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That one very mild disappointment aside, I’ve loved the opportunity to go back to the early era of Musou with Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered. Koei Tecmo have nailed the way to handle a remaster of a nostalgic title – the team has made the refinements that allow you...
So if we consider that the last couple of years has given us an informal Silent Hill “trilogy” with the remake of 2, Silent Hill f, and now Silent Hill: Townfall, it’s fair to say that in some ways Townfall is the most limited of the three. But you could...
Most importantly of all, there’s always an assumption with flight combat games that you’re in for something pretty inaccessible. Either it’ll be an arcade game that will require twitch reflexes to be enjoyable on any level, or it’ll be something that may as well be a training simulation for the...
So insofar as I’m ever going to spend time playing survival games, Dune: Awakening will be my go-to. I acknowledge that I’m a purist as far as Dune goes, and I was never going to get along with an “alternate timeline” that largely misses the point of what Herbert was...
Jokes (or am I) aside, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is a massively intelligent experience, with deep and rich themes, characters, and gameplay systems. In the same month that Wolverine came out, it is nice to see that one of the three big console manufacturers/publishers still respects the player’s intelligence and...
It would be easy to dismiss Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko’s Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- as being too archaic for the modern audience, even with the quality-of-life changes and HD-2D visual treatment. The narrative and gameplay loop just aren’t the way modern development would consider “best practice.” On the other hand,...
Brigandine Abyss lost some of the series identity in exchange for its efforts to try and find a broader audience. I don’t know if it will quite get there in the end. It’s easy to play and perfectly competent across both strategy and tactics, but there are so many other...
Personally, when I look at Serious Sam: Shatterverse as a piece of pure entertainment, the only thing that really let me down is that it just doesn’t have the frequency of true bedlam moments that I like in my Serious Sam titles. I thought, going in, that the roguelike structure...
Capcom has had such a purple patch of creativity tracing from approximately 2024’s Kunitsu-Gami to now. Yes, there’s been the staples with Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter, but Dragon’s Dogma, Pragmata, Kunitsu-Gami and now Onimusha: Way of the Sword show that Capcom’s serious about finding new ideas, too....
Rebel Wolves has said that they envisage this to be only the first chapter in an ongoing saga and, beyond Coen, a potential legendarium of related stories across a long history. Given the location of the Carpathian Mountains, it could well turn out to be like a western RPG spin...
Star Wars Zero Company really is great, and after a long absence from the forefront, it’s good to see the XCOM formula make a return. I don’t think it adds anything particularly valuable to the Star Wars franchise, and indeed seems to struggle to properly understand the qualities of Star...
This has been a difficult review to write. Firstly, because everything that makes Elden Ring a special experience is not exclusive to the Switch 2 release, I really recommend you read my review of the original game to get an understanding of just how strongly I feel about this game....
