Posted by Richard Robins - Originally posted February 25, 2026, refeatured February 27, 2026.
Review
8/10
"As a fan of the The Legend of Heroes franchise, The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon feels like a breath of fresh air, but with 20 years worth of interconnected games making up its backstory, I cannot help but wonder if it will be too much to tackle for new or casual players."
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun remains one of the best RTT titles released in the past ten years, and fans of the genre who somehow missed this title will certainly want to pick it up prior to the release of Mimimi Games' newest game releases later in 2023.
Dauntless has come a long way since its closed beta, and seeing the developers turn it from a "poor man's Monster Hunter" into a viable competitor of the same is a testament to their passion and dedication.
Desperados III is one of the greatest Real Time Tactics (RTT) games ever released and should be viewed as a benchmark for developers working on RTT titles for decades to come.
Absinthia Is a surprisingly good traditional RPG, albeit one that seems uncertain about its demographic, and as a result, fails to appeal to a large audience.
Supplice greatest strength and weakness is its reliance on nostalgia, and as a result, while it is likely to appeal to gamers from the 1990s, beyond giving a glimpse of "how things used to be", it has very little to offer anyone born within the past 20+ years.
Scars Above perfectly combines the charm of an early 2000s liner shooter with the power and performance expected of a 2023 release in a way that few other titles have been able to mimic.
