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Dark Souls by Namco Bandai on PS3
If your idea of an engaging fantasy role-play game is to spend several hours in an open-world environment gradually increasing your skills and armour in a leisurely fashion by picking off moderately threatening monsters, then you’ll find Dark Souls a chilling shock to the system – this is no Skyrim. The spiritual successor to FromSoftware’s…
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Bethesda on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3
For once, one of the most eagerly anticipated games of the year is not centred around a gung-ho marine and his squad blasting urban landscapes into mounds of rubble, but instead focuses on a condemned prisoner who holds the key to the survival of a fantasy land facing its direst threat. When The Elder Scrolls…
Xenoblade Chronicles by Nintendo
There was a time when the mere mention of the phrase ‘Japanese RPG’ would result in one of two responses – total rapture from the legions of fans of the seemingly endless series of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games, or loud yawns from the rest who didn’t get it and just saw a hugely…
Deus Ex: Human Revolution by Square Enix
Human Revolution is the third game in the Deus Ex franchise, but it’s actually a prequel to the original. It’s set in the year 2027, and explores the hopes and fears of humankind entering an age in which cybernetic prosthetics and brain implants are becoming a reality. Titanium shoulders, knees and toes…New hope is introduced…
Dungeon Siege III by Square Enix
Life is not happy in the kingdom of Ehb. The famed 10th legion, which maintained the stability of the realm, was blamed when the monarch was murdered, and its members hunted down and killed by the angry citizens, inflamed by the vengeful warrior Jeyne Kassynder. Thirty years on, the reputedly last surviving legionnaire, the Venerable…
Two Worlds II by TopWare
In many ways, Two Worlds was always on a hiding to nothing. The original RPG was released in the shadow of the mighty Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, which is still generally acknowledged to be the finest ever game in the genre. Although it had a huge map and tons of engaging side quests, there was too…