The highly anticipated follow up to the medieval RPG, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is just around the corner. It’s been almost 7 years since the release of the last game, and it’s immediately clear that the team at Warhorse Studios have spent this time making every component of the sequel bigger and better. After spending about 8 hours with the game, … Read More
The Sand Land series has seen a lot of love recently. In just the past year, it’s gone from being a small and fairly niche piece of Akira Toriyama’s catalogue thanks to a film, anime series and now a video game adaptation. As I mentioned back when I previewed the game, I was initially worried that due to the original … Read More
Growing up as a massive fan of the works of Akira Toriyama, likely thanks to watching Dragon Ball every day for around 10 years, playing Chrono Trigger and playing every Dragon Quest entry I could get my hand’s on, I was already sold on Sand Land even before I played it. Being familiar with the source material I knew that … Read More
Role Playing Games have seen a massive increase in numbers, especially in the last couple of gaming generations. You don’t have to look far to see some publishers and developers throwing out the term, interjecting RPG elements into games that otherwise feature no role playing mechanics, just to sell monetised components and capitalise on the RPG craze. Although when we … Read More
The Final Fantasy series has long been, and likely will be one of my all time favourite series of video games. There’s something so magical about jumping into a new world, meeting a new party of characters and battling through hordes of the series’ most iconic creatures. Final Fantasy 16 has brought the fantasy part of the series back to … Read More
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
There’s no denying the hype within the games industry for FromSoftware’s latest release, Elden Ring. Ever since it’s announcement, Dark Souls fans have been clawing for any new information. And rightfully so. With Elden Ring being a collaboration title between the team at FromSoftware and one of the most critically acclaimed high fantasy authors of all time, George R.R Martin, … Read More
Dragon Ball is one franchise that definitely has no shortage of video game adaptations. And every time a new one is about to release, it’s a series that never ceases to have me excited to jump in and play with the characters from my favourite anime series’ of all time and experience the same story one more time. A story … Read More
The folks at Obsidion are no stranger to role playing games. Previously working on the Knights of the Old Republic, Pillars of Eternity and evening developing what many would argue is the best Fallout game of the past couple of generations in Fallout: New Vegas. And their experience gained from being handed the Fallout series shines through here in their … Read More
7 years on from the release of Borderlands 2, and after a lot of cries from the fans asking when it was coming, Gearbox and 2K have finally unleashed Borderlands 3 so that everyone can jump back in and get their dose of mayhem fueled looter-shooter action. While it doesn’t attempt to change up the gameplay formula the series is … Read More