Reviews
A great platforming adventure – Crystal Project review
Made by solo developer Andrew Willman, Crystal Project is a JRPG where, through combat and platforming, you explore the world searching for crystals.
King Arthur: Knight’s Tale – Review
King Arthur: Knight's Tale, the deliciously grimdark continuation of Camelot's legend, has finally arrived. Although missing the original release date by a month, Neocore Games have put the extra time to good use. With all the additional polishing, the result was worth the wait: the final game is a rock-solid tactical RPG.
Sacrifices to the Goddess of Chaos – The Sargosian Abyss review
The Sargosian Abyss is well-named. It seems to pull you into some dark depths, right from the introduction. It has stricken me with its incredible, almost tangible atmosphere. I've always preferred ASCII in roguelikes, thinking that no graphics can evoke that arcane ambience of glowing letters on a black screen. This game has proven me wrong. Its strange colors, its melancholy music, its vivid and haunting writing; these things conjure that eerie other-wordly mood of shadowy dungeons and forgotten altars, as only a few works of art can. A true roguelike aesthetics.
Trials of Fire – Review
Trials of Fire is a tactical deckbuilding roguelite, developed and published by Whatboy Games. Choose the three heroes and go on a quest across a post-cataclysmic wasteland.
Triangle Strategy – Review
Triangle Strategy, produced by Tomoya Asano (Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default) and published by Square Enix/Nintendo, is a traditional strategy role-playing game (SRPG) with a unique setting. Political tensions escalate between the three mighty nations, under the lingering shadow of a recently-ended war. The argument is over who gets to control the vital natural resources.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Review
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is the fourth part of the Trails of Cold Steel and the fourteenth of The Legend of Heroes. The Cold Steel games themselves are part of the Trails subgenre of The Legend of Heroes games. I know it all sounds really confusing. So - we have The Legend of Heroes main series. Within it, there are multiple subseries. Within these subseries, however, there are even more subseries. Cold Steel is one of those. It's like Inception: a series, within a series, within a series RPG style.
Spelldrifter – Review
Spelldrifter is the first self-published title from Free-Range Games. After creating a VR meditation app, the folks at Free Range decided to go in the opposite direction and give the world a head-banging sword-and-sorcery adventure. Spelldrifter seems to have flown under a lot of players' radar since its release in February, which is a shame because this game rules.
The Shining Subterranean Kingdom – The Wratch’s Den Review
Deep underground, the last embers of a once-great empire still smolder with wrath. Orcs dig into the ancient walls of the caves, ensuring a steady supply of subterranean gold. Wolves patrol the carved corridors looking for intruders into the sunless dominion. Strange lights and sounds haunt the stone passages leading to the alchemist's laboratory. The kingdom might have fallen. Yet The Wratch is still alive.
Royal Frontier – Review
Tell me if you've heard this one before: A mage, a healer and a warrior find themselves protectors of the Oregon Trail. Unlike the real Oregon Trail, however, the three heroes won't be defending just against bandits, trying to steal the goods. Orcs, bears and everything in-between will join the pillagers in attacking the caravan. Welcome to the Royal Frontier - or The Oregon Trail with orcs. Is it fun out here? Read on to find out.
Hero’s Hour Review
Remember those days, back in the 90s, playing the classic turn-based fantasy strategy RPGs? There were quite a few of those! There was the famous Heroes of Might and Magic series, of course; and I also remember spending some very quality time with Age of Wonders and its sequel. But why all these vintage fantasy references? Because it seems like Hero's Hour has set out to take the best of those experiences, trim the fat and serve the player only the juicy meaty parts.
