RPG Backtrack – Episode 122: “Follow the Captain Shepard”
BioWare wanted to convey the ineffectual nature of the human race when compared to other species populating the galaxy. This naturally took the form of...
Author: Mike Moehnke
RPG Backtrack – Episode 121: “The Rock Goes in an Arc”
Ah, Sony, holder of many now-dormant IPs. One of those was a pretty good tactical series that hasn’t been seen for a number of years,...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 120: “You Could Wake Up Dead Tomorrow”
Blizzard once had an idea to send players through the realms of the afterlife, beating up the locals and grabbing whatever desirable things they happened...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 119: “We Can Be Heroes”
Falcom has a storied development history, and one of its larger series saw multiple versions before ending up on the PSP for a few installments....
RPG Backtrack – Episode 118: “Can’t We Get Beyond Thunderdome?”
The ruins of the central Atlantic region of the US are open to in-depth exploration, as Bethesda takes a crack at the post-apocalyptic future. Thinking...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 117: “The Shadow Knows”
Hironobu Sakaguchi, Nobuo Uematsu, and Akira Toriyama got together again to inaugurate Mistwalker as a studio. The results were unfortunately not up to the standard...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 116: “The Secret Ingredient”
Gust makes a long-running, plentiful series that doesn’t adhere to many of the usual RPG stereotypes. Here’s a trilogy of them on the PS3, sporting...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 115: “Dust in the Wind”
After the first Fallout, eight decades passed before a new hero had to undertake a quest. That quest involved meeting a number of strange new...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 114: “Ogres in My Pocket”
It’s Yasumi Matsuno’s vast Ogre world, but the game format for this bunch is rather different than March of the Black Queen. Just because things...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 113: “Over Level 9000!”
Nippon Ichi has made a number of other titles over the years, but a certain series took off in the public imagination and continues to...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 112: “You’re a Real Ogre”
An early Yasumi Matsuno title on the SNES remains a complex and rewarding experience, while its direct sequel provides one of the few opportunities we...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 111: “After the Apocalypse”
The world would have been a different place had World War III happened, and the early Fallout titles showed a number of ways that the...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 110: “Marvel’s Civil War”
No longer able to contain its use of Marvel characters to just the X-Men, Raven Software went all-out for a grand spectacle with the license....
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...
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...
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...
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