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What Disciples: Domination ultimately delivers is a tapestry of familiar strategy-RPG tropes stitched together with competent execution but without the sort of ambition that would elevate it above its predecessors – or even entirely justify its standalone status. (This is a sequel to Disciples: Liberation set fifteen years later, with Queen Avyanna back at the centre of a fractured Nevendaar.) There’s a definite narrative hook behind the effort to blend political crisis with tactical battles, but the story’s pacing and impact vary wildly: at its best, the grim power struggle and faction politics are compelling, and at its worst the plot beats feel generic or underdeveloped, sometimes even undermining the protagonist’s agency – though it’s a safe choice for fans of Disciples: Liberation. Continue reading “Disciples: Domination review (PS5)”

From its earliest installments, the Yakuza saga has thrived on a delicate balance between heartfelt drama and the zaniness that has become its hallmark. With Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio returns to that duality and delivers a remake that doesn’t merely polish its predecessor but fundamentally elevates it. This is a reimagining that respects the original’s narrative core while revitalizing its systems so thoroughly that many of the original’s infamously uneven pacing issues feel like a distant memory. Continue reading “Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties review (PS5)”

Almost six years after Nioh 2, Team Ninja’s Nioh 3 steps boldly out of the shadow of its predecessors to offer a skill-intensive action RPG that feels simultaneously like the culmination of years of design refinement and a fresh statement of intent for the franchise. Set in a fantastical, demon-haunted feudal Japan, the narrative casts players as the would-be shogun Tokugawa Takechiyo, whose journey across fractured eras and yokai-infested landscapes provides a compelling drive but remains, at its core, functional rather than deeply affecting. The story’s time-hopping serves more as connective tissue to varied locales than as a truly memorable saga, and while its mythological richness is frequent and evocative, it rarely eclipses the game’s combat brilliance, because where Nioh 3 shines brightest is in its combat and gameplay systems. Continue reading “Nioh 3 review (PS5)”

From the moment you take control of Romeo Stargazer, Romeo Is A Dead Man announces itself as a game unconcerned with conventional structure – both narratively and mechanically. Grasshopper Manufacture’s latest PS5 outing, under the direction of iconic developer Suda51, blends an eccentric love story with a sprawling hunt across fractured space-time for Romeo’s missing Juliet. The core conceit – a romance tangled with cosmic justice – is far more imaginative than most action titles, and this creative ambition is woven through the game’s episodic chapters and chaotic tonality. This isn’t a tight narrative in the traditional sense; it’s a kaleidoscope of pop-culture nods, weird humor, and unabashed genre mashups that will delight some and confound others. Continue reading “Romeo Is A Dead Man review (PS5)”