The original Dragon’s Dogma sold well, later received a substantial expansion, and even had a short Netflix adaptation. Despite this, its always felt like one of Capcom’s less utilized IPs. Fortunately, the fates have aligned and Capcom has graced the world with their unique twist on Western high fantasy once again with Dragon’s Dogma 2. […]
Developed by Koei Tecmo’s Team Ninja, Rise of the Ronin is an open-world samurai action RPG. Offering challenging but accessible gameplay, it has a great balance for those who expect punishing parrying battles and the more casual player. A New Age Dawns Set in the final years of the Edo period, Rise of the Ronin […]
Back in the ’90s to 2000s, a company rose through the ranks with its ambitious high fantasy role-playing titles. They’re still going strong today, with their latest game featuring Sci-Fi elements. Of course, dear reader, I’m talking about Piranha Bytes, developers of Risen and the aforementioned Elex games. Now, THQ Nordic has given us a […]
Disgaea 7 is a huge game, with a lot of systems the player needs to work with to achieve victory. For those just getting started it can be easy to miss some useful tools that the game makes available to you, and you can easily find yourself a little bit lost for direction. Below I’ve […]
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless is the latest entry in the long-running Japanese SRPG series, Disgaea. It’s only been a couple of years since the launch of Disgaea 6, which received something of a mixed response from series fans, so you may be wondering what Disgaea 7 brings to the table to entice players […]
Following the success of Rune Factory 4 Special in 2021, Marvelous Inc is back with Rune Factory 3 Special. Apparently we’re going in descending order for Rune Factory remasters. Rune Factory 3 was first released way back in 2009 for the Nintendo DS. Rune Factory 3 Special aims to freshen up this older title with […]
Warhammer has quite a storied history when it comes to video game adaptations, heck you only have to look through the reviews here to see that the pendulum of Warhammer games swings both ways at regular intervals. Interestingly enough, while the franchise has lent itself to tactical RPG-style games in the past, never have we […]
Team Ninja are synonymous with games that have a high skill ceiling, but rewarding combat. As a young lad, I have fond memories of the Ninja Gaiden series and Nioh amplified that formula. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin was something of a misfire, with a lack of identity and balance that permeated the game. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty presents an opportunity for […]
2022 has been an amazing year for gaming. With established titles trying new things, interesting niche titles, innovative new titles, and some amazing indies, there’s plenty to enjoy. As 2022 ends, we’d like to highlight a few of these. As with our Yearly Top Visual Novels lists, these are our subjective choices and are based only on games we have […]
Front Mission is a series by Square Enix that hasn’t seen any exposure since 2019 with the offensively bad Left Alive. Hoping to win back the Mecha crowd, the controls have been handed over to Forever Entertainment who have gone back to basics with a remake of the game that started it all: Front Mission […]