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Dive into our news articles and reviews of the best RPG games. Where deep lore, meaningful choices, and character progression shape unforgettable adventures. Ideal for players heroes chasing immersive stories and long-form fantasy or sci-fi quests.

The Surge Review – Mechanised Mayhem
PlayStation Reviews

The Surge Review – Mechanised Mayhem

The Surge is a hard-core action RPG from Deck 13 and Focus Home interactive, the studios behind Lords of the Fallen. Although The Surge bears some similarities to Dark Souls and Bloodborne, it is more than capable of standing up on its own merits, and in some ways manages to improve the tried and tested formula. Gameplay The Surge starts off with an impressive little cut scene that sets up the story and introduces you to your character and CREO, the antagonist organisation. You are then presented with two sets of starting armour, after which the game begins. You are dropped immediately into a combat situation with a handy tutorial. Tutorials are handled very well by placing the text on the environment itself, making for a less intrusive and more immersive experience. On the surfa...
Battle Chasers: Nightwar – Preview
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Battle Chasers: Nightwar – Preview

A fun isometric role-playing game with turn-based combat and an in-depth crafting system. Classic combat featured in a technology-infused fantasy land, is Battle Chasers: Nightwar everything that it promises to be? Battle Chasers: Nightwar was originally funded by a kick starter project back in 2015 and is now available on Steam Early Access. The game is being made by Airship Syndicate, a company located in Austin Texas. Being a staff pick on Kickstarter and funding over $850,000 which was over $300,000 more than they needed, the game's prospects are strong. Gameplay Having invested a couple of hours into the game, all I can say is that I wanted MORE! Inspired by classic JRPGs is clear from playing the game but the developers have only been inspired, everything is fresh, clean and crisp...
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom Review – Is This A True RPG?
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Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom Review – Is This A True RPG?

Shiness is a game you’ve probably never heard of, but if you’ve mourned the loss of Playstation 2-era adventure games over the past decade, it’s one you should look out for. Shiness is an Action-RPG ( or what I’d like to call more as a JRPG ) developed by French independent studio Enigami, promising to take you on a journey through an enthralling universe on the verge of collapse, following the fragmentation of planet Mahera. The game’s universe was born over 20 years ago from the pen strokes of Samir Rebib, Artistic Director of the studio. You play as cutey Chado and his companions, traveling through the Celestial islands on their flying ship. After crash-landing on one of the most hostile of the Celestial islands, you find yourself in the middle of a conflict across multiple kingdoms. Ho...
The Walking Dead Review – A New Frontier Episode 3 “Above The Law”
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The Walking Dead Review – A New Frontier Episode 3 “Above The Law”

A highly adaptable point and click adventure game plucked from the amazing mind of Robert Kirkman ( I have to say, I have his graphic novels. If you haven't read these and you're a zombie fan, do so now!)  The walking dead a new frontier is available on Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, PS4 and Xbox one although it will not be released on the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360, but players that have saves from Season Two on these platforms will be able to download a patch on those consoles as to upload their saved game to Telltale's servers, and then access that from their new choice of platform. Above the Law picks up right after where the first two episodes ended, with Javi and his group standing outside the gates of Richmond at the New Frontier’s headquarters. Right from the get go, I was kic...
Mass Effect: Andromeda Review – Brave New World?
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Mass Effect: Andromeda Review – Brave New World?

Mass Effect Andromeda is Bioware’s latest game, touted as an epic, sci-fi action RPG, does it deliver on its promises? Or does it fall short of the lofty bar set by other games in the RPG genre? Read on to find out. Set between the events of Mass Effect 2 and 3, Andromeda casts you as a young explorer searching for a new home for the human race. This begins with a fairly robust character creator and a lengthy prologue mission which sets you up as the new pathfinder, whilst getting to grips with the games mechanics. You’re quickly introduced to your squad mates and family, but with very little back story or exposition it’s hard to care about them in any meaningful way and is one of Andromeda’s biggest flaws. Almost all of the characters you come across are dull and wooden, with odd dialo...
Mordheim: City of the Damned Review – City of the Damned
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Mordheim: City of the Damned Review – City of the Damned

If you’d have told the Games Workshop obsessed 15-year-old me that I would one day be playing a Mordheim video game, I’d have laughed. Mordheim was never that popular in my Games Workshop in the first place, even though a few friends and I played it weekly. It was relegated to the table in the back, behind the giant Warhammer and 40K set ups. But here we are, in the year 2016, and Mordheim: City of the Damned, developed by Rogue Factor and Published by Focus Home, is thriving on PC and has launched on PS4 and Xbox One. And aside from some niggling frustrations, it's really bloody good. Gameplay Mordheim City of the Damned is a fantasy turn based strategy game set in the titular city, the most dangerous city in the Warhammer universe. A "Warp Stone" has fallen from the stars, creating som...