RPG Backtrack – Episode 69: “The Magical Kingdom”
Brownie Brown made a couple of tasty confections for Nintendo handhelds filled with gummy products. How much magic is there when students have to prove...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 68: “Luigi Mario”
This is the continuing story of two brothers from Brooklyn. Be it evil alien fungi, shattered heavenly bean confections, those who have fury, or clogged...
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem DS Review
Nintendo made a regular pattern of bringing Fire Emblem games across the Pacific for awhile, then broke it with this game. That wasn’t a nice thing to do to the fans.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 67: “I Know Kung Fu”
Bringing the story of Ryo Hazuki into existence cost many millions and failed to enchant the enormous audience needed to recoup them. The question of...
Final Fantasy XII Retroview
The Final Fantasy series’ last showing on PS2 took five years and tens of millions of dollars (converted) to finish. How well that time was spent is entirely subjective, but the money’s there on the screen. No Bosch as lead – it got the kibosh.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 66: “I’m Going to Disneyland!”
Trust in me poor unfortunate souls, I’ll make a man out of you. Be prepared Prince Ali, someday my prince will come. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo. (Kingdom Hearts)
RPG Backtrack – Episode 65: “Risky Gambits”
There once was a place called Ivalice, that was filled with meanies and malice. Years it took to create, filling Square Enix’s plate, but the...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 64: “Way of the Dragon”
Within please find the story of what for a long time was Capcom’s premiere RPG series. It involves a great many Ryus and Ninas, along...
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen Retroview
When this game was first released on the NES, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a long way from ending its TV run. Lots of things have changed since the early 90s, but DQ knows better. Psaro the Manslayer awaits.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 63: “The Fault Lies Not in the Stars”
Once upon a time, tri-Ace decided to borrow some elements from Star Trek in making an RPG. Thus was a series spawned that continues in...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 62: “Bio Hazard Level 4”
New York cops have it rough a lot of the time, but Aya Brea would gladly tackle some drug dealers instead of the evil mitochondria...
Armada Retroview
It is no doubt possible to blend the classic space shooter with an RPG superbly. This game demonstrates why the feat is seldom attempted.
Final Fantasy Tactics Retroview
Which side is the best to root for,
When talking of two Lions at war?
We’d ask Matsuno,
‘Cause he ought to know,
But he said the whole thing’d be a draw.
Round One – Fight!
RPG Backtrack – Episode 61: “Tactical Genius”
A guy named Ramza walks into a bar just a few minutes before a guy named Wiegraf. Their differences are resolved quickly and painfully. Whether...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 60: “Taste the Torment”
What can change the nature of a man? Quite a few things, actually, but this game is definitely one of them. (Planescape: Torment).
RPG Backtrack – Episode 59: “Deep Light Dungeons”
So the only way you know the Shining series is by its superb tactical installments? Well, there were a couple of games that did some...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 58: “SaGa: The Final Frontier”
The time has come to once more boldly go where Akitoshi Kawazu has gone before. Remember the PlayStation days of his signature series, and rejoice....
Fossil Fighters: Champions Review
The idea of dueling dinosaurs prompts many thoughts, almost all of them worthy of sophisticated erudition. On the other hand, simply gaping slack-jawed as a tyrannosaur bites a plesiosaur is also appropriate. Everybody get on the floor, everybody kill the dinosaur.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 57: “It’s-A Me, Paper Mario!”
Intelligent Systems likes emphasizing how two dimensional Mario plots are with some RPGs that have poor depth perception. Only by listening can their shallowness be...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 56: “Mana From Heaven?”
In one of the most changeable series around, there’s plenty of leeway to have some discussion. The Mana games, particularly the earlier ones, have now...
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