The Mass Effect series (Andromeda aside) is arguably my favourite trilogy in the history of video gaming, beating out classics like The Witcher and Fable in terms of consistency and peak storytelling ability.

As such, any time another game affords me the opportunity to go to space within the wider context of an RPG, my ears perk up and I'm immediately interested in what the developer has to say for itself.

Now add to that equation the recent surge in popularity for samurai games, after Ghost of Yotei built on the successes of Tsushima, and you're quickly on to an end product that we haven't really seen anywhere to date.

Step forward SOL Showgunate, a newly announced single-player, third-person RPG that takes place in an alternate future where the solar system is ruled by violence.

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