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As the clumsily structured name might tell you, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a remaster of the original Kingdoms of Amalur, an open-world RPG that came out for last gen consoles back in 2012. However, despite sporting a real pedigree in terms of the people behind it, the game underperformed commercially and […]

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning – PS4 Review

7 Sep, 2020 in PS4 tagged adventure / hack and slash / kingdoms of amalur / rpg / skyrim by Richie

The original Wasteland was a precursor to Fallout, the old, good ones. Wasteland 3 has far more in common with those tactical, turn based RPGs than what Fallout has become under Bethesda and it’s all the better for it. Obviously it’s set in a post-apocalypse and it requires a massive […]

Wasteland 3 – PS4 Review

7 Sep, 2020 in PS4 tagged fallout / post-apocalypse / rpg / strategy / tactical / wasteland / xcom by Gareth

Banner of the Maid is a strategy RPG in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics or Shining Force. It’s been developed in China rather than Japan but that makes little difference as it follows the template closely. The last Chinese developed RPG I reviewed was Sword and Fairy 6 and […]

Banner of the Maid – PS4 Review

27 Aug, 2020 in PS4 tagged 2d / banner of the maid / bonaparte / chinese / french / rpg / strategy / sword and fairy / visual novel by Gareth

Zen Studios, probably most famous for their pinball games, have moved out of their comfort zone with Operencia: The Stolen Sun. It was released on Epic Games Store and Xbox One last year but has now made it to PS4. They’ve dabbled in other genres in the past but how […]

Operencia: The Stolen Sun – PS4 Review

27 Mar, 2020 in PS4 tagged dungeon crawler / first person / operencia: the stolen sun / puzzle / rpg / turn-based / zen by Gareth

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire came out on PC a year and a half ago to great reviews. A sequel to the 2015 real-time-with-pause RPG, it continues the story of your created character, The Watcher. Now it’s arrived on the PS4 with all the DLC included in the package. That […]

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – PS4 Review

1 Feb, 2020 in PS4 tagged baldur's gate / deadfire / loading / pillars of eternity / real time / rpg / tactical by Gareth

Torchlight II is a port of a 2012 Diablo clone which was itself the sequel to the 2009 original. Although the series has always debuted on the PC, Torchlight did eventually make it across to the previous gen of consoles and I played through it on the Xbox 360. The sequel has now […]

Torchlight II – PS4 Review

7 Sep, 2019 in PS4 tagged diablo / hack and slash / rpg / torchlight 2 / torchlight II by Richie

The Neptunia games have been going on for almost a decade now. They’re primarily JRPG games but Neptune and co. have dabbled with multiple genres over the years with the characters that people know and maybe love being the one constant. Super Neptunia RPG is, as the name suggests, an […]

Super Neptunia RPG – PS4 Review

26 Jun, 2019 in PS4 tagged 2d / hyperdimension / nep nep / Neptune / neptunia / rpg / Super / superdimention by Gareth

Sword and Fairy 6 is a PS4 port of a nearly four year old PC game and I believe it is the first title in the series to make it to the West. It’s effectively a JRPG but it originates from China. The game plays how you expect but with […]

Sword and Fairy 6 – PS4 Review

20 Apr, 2019 in PS4 tagged broken / chinese / Final fantasy xiii / ps2 / rpg / sword and fairy 6 by Gareth

From Fordesoft, which from the credits seems effectively like a one man team but with a bit of help here and there, comes Emerald Shores on PS4 (and cross buy with Vita and PS3). A platformer influenced by 8/16-bit classics but with added RPG elements sounds interesting but unfortunately it […]

Emerald Shores – PS4 Review

11 Mar, 2019 in PS3 / PS4 / Vita tagged cast of the seven godsends / emerald shores / indie / mario / platformer / rpg / short by Gareth

Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story is a new RPG/management game for PS4. You’re the new principal at a school for wannabe heroes and you’re in charge of everything from building upgrades, equipment crafting, which missions to attend to, what classes the students become and who graduates. You get to name […]

Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story – PS4 Review

11 Oct, 2018 in PS4 tagged action / chibi / graduation / hero school story / management / rpg / valthirian arc by Gareth

Divinity: Original Sin 2 came out on PC a year ago but an enhanced version has just been released on PS4 called Divinty: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition. The incredibly well received old-school style, isometric RPG has been reworked to function with a controller and it’s really, really good. […]

Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition – PS4 Review

14 Sep, 2018 in PS4 tagged choice / crpg / divinity / isometric / original sin / rpg / source / tactics by Gareth

The third and final chapter of The Banner Saga has been released, allowing those who have taken up the journey in the first two games to finish the story. If you haven’t then, although you can start with this third release and there is a recap on the menu, I […]

The Banner Saga 3 – PS4 Review

2 Aug, 2018 in PS4 tagged 2d / decisions / rpg / tactical / the banner saga by Gareth