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Super Robot Wars Y (PS5) Review

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When I finished Super Robot Wars 30, all 100+ hours of it, I was so burnt out from the experience I wondered that if they did announce another one whether I’d bother or not… silly really, because a few years later SRW Y is announced, and able to be brought legally in the UK no less, so of course I was in, DLC season pass and all. So what’s it like? It’s like the other 4 SRW games I’ve reviewed on the site but with slight UI changes, a new mechanic that’s a lot like existing mechanics, and some new featured series. Review done. … Oh okay, fine, I’ll go into more detail then…

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Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (PS5), Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Switch) and Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (3DS) Reviews

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In what I hope will be the last of the collected catch up mini-reviews now I’m starting to crawl out of the darkness it’s time to look at some games I played at the end of last year / start of this year, three JRPGs in fact, and on three different consoles to boot! Sadly with this trio none of them blew me away, and in fact one of them I didn’t enjoy enough to finish. Which one? Well…

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (XBOX 360) / The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (PS5) Review

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Taking a break from the Japanese-created, turn-based or strategy RPGs for a week it’s time to head west and look at the game that convinced me to buy an XBOX 360 back in the day as well as its visual remaster that I enjoyed dipping into last summer. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a first-person (at least for me it is, third-person is available!) free-roaming RPG that encourages you to go exploring rather than strictly following the main quest, and as with most Bethesda RPGs, that exploration is the heart and the joy of the game. Let’s take a look!

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Resident Evil: Requiem (PS5) Review

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Despite enjoying all the trailers and just generally looking forward to any new Resident Evil game I was still surprised by how great Requiem is. While I enjoyed 7 and 8 they were first person and almost entirely with their own little cast so RE9 here celebrating 30 years (blimey…) by calling back to a lot of past storylines and play styles including the option to drop first person entirely really made this feel like the first “proper” new Resident Evil game in a long time (not counting remakes, obviously) So although my overall opinion is pretty obvious even at this point, let’s dive deeper!

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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (PS5) Review

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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance was a game I was looking forward to but didn’t actually pay a lot of attention to until it suddenly released. Given it was an old Mega Drive era SEGA franchise in the hands of the same people who made Streets of Rage 4 I wasn’t worried though, and sure enough I loved my time with this game. Let’s take a deeper look.

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Sonic X Shadow Generations (PS5) Review

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When I posted my review of the third Sonic live action film I mentioned that halfway through Sonic Heroes was when I gave up on Sonic games (apart from Mania) and that got a few people mortified that I hadn’t played Sonic Generations, so when the recent re-release came up on sale I thought “why not?” and brought it. After playing through both campaigns I can say that while I had fun at various points nothing about the experience made me think I’ve “missed out” if this game is heralded as the best of the latter 3D era. The experience was still more good than bad though, so let’s take a look!

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My Top 10 Games of 2025

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Last year I’d played so few that-year-released games that I had to put compilations and remakes all over the list, this year I’m happy to say there are no compilations and while entry #10 is two-thirds remaster it does have one-third entirely new game as well, so this is a much better look at games I’ve played in 2025 actually FROM 2025. I’m pretty sure Dynasty Warriors: Origins and Donkey Kong Bananza would’ve made it as well, but the former didn’t immediately appeal (due to going against what I like from DW games) and just hasn’t dropped in price all year and the other is a consequence on me only getting a Switch 2 for Christmas and only have so much free time! With that all said, let’s take a look!

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5) Review

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“Super predictable review alert!”. Yes, the internet doesn’t need another glowing review of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but I’ll undoubtedly be putting this on my Top 10 Games list at the end of the year and I always like to link back to reviews of things that make it on there as much as I can, so… Get ready for another long glowing review of Clair Obscur!

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Assassin’s Creed: Shadows (PS5) Review

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I’ve said before on this site that I’ve been a fan of Assassin’s Creed since the very first game but Ubisoft certainly make it hard to continue to be one, and Shadows is very much a continuation of that. The gameplay is great and the visuals are absolutely stunning, but the story is non-existent and even worse ends on something of a cliffhanger that won’t be resolved until paid DLC expansions… Throw in a bunch of online challenges and currency cluttering the map and ruining immersion (that thankfully play no role in completing the game, but still…) and this is mixed bag. Let’s take a look anyway and try and see where it lands…

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Bleach: ReBirth of Souls (PS5) Review

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I was cautiously optimistic about ReBirth (yes the B is capitalised for some reason) of Souls going in as the presentation looked spot on and the combat seemed fresh and exciting, but at the same time it was a modern Shonen-anime based fighter released by Bandai Namco, a lot of which has been bare-bones and subpar to say least in the last 10 years. The truth has ended up somewhere in the middle, where it plays better than most of its contemporaries and the presentation is indeed spot on, but it’s far from perfect. Still, it’s a brand new console Bleach game, something I literally assumed would never happen again, so I’m just happy it exists at all! Let’s take a look…

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