News by Matt S. Developed by an English indie team that go by the name CooCooSqueaky, Tears of Avia aims to be a classical turn-based tactics JRPG for fans of the genre, by fans of the genre, and will land in the last quarter of the year. This one has…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I love my tactics JRPGs, though I always feel like they’re better off on handheld consoles. It’s the portability of them, plus the fact that so many of my favourites (Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance) have been handheld titles. So I’m very happy to see…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I want to say this upfront: I’m having a great time with this new Fire Emblem that Nintendo’s releasing on Nintendo Switch. I’m looking forward to getting my review out there later on in the month, because there’s a lot to love about it. But there…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. NISA, the maverick publisher that never seems to take a break, has announced that it is bringing the gorgeous-looking Langrisser I & II remaster to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam. Related reading: There’s a Langrisser on the 3DS, and it’s not as bad as some…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. With Fire Emblem: Three Houses releasing this month, and marking the first “proper” Fire Emblem to land on Nintendo Switch, I’ve been going back over my time with the series, and replaying the first Fire Emblem to be formally localised and released into English. Fire…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Within all the announcements that were made through the Nintendo Switch E3 Direct (and there really were an awful lot of them), one really stood out as something that came out of nowhere, and I am immediately grateful that it exists. There’s a tactics RPG tie-in…
Read MoreList by Matt S. With the release of Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark this week, I’ve found myself musing over tactics JRPGs all week. It’s not a genre that we see that all that frequently, but is has been around for many years now, and has, over that time, developed a…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Fell Seal is a delightful new tactics RPG for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. In many ways, it’s a very traditional one, and on playing it I was reminded about how few of this kind of game we really get… and how good they can…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The tactics RPG is a badly under-represented one. Despite the enduring success of Fire Emblem, the historic popularity of Final Fantasy Tactics, the critical plaudits directed at The Banner Saga, and the genre hits like God Wars and Disgaea, there’s something about the genre that seems…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We do love our tactics RPGs at DigitallyDownloaded.net. From the spectacular The Banner Saga and God Wars to the classics such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre, it’s been a genre that has really stuck with us over the years. The next one we have…
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