Soul Hackers 2 is a supernatural RPG that sees the player play as the protagonist, Ringo, who has the little task of saving the whole of humanity from a devastating apocalypse. As the name suggests, Soul Hackers 2 is a prequel, a prequel to the 1997 game Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers which was initially released on the Sega Saturn, eventually making its way over to the first Playstation in 1999. Published by Atlas, Soul Hackers 2 is the fifth installment in the Devil Summoner series a video game franchise by developers Atlus.
Main character Ringo is an agent of the Aion, artificial intelligence that is created to help save humanity from its inevitable collapse. Their main task is to recruit different people for other groups of Devil Summoners, so they can assist in the saving of humanity against the apocalypse. There is a lot at stake! Gameplay consists of exploring around a futuristic city via a combination of 3D cutscenes or 2D character portraits to help move the story along.

This one may be quite nostalgic for the Final Fantasy fans out there as developers Tose and Square Enix have clubbed together to fully remaster the 2007 action-role playing game, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Graphics have been fully remastered to cope with HD consoles and TVs and both Tose and Square Enix have done an outstanding job of faithfully restoring the game to better suit modern technological equipment. The original game was initially released on the Playstation Portable, so Tose had quite a job to get it up to standard, but we feel they have done a really great job.
Although the gameplay is pretty much identical to the PSP version, there are a lot of new updates that have been brought in for the remaster including a whole new soundtrack and arrangement by the original composer, Takeharu Ishimoto. The soundtrack is what we fell in love with on the PSP version, so it is nice to have a refresh composed by the same person who produce such a great original. There has been a total 3D overhaul in the game, encoming both backgrounds and characters which makes for a much more modern feeling game.

Edge of Eternity is an interesting game and those who are interested in independent projects, which a ion for RPGs are bound to like this. Edge of Eternity has been developed by French based studio, Midgar Studio and has been a ion project since its conception. It feels like the game has been heavily influenced by Final Fantasy, which is perhaps an obvious comparison considering Midgar Studios is named after a fictional city within the Final Fantasy series.
Crowdfunding for Edge of Eternity was announced in 2013 and the studio managed to raise enough duns to start work which eventually lead to an early access version of the game in 2018. The main story follows protagonist Drayon, who is a solider that is fighting to defend his world which has been invaded by a technologically advanced alien race. Drayon’s storyline further thickens as he soon turns his attention to curing his mother who has been infected by a biological agent that was introduced by the alien race. The world you are to explore is beautiful and visually stunning, although during the game there is sometime a lacking of tasks or side quests one can do in the world.

Well, if there is one thing we can say about the people over at Piranha Bytes is they love developing a beautiful looking RPG that is incredibly difficult and Elex II is no exception. Unlike the debut game, Elex, you can now select a difficulty on the story mode but even the easiest difficulty is rather unforgiving! This is not a game for the weak hearted or easily dissuaded.
Saying that, like the original Elex game, there is a beautifully expansive open world that you will absolutely love traveling around as you try and complete the narrative storyline. The player plays in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world and has to travel around in a jetpack, what more is there to want? During the game you play as the protagonist Jax and gameplay is situated several years after he defeated the Hybrid in the first installment of Elex. This time you must face a new dangerous enemy that appears from the sky which is endangering all life on the planet, Magalan. Your ultimate mission is to unite the various factions of Magalan against the alien enemy and to find Jax’s son Dex, who has been separated from his father.

Post-communist Poland is perhaps not the first place or era you would expect to find a supernatural RPG, but The Medium developed by Bloober Team is set just there. The Medium is a psychological horror that, when released to Playstation 5, was met with favorable reviews by critics and the public alike. As the name suggests, you play as a medium called Marianne who can navigate between the physical world and the spirit world, you will find that being able to travel into the spirit realm really assists in solving the puzzles this game sets out for you.
The creators themselves have itted The Medium has a mature and ambiguous story, nothing is really as it seems and there are multiple different perspectives that reveal something different about the storyline. The ambiguousness of the storyline is deliberate, and it helps upkeep the mysteriousness that this game is shrouded in, there is an overarching oppressiveness of the game that is omnipresent.

