Val Hull

Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Preview – Realism and Combat

A while back, some PCGamesN folks have played through a demo of Warhorse Studios’ historical RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance and praised its quest design and interlinked mechanics. And now, we have another preview from a PCGamesN contributor, who’s worried that…

SpellForce III Update Summary

We live in an age where when a game launches and then doesn’t immediately get a dozen or so of patches – there must something wrong with it. And considering that Grimlore Games and THQ Nordic’s recently released RTS/RPG hybrid…

The Surge: A Walk in the Park Reviews

A Walk in the Park, the bright and colorful expansion for Deck 13 and Focus Home Interactive’s action-RPG The Surge, has been out for a few days now, and according to the reviews, it’s a solid addition to the Dark…

What PC Gamer Wants From the Next Deus Ex

With the recent news that the bigwigs at Square Enix are still interested in making Deus Ex games, PC Gamer has arranged a list of things they would like to see (or not see) in the potential next installment of…

Stoneshard Devlog – Knockback and UI

Stoneshard, a roguelike RPG from Ink Stains Games will be coming to Kickstarter in early 2018, but, according to the game’s Steam page, a lot of work has been put into it already. The latest development update, for example, explains…

Monster Hunter: World Limited Time Beta Available

If you’re a member of PlayStation Plus, you can now participate in a limited time beta for Capcom’s Monster Hunter: World prior to its January 26, 2018 console release. The beta will run from December 9th through December 12th and…

Beamdog’s Enhanced Editions Livestream Recap

During the latest Beamdog Twitch stream, Trent Oster and Phil Daigle talked about their plans for the upcoming Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition updates, their vision for Neverwinter Nights as a multiplayer-first game, and the recently released 2.5 Beta Update for…

Seven: The Days Long Gone Bug Fixing Galore

The majority of reviews for IMGN.PRO and Fool’s Theory’s stealth-action RPG Seven: The Days Long Gone mention the general buggy nature of the game and the clunkiness of some of its systems as its biggest downsides. However, by way of…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Update #46

In the latest Kickstarter update for Pathfinder: Kingmaker, the folks from Owlcat Games share a couple of emergent stories from their own tabeltop Pathfinder campaigns. Check them out if you would like to know why bandits and paladins don’t mix,…