Alan Wen

Alan Wen

Freelance Writer

I'm a freelance games journalist who covers a bit of everything from reviews to features, and also writes gaming news for NME. I'm a regular contributor in print magazines, including Edge, Play, and Retro Gamer. Japanese games are one of my biggest passions and I'll always somehow find time to fit in a 60+ hour JRPG. While I cover games from all platforms, I'm very much a Switch lover, though also at heart a Sega shill. Favourite games include Bloodborne, Persona 5, Resident Evil 4, Ico, and Breath of the Wild.

Latest articles by Alan Wen

8 new Final Fantasy 7 Revelation features that make this RPG Square Enix's most ambitious to date

By Alan Wen Published

List The finale of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy dares to expand even further from its world to character customization

List
8 huge story threads I still need Final Fantasy 7 Revelation to resolve

By Alan Wen Published

List From Deepground to Glenn, will the FF7 Remake finale manage to tie up all the series' loose ends?

List
The player raises their fist as it glows blue in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
10 Best Monster Hunter games of all time, ranked

By Alan Wen last updated

Best List With Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections now out, we carve up the best Monster games in the franchise you can play right now

Best List
My Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy's entire story so far will get you FF7 Revelation-ready

By Alan Wen Published

Features Now over 100 hours in, catch up on the events of the first two parts of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy

Features
Breath of the Wild
10 games like Zelda that are full of exploration and adventure

By Joe Donnelly last updated

Best List After Breath of the Wild, try playing these best games like Zelda for more adventuring fun

Best List
Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy 15 sits cross-legged on a black throne in Final Fantasy Resonance, super-imposed over Rain and co battling enemies
Final Fantasy Resonance review: "A breezy nostalgia-laced JRPG that gives the HD-2D style a shot in the arm"

By Alan Wen Published

Review A defunct gacha mobile game is reborn into a classic but modern adventure

Review
Leda strums a guitar in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave review: "Deep tactical battles and a compelling narrative make this an ambitious epic"

By Alan Wen Published

Review Builds on Three House's multi-path structure, becoming grander and more ambitious

Review
Blade sheathes his katana in Marvel Tokon
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review: "A stunning comeback for superhero fighters, essential for Marvel and genre fans"

By Alan Wen Published

Review Every match feels like it could be ripped fresh from the pages of a comic

Review
The player raises their fist as it glows blue in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Monster Hunter Stories 3 review: "This Pokemon-like JRPG evolves to almost match the highs of the main series' hunts"

By Alan Wen Published

Review

Review
Key art for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls showing sketchy drawings of Ghost Rider, Captain America, Spider-Man, Storm, and Doctor Doom all ready for a fight - with the GamesRadar+ Big in 2026 brand frame
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls could be the comeback Marvel fighters have been waiting for, thanks to an anime makeover

By Alan Wen Published

Preview Big in 2026 | How Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls matches start from 2v2 into an epic 4v4 showdown between iconic superheroes and supervillains

Preview
Aaron Wei battles a bug monster in Trails Beyond the Horizon, cropped for a closer view of the action
Trails Beyond the Horizon review: "This JRPG's thrilling real-time and turn-based hybrid combat is finely balanced"

By Alan Wen Published

Review

6 Comments
Review
Best games of 2025 list featuring The last of us part 2's Joel
From Minecraft to The Last of Us Season 2, the best gaming adaptations of 2025 weren't lacking in variety

By Alan Wen Published

Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | The best gaming adaptations from 2025 to stream and catch on the big screen

Year in Review
gamesradar+'s Year in Review 2025 featuring Snake from Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
The 5 best remakes of 2025 that revived the classics for a new generation

By Alan Wen Published

Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | The best remakes of 2025 focused on modernizing rather than totally overhauling the original blueprints

Year in Review
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle expansion Order of Giants screenshot with GamesRadar+ Best of 2025 badge in upper right
From Indiana Jones to Still Wakes the Deep, the best expansions of 2025 gave us new reasons to return to our favorites

By Alan Wen Published

Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | This best expansions of 2025 provide new stories and challenges that make replaying old games feel fresh

Year in Review
From Skate to 2XKO, why wait when you can already play the best early access games of 2025

By Alan Wen Published

Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | The year's best early access games are already fun and fueled with potential

Year in Review
Art from Octopath Traveler 0 showing Alexia walking down some steps and examining statues
Octopath Traveler 0 review: "The strongest entry in this retro-styled JRPG series yet, I love the greater focus on tactical battles"

By Alan Wen Published

Review

Review
Key art for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet showing bounty hunter Jordan A. Mun with a cyber sword in front of a crumbling planet, with a GamesRadar+ frame that reads 'PS5: Five Year Anniversary'
I don't care if Intergalactic blasts past 2026, a new Naughty Dog cinematic action-adventure is reason enough to be excited

By Alan Wen Published

Opinion Opinion | Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet could be a post-The Last of Us Naughty Dog's return to its brighter blockbuster era

Opinion
Wind flows as Miyamoto Musashi battles enemies near a shrine in Yakuza: Kenzan
Yakuza Kenzan remains a Japan exclusive, but Like a Dragon fans like me shouldn't skip this historical adventure for the ages

By Alan Wen Published

Opinion Feature | Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! remains a must-have PS3 import, even all these years on

Opinion
A Gundam style mech in Mecha Break
Mecha Break review: "This mech battler makes up for lacking customization with a varied roster that lets me live out my Evangelion fantasy"

By Alan Wen Published

Review

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Review
A crop of the MindsEye key art for a review header
MindsEye review: "An uninspired and forgettable sci-fi action adventure that feels like a Netflix movie you watch while on your phone"

By Alan Wen Published

Review

Review
The key art for the full release of Deltarune
Deltarune review: "This Undertale successor is an unapologetically weird RPG epic, where each chapter is a new canvas that doesn't have to conform to any rigid rules, style, or logic"

By Alan Wen Published

Review

Review
Sciel, Marielle, Gustave, Lune, and Monoco approach the Paintress in the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 key art, cropped for our thumbnail
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review: "An old-school feeling JRPG as dynamic as Persona but with parry-filled battles as hard-won as Sekiro"

By Alan Wen Published

Review

Review
Clive looks to the horizon in Final Fantasy 16
10 Games like Final Fantasy to play today if you love JRPGs and unforgettable stories

By Malindy Hetfeld last updated

Features From Chrono Trigger to Metaphor: ReFantazio, these are the best games like Final Fantasy to play today

Features
A sword fight in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: "Even if some friction can lead to frustration, its realization of medieval life remains utterly absorbing"

By Alan Wen Published

Review

Review
A feathered enemy in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers reaches out to grab... us!?
With Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Chinese studio Leenzee aims to soar to the heights of its field

By Alan Wen Published

Features Interview | Set in the Ming Dynasty, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers brings a unique feathery twist to soulslike action RPGs

Features
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