Medieval

Tactical RPGs can feel both appealing and impenetrable to me. I love the idea of playing a tabletop general but I’ve never quite had the acumen to fully embrace the genre. Crown Wars: The Black Prince is the latest one to come my way. Artefacts Studio has been prolific over […]

Crown Wars: The Black Prince – PS5 Review

June 4, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 100 years war / Artefacts studio / base management / challenging / crown wars the black prince / england / france / Medieval / tactical rpg / turn-based by Mike

Inkulinati from Warsaw-based dev Yaza Games and publisher Daedalic is probably best described as a medieval take on a puzzle strategy game. Or as Yaza would say, “where a rabbit’s bum can be deadlier than a dog’s sword.” While not strictly true in the case of gameplay, it’s an amusing […]

Inkulinati – PS5 Review

March 5, 2024 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged flatulence / inkulinati / Medieval / strategy / turn based battles by Ian

If there’s one genre I tend to tiptoe around, it’s tactical turn-based RPGs. I’ve never really found one I’ve enjoyed and I do struggle to find a foothold in them. Hopefully that will change with Battle Brothers. Coming from Overhype Studios, this has had a fairly positive reception on PC. […]

Battle Brothers – PS4 Review

January 12, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged battle brothers / inventory management / Medieval / melee combat / overhype studios / peasants / ranged combat / tactical turn-based rpg / time management by Mike

Every so often an indie game comes along which happens to be utterly fantastic, we wish we could report that Balancelot was one of them. Unfortunately the latest from Ratalaika isn’t even close to good. The title Balancelot is a great little pun, given the setting. The tagline is ‘medieval […]

Balancelot – PS4 Review

January 26, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged easy trophies / Medieval / physics / ratalaika / unicycle by Ian

Let’s get the obvious out the way. Mount & Blade is an old game. Originally released on the PC back in 2007 to middling to positive reviews owing to an intriguing combat system and somewhat shaky production values. Warband was an expansion pack to the original game and included a […]

Mount & Blade: Warband – PS4 Review

September 24, 2016 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Blade / combat / Medieval / Mount / ps4 / review by Grizz