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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

Vampyr, the latest effort by Parisian coders Don’t Nod (or DONTNOD depending on who is writing it) who are most celebrated for Life is Strange but are more fondly known by us at least for Remember Me, is an interesting game. I know that’s an odd thing to lead with in a review but think […]

Vampyr – PS4 Review

11 Jun, 2018 in PS4 tagged blood / dontnod / horror / moral choice / rpg / stats / vampire / vampyr by Richie

I reviewed the PS4 release of The Witch and the Hundred Knight a couple of years ago. It had the strong visual and audio design you’d expect from a Nippon Ichi title, but with a real time action RPG engine instead of the tactical style fans of Disgaea were used […]

The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2 – PS4 Review

3 Apr, 2018 in PS4 tagged action / boring / nippon ichi / rpg / The Witch and the Hundred Knight by Gareth

Kingdom Come: Deliverance has just come out on the PS4, an ambitious open world RPG with similarities to both the Elder Scrolls and The Witcher. To make such a large game with Kickstarter backing is quite a brave move, but how close have Czech developer Warhorse Studios come to toppling […]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – PS4 Review

24 Feb, 2018 in PS4 tagged blacksmith / deliverance / henry / kingdom come / oblivion / realism / rpg / witcher by Gareth

I have to admit to having not played the original Demon Gaze. I have however reviewed multiple Experience Inc. developed RPGs on the Vita (here, here and here if you’re interested) so do have a decent frame of reference. Although in many ways it felt familiar I was surprised by […]

Demon Gaze II – PS4 Review

13 Nov, 2017 in PS4 tagged anime / demon gaze / dungeon crawler / experience inc / rpg by Gareth

RPG’s brings to mind hundred hour epics with men in armour and women in corsets, with sprawling towns, movie quality cutscenes and plots that go on for hours. Cat Quest has none of these, but it does have cats, lots of cats. It would be easy to write Cat Quest off as a joke, […]

Cat Quest – PS4 Review

12 Nov, 2017 in PS4 tagged cat / cute / funny / no dogs / rpg by Steven

2014’s The Stick of Truth was a great game. Aside from being a credible turn-based RPG, it was also like you were playing the cartoon. The look was perfect and it was a welcome way to delve back into South Park’s world which we’d not visited thanks to other shows […]

South Park: The Fractured But Whole – PS4 Review

23 Oct, 2017 in PS4 tagged rpg / south park / stick of truth / the fractured but whole / turn-based combat by Richie

Battle Chasers Nightwar is a crowdfunded game based on the comic of the same name. I doubt I’m alone in not knowing anything about the comic but apparently this was well respected. The game then has been created by the same person behind the comic and is a perfect jumping on […]

Battle Chasers Nightwar – PS4 Review

1 Oct, 2017 in PS4 tagged Battle Chasers / comic / Fantasy / random / rpg by Steven

Compile Heart, probably best known for the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, have a new title on the Vita in the form of Mary Skelter: Nightmares. There are similarities with the presentation but it tries to do its own thing and mostly succeeds. You play as Jack, a prisoner in the Jail, […]

Mary Skelter: Nightmares – Vita Review

29 Sep, 2017 in Vita tagged blood / compile heart / dungeon / dungeon travellers 2 / mary skelter: nightmares / operation abyss / rpg by Gareth

I reviewed Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception about three months ago and now the second part has been released. If you’ve played the previous entry then you’ll know if you want Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth or not as it is basically the same thing, just a continuation of the story. I […]

Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth – PS4 Review

9 Sep, 2017 in PS4 tagged adult / anime / mask of deception / mask of truth / rpg / strategy / utawarerumono / visual novel by Gareth