Review: Sakura Wars (Sony PlayStation 4)

Review by Matt S.

As we hadn't really seen the Sakura Wars series in the west, I went into this one raw, and not really being sure what to expect. SEGA is characterising it as something as a reboot for the property, which has been big in Japan for decades, but most of us wouldn't be aware of that, making this the perfect starting point for us. What I was expecting was some kind of JRPG/romance hybrid, especially since it looks like a big-budget take on a similar aesthetic to Nihon Falcom's recent titles (Trails of Cold Steel, Ys). What I got was something much more original than that, and appealingly so.

Read more »