Review by Matt S. When I saw Ember land on the Nintenndo eShop store, I thought there was something vaguely familiar with it. Promising to be a throwback to Baldur’s Gate, and other RPGs of old helped cinch the deal for me, so I figured I’d give it a go.…
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Review by Matt S. Wizardry is the elder dungeon crawler. The first one, developed by Sir-Tech, came out way back in 1981. It’s older than I am, and there aren’t many properties that are still around and in active development that can claim that.. For context: Final Fantasy 1 was…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. GreedFall came and left without making much of a wave last year, and that’s a big pity, because Spiders’ latest RPG epic is a truly wonderful game, with excellent storytelling, world building, and characters. I missed out on it at launch too! Thankfully I was able…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. With a series as long running as Mobile Suit Gundam (which started back in 1979), you’re going to get a lot of fan favorites, agreements and disagreements. Acting as probably one of the most extensive bits of fan service to the long running series that I’ve…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I could feel that something like Darksiders Genesis was coming. Though the first two Darksiders titles were impressive games, they were also beholden to a kind of design that was never going to stick around. Darksiders 3, which I generally enjoyed, nonetheless showed just how difficult…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In recent years we’ve seen some impressive efforts to take the gamebook format – a popular kind of “game” that largely predates video games – and revitalise it for a modern audience. Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf was given an invigorating combat system and 3D presentation. Australia’s…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s been a busy couple of weeks for releases, but one that I’ve been plugging away at for a while since it launched is The Outer Worlds. It’s a well-made RPG from the incredibly talented developers and storytellers at Obsidian, but unfortunately I did hit a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Two of the greatest western RPGs of all time, released on console for the first time, is not something that should be overlooked. Certainly some people will look at the “dated” presentation of these titles and turn away, but doing that would be missing the point…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. Kingsway is an odd little game, but a very creative one indeed. It’s an RPG in which you play through an operating system. Enemies are pop-ups, quests are emails. Honestly, an operating system has never been more interesting or fun. Harvard continues his series of let’s…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Baldur’s Gate has been released on console for the first time, making its way to PS4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. That gave me the opportunity and excuse to play one of my favourite, most played games all over again. And, once again, I’ve been loving…
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