Pokémon Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond are the new remakes of the original versions that were released in 2007. This review was played on the Shining Pearl copy, but thankfully, both games play the same, they just have a small list of exclusive Pokémon that can only be found in

Way back in January of 2017, almost five years ago now, one of the first game reveals ever for the Nintendo Switch was none other than Shin Megami Tensei V, one of the longest-running franchises in history, and a spin-off series being just as successful known as Persona. Atlus studio,

I live all things Elder Scrolls and have spent well over 1000 hours in the world of Skyrim across about 3 platforms and evidently over 10 years. Bethesda themselves, I will shamelessly say, have been one of my favourite developers and publishers of all time as they take on massive

June 29th, 2000, the release date of the original Diablo II on PC, yep, I was 13 years old. Little did I know the games I dabbled in back then would thrust me into something I love so much 21 years later. Although I wasn’t a PC gamer back then,

The time has come! Well, kind of. Blizzard, they have finally brought us ‘Diablo 2: Resurrected’ in the form of their Early Access BETA. A labour of love for the Diablo series, the hard-working team at Blizzard has remastered this timeless, classic RPG. Diving into the Early Access BETA, MKAU

I have spent the last couple of days walking the street of Shibuya, which is modelled after Tokyo, thinking the Olympics would be infinitely more interesting if it had monster fights as one of the events. Neo: The World Ends With You is a sequel to the cult hit, “The

We’re back with a bigger and better Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin! Well ok, maybe it’s not bigger… In fact, it’s significantly smaller and more portable. As for the better, well that’s up to you, but read on for the reasons I actually consider this one better. That’s

As someone that has literally never encountered a Shark, I was never able to shake the feeling that I would encounter one at any given point. Perks of living in Australia I guess, but one of the best ways to face your fear is to face it or better yet,

Developed by Nippon Ichi Software and published by NIS America comes Void tRrLM();//Void Terrarium, a rogue-like RPG. Set in a post-apocalyptic fungal world where only machines and mutated creatures still reside. Or is it? I honestly found this game a joy to play, as it brings this nostalgic feeling that

Since the release of the Nintendo Switch, the Nintendo 3DS has gradually faded in both popularity and relevance. Not to say that the 3DS didn’t have a good run, it was actually one of the most successful consoles of all time. For the most part, when people think back to

Published by NIS America and developed by Experience Inc, ‘Saviors of Sapphire Wings/Stranger of Sword City Revisited’ is a two-in-one compilation, with ‘Saviors of Sapphire Wings’ first released in 2019 and ‘Stranger of Sword City Revisited’ released in 2016, which is an updated version of ‘Stranger of Sword City’ released

Developed and published by Nihon Falcom, Trails of Cold Steel IV is a traditional JRPG with a turn-based battle system, and players can use save game data from Trails of Cold Steel 3 to obtain a bit of extra equipment. The game kicks off with a tutorial segment that jumps

At some point in our lives, we’ve all seen Film Noir, whether it be in our favourite TV series or an actual movie, the chances of seeing an over-the-top romantic drama are pretty high. You know the ones I’m talking about. The black and white, cheesy detective stories where a

Published and developed by Marvelous, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is a farming simulator, RPG game, and is the fourth game in the ‘Story of Seasons’ series. Story of Seasons has a bit of a confusing history. The first thing most gamers would do is make comparisons to

Mortal Shell is developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack, and they have made it so that owners of the core version of Mortal Shell can upgrade for free to the enhanced version for Playstation 5, and Xbox Series S|X. Mortal Shell Enhanced edition is here and will deliver

Published and developed by Marvelous, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is a farming simulator RPG game and is the fourth game in the Story of Seasons series. It is set for release for the Nintendo Switch on March 23, 2021. Story of Seasons has a bit of a

DungeonTop is a strategic deck-building, dungeon-crawling card game, where you adventure room by room, battling monsters and finding treasures, in the hopes to accumulate enough wealth to then expand your deck. Very simple. However, at the same time, it’s really not that simple. In fact, this game is anything BUT

Moero Crystal H is developed and published by Compile Heart and originally released back in 2019 for Japan but is now available the world-wide release as of September, 2020. Moero Crystal H is a visual novel, dungeon crawl, adventure game with heavy Ecchi and fanservice content. Players assume the role

‘Dreamscaper’, a game developed by Afterburner Studios and published by Freedom! Games and Maple Whispering Limited, is an action role-playing game (ARPG) that takes you into your main character’s dreams where she must fight her nightmares using both magic and melee fighting. Your waking hours are spent getting to know

Published by 2K Games and developed by Firaxis Games, the XCOM series finally makes its way to Nintendo. XCOM 2 Collection includes both ‘XCOM 2’, released in 2016, four DLC packs (Resistance Warrior Pack, Anarchy’s Children, Alien Hunters, Shen’s Last Gift) and ‘XCOM 2: War of the Chosen’, released in

“Borderlands: Legendary Collection” is the first three games of the muchly loved, first-person, looter shooter franchise developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games, in one quaint little bundle. Like most fans, I was luck enough to have played the original title quite a bit on the Xbox 360,

All the way back in October 2019, I was given the opportunity to review ‘The Outer Worlds’, by Obsidian Entertainment. I was genuinely shocked at how much I adored the game, with its beautiful art style and immersive game play, it was basically the Fallout franchise in space, and we

You’ve heard this line a million times before: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, right? If you haven’t, the general idea behind the quote is that if something works, and it works well, don’t bother trying to fix it because odds are, you’ll end up breaking something that didn’t

Rune Factory 4 Special is a beautiful game developed by Marvelous Inc, Neverland and Hakama Inc and Published by XSEED games and Marvelous Inc. Previously released on Nintendo DS, this is a remake and upgrade for the famously modern handheld equivalent; the Nintendo Switch. Rare is it; a game can

Since the very first manga titled ‘Dragon Ball’ by Akira Toriyama, released all the way back in 1984, the Dragon Ball franchise has seen many adaptations from the highly successful and multiple anime series, to video games in various genres and on various consoles. Now we have movies, action figures,

Developed by Dead Mage and published by 11 Bit Studios, Children of Morta is a story-driven RPG narrated by Ed Kelly. Following the story of the Bergson family, we have six playable characters who make up an ancient family of guardians, tasked with protecting the Land of Rea throughout generations.

Disgaea 4: Complete + is the updated and remastered version of Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten. Created by Nippon Ichi Software, this game along with the previous games in this series is a tactical RPG, with a very mobile feel to it. The story of Disgaea 4 is a little

Trails of Cold Steel III created by the Japanese gaming company Nihon Falcom, is a JRPG and the latest installment in the ‘Trails of Cold Steel’ series, following the protagonist from the first two games, Rean Schwarzer. TCS III begins a year and a half after the events of TCS

Given how much I adore the Fallout franchise, it often comes as a surprise to people when they find out I never played Fallout: New Vegas. The main reason for this, is that I never really felt like anyone but Bethesda could pull off a game like that. Having said

505 Games S.p.A. is an Italian video game publisher based in Milan. It was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of Digital Bros. and are behind games as Sniper Elite 2 and Payday 2, both of which are enjoyable games to play. As this game was handed to me to