It’s always impressive to see what extremely small development teams can achieve on a budget, especially when tackling a genre that is usually associated with both expanse and expense.
An Action/RPG hybrid presented in third-person view that takes its cue from a mashup of both Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (mood, lore and setting) and the Diablo series (heavy focus on loot and dungeon crawling), it aims high but the focus on the more repetitive aspects detracts from the more impressive touches that Bloodlust 2: Nemesis has to offer.
Rune Factory 4 Special has been Re-released on Nintendo Switch to keep fans sated until the 2020 release of Rune Factory 5, this port of a 3DS game from 2014 (in PAL regions, at least) is a solid title that does stand out as a little different from similar games by balancing out various gameplay mechanics such as farming, light adventuring and combat. This results in a fun, if not particularly deep gaming experience.