Steelrising is a fascinating game thanks to its storyline, it has taken inspiration from the French Revolution, if the French Revolution was in a dystopian sci-fi world teaming with robots. This alternate reality ARPG is set in Paris in the wake of the French Revolution; instead of using mere human soldiers, King Louis XVI has created an army of automatons to destroy the uprisings and put an end to the revolution. Pretty kooky, right?
The interesting storyline is matched with equally interesting characters and enemies that you will come up against. Steelrising is played in third-person mode with combination combat, so you can string together jumps, attacks, and parries to defeat whoever is standing in your way. There are different weapon types a builds to choose from, so make sure you pick correctly, we recommend an agile weapon to better knock down enemies with speed. Steelrising has been put in the ’Soulslike’ video game category, so if Dark Souls is up your street then you should feel right at home. Although similar to Dark Souls, it is probably a little bit easier, thanks largely to the ease in which you can stockpile health consumables which makes fighting enemies and exploring Paris a lot more enjoyable.

For those who are fans of other play styles than fighting enemies with physical combat then GreedFall is a great option. Sure you can turn to violence if you have too but GreedFall allows you to play the game using diplomacy skills, deception, or stealth as you travel across a relatively undiscovered land. Developed by Spiders and published by Focus Home Interactive, GreedFall was initially released in 2019 for the PS4 but has since been restored for the Playstation 5, and we are very happy it has.
You begin with choosing a character, that you can customize as you see fit, and chose their abilities to suit your game style. It is your task, as a noble of the Merchant Congregation, to travel around the island of Teer Fradee and established a relationship with the natives of the island. There is deadly disease, power-hungry officials and magical powers possessed by the natives which culminate in a storyline based on decision and judgment. It is quite mature and makes for a really fascinating storyline.

Elden Ring is a spectacular game. One that is going to keep you hooked for hours upon hours. Whether that is down to the curiousness of the different lands you can explore, or the sheer determination to defeat the incredibly difficult bosses that you will eventually face, it is a game that is equally rewarding as it is tricky. The open worlds are particularly dense and there are many side quests that you will find yourself stumbling into.
The open-world element in Elden Ring is probably the most enjoyable compared to every other open-world game on the market as it actually feels like you are free to explore without the overarching storyline directing you to different places. The naturalness of the game is exemplified by the fact that there are no exclamation markers on the map guiding you to complete specific quests. Although this level of ambiguity can sometimes make the main storyline hard to follow for those who are new to games like Elden Ring, it is certainly worth the dedication to complete. Unlike similar games, such as Skyrim, jumping into a different region means coming against enemies of different levels.
Elden Ring does not scale enemy levels to your own, so you are constantly coming up against tougher opponents that you have to really figure out how to defeat. Making the victory even more rewarding. If you are a curious traveler, the game always seems to reward you. With every ambushed goblin you kill or new NPC that you meet, the game will reward you. Whether that be with a new Ash of War, valuable consumable, or interesting weapon there is always going to be a quest worth doing or a new cave to explore.

The sequel to 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, Forbidden West is a fully immersive action role-playing game that is densely packed with weapons, objectives, and collectibles. First things first, the game is absolutely stunning. There is a beautiful natural element to a lot of the features in the game, from the moss on the stones to the spectacular lighting, it is a visual feast and is a testament to the power of modern technology. The characters are very realistic and for the most part, you can see the emotion in their eyes, it's quite spooky! The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world, based in the Western United States. Recovering in the aftermath of an apocalyptic event, the main protagonist is left to navigate a dangerous world filled with mechanical robotic animals and hostile tribes through many environments. Forbidden West is a lot more detailed than its predecessor, if Zero Dawn was a lot more 'bare bones' then Forbidden West is the whole feast. The map is a lot bigger, which can take hours to explore. Guerilla Games wanted to make everything bigger, better, and more beautiful, and they have certainly achieved that. The stylistic design is really spectacular, and the mechanical robots you face are very interesting and a wondrous aspect of the game. Whilst fighting, there is a lot of variety which keeps the gameplay from becoming stale and there is plenty of fighting styles to keep all types of players interested. Something that may become distracting is the sheer amount of things to do and collect.