Future Tactics: The Uprising review

Zed Two manages to pull out the strategy RPG staples and rebind them with approachable ease, discovers Edge

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As an example of unabashed, often exuberant Britsoft that rebuilds the SRPG with approachable ease, it's remarkable, deserving cult status. Yet falls short of mass market appeal

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