What year is it? Because I'm sure Sand Land (and the Akira Toriyama-authored anime and manga it's based on) just came out, but this action RPG, complete with numbers popping out of enemies whenever feisty lordling fiend Prince Beelzebub hits them, feels like a return to the bad old days of licensed games. The sort of forgotten PlayStation tie-in that included a bit of everything whether it should have or not, a game your well-meaning grandparents bought as a gift because they recognised the name of the movie.
What is it? Toriyama's beautiful mechanical designs trapped inside a tired marketing exercise
Expect to pay: £49.99
Developer: ILCA, Inc.
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Reviewed on: Intel i9-13900HX, GeForce RTX 4080 (laptop), 16GB RAM
Multiplayer? No
Steam Deck: Unknown
Link: Official site
