Video Round-Up (October 16, 2022)

Welcome to RPGamer’s video release round-up. In this column we look to provide our readers with details on all of the video reviews, impressions, features, and more uploaded recently to our YouTube channel.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails From Zero Review

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero is the first title of the wider series’ Crossbell duology and was first released for PlayStation Portable in Japan in September 2010. It follows the members of the Crossbell Police Department’s Special Support Section, which has been newly established to help citizens and hunt monsters. Those wishing to learn more about The Legend of Heroes series and where Trails from Zero fits in can check out RPGamer’s Where to Start? guide.

Potion Permit Review

Open-ended life sim RPG Potion Permit is set in the town of Moonbury, which has always been wary of outsiders and reliant on traditional healing methods. However, the town mayor’s daughter falls ill and local methods are unable to heal her. Players control a chemist sent by the Medical Association to cure her while convincing the town of the usefulness of alchemic advancements.

Manafinder is a pixel-art RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. It is set in the world of Aevi, which is roamed by powerful beasts. The humans who live there depend on manastones to protects their settlements, with Manafinders like protagonist Lambda risking their lives to find them.

Point-and-click, turn-based RPG Sunday Gold is set in a near future dystopian London with high unemployment and homelessness, while the rich maintain their power with unethical practices. Players control a rag-tag group of criminals as they attempt to stop the schemes of corrupt billionaire Kenny Hogan. The game features 2D cinematic and comic book-inspired narrative sequences, as well as investigative gameplay.

Inkulinati is an ink-based strategy RPG straight from medieval manuscripts, where a rabbit’s bum can be deadlier than a dog’s sword. Becoming a master of Living Ink, players control beasts in duels against other ink wielders. Fill out the bestiary, defeat middle ages folk to become the greatest member of the Inkulinati. Embark on a constantly changing journey filled with tactical depth and humour.

Starting off as a Shin Megami Tensei spin-off, Atlus’s Persona series has become the developer’s most popular. RPGamer’s latest Where to Start? feature returns to give a thorough introduction to the series. Please note that the video version only covers the mainline entries, with the written version also providing details and thoughts on its numerous spin-offs.