After some delays, CD Projekt RED’s magnum opus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, has finally graced our presence. Is it the grand finale to this high fantasy trilogy or is it a disappointing climax? Just a disclaimer before we begin, I am coming to this review as a non-seasoned Witcher…

In history we have had some incredible avionic and ground skirmishes. Whether they involve tanks, planes, bombers or battleships, these were the fights that have inspired generations of games. But as some titles tend to take inspiration from warfare and turn them into a more arcade-like experience, only some have…

For the past few years I have kept my eye Techland as they have been developing Dying Light. What started out as an interesting Alpha build with intriguing new mechanics for exploring the world around you soon transformed into this vast experience that takes the medium and changes it up.…

Cultural differences are one of the many reasons that certain games never cross the border from one country to another. With Criminal Girls Invite Only, a remake of the original Criminal Girls on the PSP, it is easy to understand why this is the case. While on the surface it…

Failbetter’s gothic sailing adventure has left the Steam Early Access drydock and is now headed for open water. We’ve taken a look at the preview version but is the complete vessel ready for the water, or is it doomed to end up in Davy Jones’ Locker? I’ve covered much of…

Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited is a port of the PS3 version of the game Disgaea 4: A Promise Forgotten and has been remade to work with the PlayStation Vita hardware. For those that don’t know, the series is a 2D anime strategy turn-based game and boy is it all…

Do you remember that film when you were a teenager? The one which everyone saw and became obsessed over for a short while? The one which you still quote today with your inner circle? Well, that is what Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is; the belated sequel to that film, the Anchorman…

Dragons battling giants, a fourth playable race and a whole host of open world environments – for Dragon Age fans this sounds like heaven but do these ingredients create a winning recipe in Dragon Age: Inquistion? Placed quickly in the boots of the ‘Herald of Andraste’, the expectations of Thedas…

There are many things in life that you wouldn't expect to work well together, such as fish fingers and custard, or opposing sub genres of the same kind of video game. However, ATLUS's latest release, Persona Q, has taken the two worlds of Etrian Odyssey and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona,…

Every once in a while, you find a game that offers a new experience, and makes you wonder why it hasn't been tried before. That is the case with Rollers of the Realm, the first release from Canadian developer Phantom Compass. They have taken the humble pinball genre, and spliced…

The concept of a sequel is often welcomed by RPG fans, with players longing to see their favourite characters in new situations, and enjoy new styles of gameplay. Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord does follow this trend, but as the original did not receive an international release,…

We finally got our hands on the full version of Tales of Hearts R and we are ready to see if the full game creates a greater impression than the preview did. Is it going to be a tale to remember or is it a heartbreaker? As mentioned in our…

I have been dying to see a developer create a game to compete against the now illustrious Souls Series by FromSoftware. For years those games have graced my television screens, but there have never really been any direct competitors out there to this type of RPG. That was until CI…

The PlayStation 4 has been home to many different genres over its year in existence, but when it comes to high fantasy turn based combat games, there is somewhat of a gap in the market. Natural Doctrine is intended to be placed within this void, to give next generation gamers…

With Freedom Wars, SCE Japan Studio has tried to combine a story about living in a hyper Orwellian society which sentences you to hard labour for 1,000,000 years for the crime of being born, with the resource collecting, big creature killing of games like Monster Hunter or God Eater. Does…

In Dungeon of the Endless, Amplitude Studios tries to combine tower defence, dungeon crawling, RPGs and real time strategy to create a new hybrid roguelike. Does this attempt to mesh these genres together create a compelling dungeon crawl, or should it stay in the depths? The game tasks you as…

The mythology of vampires has been interpreted in many different ways in the past few years, with the adult focused Vampire the Masquerade and light hearted representations in The Sims 3 providing opposite ends of the spectrum. The latest title from NIS America, Akiba’s Trip Undead and Undressed, is another…

It sure has been a long time coming, but Level-5 and 1-Up’s adorable RPG, Fantasy Life, has finally made it to Western shores. Released in Japan back in 2012, the game has made moderate waves over the course of its already lengthy life, but will Fantasy Life’s new audience enjoy…

Compile Heart are no strangers to the JRPG market, with their Hyperdimension Neptunia series proving very popular due to its unique take on the console war in the previous generation. Fairy Fencer F is the latest European release from the company, originally released in Japan almost twelve months ago. It…

Anime characters saving a medieval kingdom for a goose may seem a trifle odd to a large portion of the population, but that is exactly what happens in Battle Princess of Arcadias, the latest JRPG to be released by niche publisher NIS America. In the kingdom of Schwerts that is…

It’s been a long time coming, but One Piece: Unlimited World Red has finally made its way to the West. The fourth in the Unlimited series, Unlimited World Red is full of wacky characters, unique environments and a fun combat system, which is really what we should expect from the…