Dominic Sheard: "It is all thanks to handheld gaming that I got myself into first-person dungeon crawling. I had heard of titles like Wizardry, Might and Magic, and Eye of the Beholder, but I never took up the chance to jump into their worlds. These type of games you might associate with PC, and while there have been a snippet of games released (Legend of Grimrock comes to mind), it has been quiet on that platform. If you want to experience (inc? Bad joke, I know) the genre, it seems your best bet is on the current set of handhelds, as both the Vita and 3DS keep on supplying great Japanese adaptations on this old school gameplay. Stranger of Sword City, from developers Experience Inc, a Japanese studio that knows the genre - they already have Demon Gaze and Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy on Vita – has brought another difficult dungeon crawler to the West with one of their modern day settings, which remains refreshing in a genre that is often associated with typical fantasy."
Neil writes: "The Xbox Ultimate Game Sale is still in place, but running alongside it as always is the rather brilliant Xbox Live Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale. It may well be playing second fiddle to the big sale, but that doesn't mean there aren't any Xbox One and Xbox 360 games worth bothering about. Which are the very best deals on the table via the Xbox Live Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale for 24th-30th July 2018 though? And which are the worst?"
The PlayStation Vita has become a haven for RPGs, but there is one particular type that has really made itself at home on the system. People who love first-person dungeon-crawlers with turn-based battles and often customizable parties can find tons on the system. Developers like Experience and Compile Heart have taken to the system. This means people who enjoy level grinding and customizing characters have plenty of options to choose from when looking for a new game to play.
A few Vita games are currently on sale at below $20: Exist Archive, LEGO Jurassic World, Shiren The Wanderer, Stranger of Sword City, Trillion: God of Destruction and Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward.
Man, this game looks so good to me and nobody is talking about it...so sad.