Review by Matt S. Nostalgia is a tricky beast to deal with. Take a beloved game (or genre) and try and modernise it too far and it stops being a nostalgic experience at all, and as a retro-inspired thing falls flat. On the other hand, if things are kept too…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Boot Hill Bounties is disappointing. Here is a fresh new JRPG – my favourite genre – being released onto Switch at a time that COVID-19 is forcing us all to self isolate, and therefore I have plenty of time to get stuck into it. What makes…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The dungeon crawler has been around for almost as long as video games, and it was certainly one of the first forms of the RPG. Those who grew up playing the likes of Wizardry and Might & Magic will love what Zen Studios has achieved with…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Operencia is Zen Studios’ latest work, and it’s very different from the pinball action that everyone knows them best for. This is a turn-based, traditionally-themed, dungeon crawler. If you grew up with the likes of Wizardry and Might & Magic, you’re going to love the aesthetics,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s good to see the Asian development scene starting to open up more. Once upon a time the only developers out of Asia that got worldwide recognition tended to be from Japan and Korea, but in recent years we’ve seen the likes of China, Taiwan, Indonesia…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. If I were to ask everyone reading this to raise their hands if they are thoroughly sick of the roguelike genre being appropriated by indie developers to replace the joy of finely crafted levels in favour of randomised “endless” content, I would imagine that most people…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sometimes a news announcement makes you do a double-take. Announcing that a game will release in 2023 is one such occasion. It’s rare for a game to be announced so far out from release, but that’s what Pracy Studios has done with Nocturne. Don’t worry, though,…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. It’s technically in “Early Access”, but you may as well go invest in World of Horror now. This rather remarkable indie effort manages to be the best take on Lovecraftian Horror RPG play that we’ve seen to date, and does so in the nostalgic wrappings of…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Having originally launched on the PC back in 2015, the final chapter of Van Helsing and his ghostly companion Lady Katarina is coming to a close on consoles. Having defeated his foes and stopped the civil war in Borgovia’s city of Borgova, Van Helsing now faces…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The Darksiders formula continues to evolve, and frankly the timing is could not be better, as the last release was beginning to show that the series was not aging gracefully. The Darksiders games have had some pretty obvious influences with its Zelda-like puzzles while shifting to…
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