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Roll credits, no shortcuts
We finish the main campaign before writing a word — usually 30 to 90 hours. Difficulty is set to the developer’s intended default so the experience matches yours.
Toronto · RPG & Adventure Coverage
Where every quest gets the deep-dive it actually deserves.
IronQuestKingdom is a player-run blog from downtown Toronto covering sprawling RPGs, brutal boss fights, and the indie gems nobody is talking about yet — no hype, no paid scores, just honest hours logged.
- Full reviews published
- 640+ Full reviews published
- Hours logged in 2025
- 3,200 Hours logged in 2025
- Boss guides written
- 210 Boss guides written
A note from the founder
I started this from a keyboard on Adelaide Street.
Hey — I’m Marcus, and IronQuestKingdom began in 2016 as a Google Doc where I dumped 40-page notes on every RPG I finished. Friends kept asking for the doc, so I turned it into a blog above a coffee shop on Adelaide Street West.
We don’t take publisher money for scores and we don’t review a game until we’ve rolled credits. That means our verdicts land a little later than the big outlets, but you get the full picture: the pacing dip at hour 30, the build that trivializes the final boss, whether the DLC is worth your $34.99.
Today a small crew of writers in the Entertainment District keeps the lights on. If a game respects your time, we’ll tell you. If it wastes it, we’ll tell you that too.
MD
Marcus Delacroix
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
How we play
Every review earns its verdict the hard way.
A four-step process we run on every title before a single score goes live. No day-one hot takes, no review copies traded for coverage.
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Log the data as we go
Frame drops, load times, quest bugs, and balance spikes get timestamped in a shared sheet. Screenshots and clips back every claim we make in the final write-up.
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Second-run the tough calls
Contentious scores get a second player. If two of us disagree on whether a boss is fair or cheap, we replay that encounter until we can defend the verdict.
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Publish with the receipts
Final reviews ship with playtime, platform tested, patch version, and a clear "worth the price?" line — plus a spoiler-free section up top for the undecided.
The guild
The writers behind the verdicts.
Four players from around the GTA, each covering the genres they actually lose weekends to.
Marcus Delacroix
Founder · RPGs & CRPGs
Baldur’s Gate 3 completionist, spreadsheet enthusiast, and the reason our reviews are always three days late.
Priya Nair
Soulslike & Action
Has beaten every FromSoftware boss at level 1. Writes our combat breakdowns and boss guides from Liberty Village.
Owen Whitfield
Indies & Cozy Games
Finds the 4-hour indie gems buried on page nine of the store. Our resident Steam Next Fest survivor.
Sofia Ramos
Tech & Performance
Benchmarks every port and calls out bad PC releases before you refund them. Runs our capture and testing rig.
Reviews
Watch the review, then read the fine print.
Every written review pairs with a short video breakdown. Here’s what readers said after using our guides.
IronQuestKingdom Review: Ember Dynasty — Is the Grind Worth It?
14:22Your boss guide for the Cinder Warden saved my run. I’d bounced off it for a week — beat it in two tries after reading the stagger-timing section.
I trust this blog more than any 9/10 on the front pages. They flagged the hour-40 pacing slump in Ember Dynasty and they were dead right.
The "worth the price?" line at the top of every review is the only reason I stopped buying broken day-one ports. Saved me at least $200 last year.
Contact
Pitch a game, flag a fix, or just say hi.
Got a tip on an indie release or spotted an error in a guide? Our inbox is open. We read everything, even if it takes a day or two to reply.
Phone
+1 (416) 472-8916
Studio
189 Adelaide Street West, Suite 303, Toronto, ON M5H 1L6
Email
[email protected]
Desk hours
Mon–Fri, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (ET)
IronQuestKingdom · Toronto
189 Adelaide Street West, Suite 303, Toronto, ON M5H 1L6