after playing Metaphor for over 120 hours and bringing to bear my many years of experience playing JRPGs, I have 5 things that I think Metaphor could do even better in its next outing.

Metroid Prime 4 Beyond has been announced for 2025 and in anticipation of this inevitable reveal, I’ve had one big question on my mind: Is Metroid about to have a Breath of the Wild moment?

A lot of gloom and doom has hung over the console market in 2024, but recent announcements under the Sony umbrella have increasingly sparked my sense of hope for the brand and its IP. Let’s get into the how and why!

Turn-based or action, modern or pixel art, linear or open world, new entry or remake - what does the next Final Fantasy look like? And for that matter, what IS a Final Fantasy game? Here are the 4 pillars that I think would serve as a rock-solid foundation for the franchise.

Here at DearGamers, we are all about celebrating video games. SO. Here are your 2023 DG GOTY award winners. Join us in celebrating some truly amazing (and seriously deserving) games.

Sea of Stars stands as a testament of how turn-based combat stays viable in 2023 and beyond. It proves that “turn-based” isn’t some technological limitation to overcome as it was in the past, but rather an expectation to subvert. Let me explain…

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code is all about solving mysteries to reveal the truth. And I think I’ve found the game’s most important hidden truth of all: the potential to push the boundaries of genre and set the gaming world on fire…

I can (and will) gush about Octopath II. But does that mean the game is perfect? Nope - I’m a greedy gamer and I want MORE so let’s run it!

While DearGamers is still a brand new site, we thought what better way for an audience to get to know us in our early content than to write up a quick piece about our favorite games of all time? So here it is – each of our top 10 GOATs!