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Strategy RPGs are having a bit of a resurgence in recent years and as a big fan of the genre, I’m all for it. Just this year alone, publisher Square Enix has even put out a couple of brand new titles in the genre with Triangle Strategy and The DioField Chronicle. But when thinking back to classic titles in the … Read More

When I reviewed Resident Evil Village last year, I mentioned that it was an incredibly enjoyable experience and praised its art direction, environments and puzzle design. We don’t get nearly enough games in the AAA survival horror space these days, so when I learned that an expansion for Village was coming, I was pretty excited to jump back into that … Read More

When God of War received it’s soft reboot in 2018 and sent Kratos to Midgard for an adventure through the realms of Norse mythology, it revolutionised what I thought a God of War game could be. It was my game of the generation for the last series of consoles and has had a lasting impact on myself, as well as … Read More

In the early to mid 2010’s, the impact Telltale Games had on the gaming community was huge. Their interactive narratives had everyone awaiting the release of the next episode in the current game they were developing at the time and the episodic nature of their releases influenced the way many publishers started structuring and releasing their games. In 2014, Telltale … Read More

The Batman Arkham series of games redefined what a superhero game could be when they began to release in the late 2000’s. Since then, we’ve seen a huge influx of superhero titles attempting to recreate what made those games so great, with varying levels of success. The team at WB Montreal even contributed to the success of the Arkhamverse with … Read More

Despite it being a series that’s widely praised not only among it’s loyal fan base but also among circles of gaming critics, I’ve never dived too deep into any of the titles from the Nier or Drakengard series. That is until I saw that Nier: Automata, the entry I see so commonly praised was coming to the Switch. I knew … Read More

The long running Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure series is instantly recognisable thanks to it’s iconic character designs, flashy over the top art direction and the fact that scenes it’s fantastic anime adaptation are shared everywhere online in anime communities as it’s become the fuel for so many memes over the years. It’s actually pretty shocking that the massive popularity of the … Read More

When it comes to modern video games, there are few games as iconic and highly praised as The Last Of Us. When it originally released in 2013, developer’s Naughty Dog were praised for the grounded and gritty take they created within the ‘outbreak’ genre and for nailing just about every aspect of a new IP when they were at their … Read More

When Digimon Survive was first announced, I thought that someone from Bandai Namco had somehow invaded my head, meshed together some of the things I loved most and spat out the concept for Digimon Survive. It’s a mixture of visual novel, tactics RPG and was an original story set in the Digimon Universe. To say I was keen would be … Read More

I’ve been a huge fan of JRPGs my whole life. The 90s era of SNES JRPGs provided some of the most critically acclaimed titles in the genre that stand the test of time, even to this very day. Unfortunately one of the greats of the time, despite being widely praised, never got a worldwide release. That game was Live A … Read More