RPG Backtrack – Episode 109: “Lean and Green with an Edge That’s Keen”
No matter where or when the action takes place, Link rarely gets a chance to rest. If it’s not sailing or steering a train on...
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Retroview
Humans and Deimos are on a collision course, with both sides seeking to draw blood forevermore. The resulting game does a lot of things right, but never addresses what happened to Phobos in this naming convention.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 108: “Coins, Robots, Knights and Phantoms”
The original PlayStation hosted a great variety of titles that don’t come up in conversation much nowadays, and among them are some interesting tactical items....
RPG Backtrack – Episode 107: “Tactical Stars of Destiny”
There was a long break after Suikoden III, and the results did not seem to warrant confidence in the series’ future. The Island Nations and...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 106: “Ingmar Bergman’s Persona”
The Persona series has been in the news a lot lately, but enthusiasm for the first entry seems relatively lacking. An analysis of both the...
Brigandine Retroview
When attempting to conquer a continent, having strong soldiers is a must. How the commanders of this game ever got Rocs, Gigantes, Tritons, and Pegasi to be their unquestioning cannon fodder is a story that deserves to be told someday.
My poor mandrake!
RPG Backtrack – Episode 105: “All That Glitters Is Not Shining”
Was it really necessary to extend the Shining series into the action RPG realm? Regardless of how little clamor there was for such a thing,...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 104: “I’m the Juggernaut, Bitch!”
When it comes to licensed games, the X-Men have been stuck in some real stinkers over the years. A few broke the curse of adapting...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 103: “Violent Vandalism”
Konami and tactical RPGs may not go together much, but one series managed it for a little while. It’s bloody good fun to dissect in...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 102: “Leeartha… Leterra… Legaia!”
There once was a title on the PS1 that involved saving the world from nasty things lurking in the mist. Doing so was mostly accomplished...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 101: “Aesop’s Something or Other”
Much was promised by Peter Molyneux when it came to a series that took huge quantities of money and time to create. His promises were...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 100: “A Light to Brighten the Darkness”
When tactical RPGs were almost unheard of on consoles, the Sega Genesis saw a couple that attracted fans with fond memories many years later. Other...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 99: “Flight of the Valkyria”
Word of mouth built about a tactical title Sega released, enough to justify two sequels so far. The company’s handling of the new franchise has...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 98: “Rolling a 7”
Square could have let roll with sequels to a certain tremendously successful game promptly, but years passed before they came to fruition. The number of...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 97: “Another Day, Another Meseta”
Sega revived a venerable series with the Dreamcast, but was determined to promote multiplayer over the internet with this incarnation. From the era of dial-up...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 96: “La Makai Phantom World”
A little girl with the ability to put spirits into objects, a foolish demon who almost burns his dimension out of existence, multiple consumers of...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 95: “Central Middle Earth”
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, one...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 94: “Ou Est le Sol Ciel?”
This particular Gust series has many trademark RPG elements, including tongue-twister subtitles for the games. It also steadily progresses in misogynism, until the amount of...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 93: “Devil Doll”
Being a detective in an alternate history version of Tokyo with demons crawling all over the place isn’t that hard. It just demands a willingness...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 92: “Master of Swordplay”
Link went through several phases during the GameCube era. First he demonstrated cel shading, then he tempted gamers to buy GBA link cables, and after...
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