RPG Backtrack – Episode 133: “It Wasn’t Always an Oxymoron”
While Final Fantasy spawns a lot of heated talk, relatively little of it is devoted to the earliest entries. The NES era spawned the series,...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 132: “Then Some Heroes Come Along”
The bar for bringing Legend of Heroes titles across the Pacific had been set rather low, making it easy for XSEED to impress gamers when...
Dragon Warrior VII Retroview
The Dragon Quest series outside Japan was all but extinct, when a new entry for the PlayStation finally revived the brand. This was not the series’ finest hour though, and only those with a great deal of time to sacrifice should ever investigate it. Oh no, not another brown cave! I’m terrified!
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Review
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth plays like a more plot-intensive Etrian Odyssey, even moreso than The Millennium Girl, and delivers exactly what fans of that series have come to expect. While not the best title in the 3DS RPG library, it’s nevertheless quite good.
Beyond the Beyond Retroview
Camelot made many titles for Sega and Nintendo platforms that are fondly remembered years later. It also made one RPG for a Sony system, and the memories this game prompts seem more at home in a horror movie. Time has not made it any better.
It … wasn’t the worst I’ve played.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 131: “Infinite Inapplicability”
Dealing with games made by tri-Ace usually requires a bit of effort, and in recent years it hasn’t gotten any easier. Maybe this attempt to...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 130: “Night of the Living Vagrants”
Yasumi Matsuno’s work includes a title from the late PS1 era that defies easy explanation. Attempting to describe it anyway may require a flow chart...
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara Review
Capcom brought a duo of very action-oriented Dungeons and Dragons titles out from arcade obscurity last year, and put the pair onto many different platforms. For those who haven’t yet investigated this big dose of brawler action, here’s a handy rundown. Muffled speech for you!
RPG Backtrack – Episode 129: “My Fist Your Face”
There’s something addictive about walking forward while beating everyone encountered along the way into a bloody pulp. This procedure has occasionally been used in titles...
Ys Origin Review
When navigating a massive tower that ascends high into the sky, logical questions shouldn’t intrude. They do nevertheless, and figuring out where those poisonous pools and slippery sand dunes came from is enough to keep many minds awake all night.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 128: “House of the Devil”
It’s time once again to venture into the vast Megami Tensei universe. This particular grouping involves tactical maneuvers of people and their demons summoned through...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 127: “Sheparding the Flock”
Get set for some more explosive outer space adventures courtesy of BioWare, as the second installment of its massive trilogy comes under scrutiny. Does it...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 126: “What Happens in New Vegas, Stays in New Vegas”
Of course there are people and things to shoot around New Vegas, but this most recent incarnation of the Fallout universe doesn’t stop there. Enjoy...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky PC Review
Dive into Falcom’s latest English release, which is actually about a decade old, though you may have already played it on PSP. The whole story is a mouthful, but the game is fortunately worth the investment.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 125: “How Many Dragons in an Age?”
The start of BioWare’s ongoing series brought a lot of thoughts to the surface. Some are profound and challenging, others lewd and depraved, with plenty...
Dragon Age: Origins PC Retroview
Get ready to talk and kill your way across the nation of Ferelden in a BioWare title with plenty of information to digest. Doing so is certain to prompt some amusing conversations and situations.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 124: “Mapping the World Tree”
In the world of gaming, anything that can be described as educational is a definite turn-off. First-person dungeon crawlers count as learning experiences in a...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 123: “Konami’s Trail of Tears”
One final hurrah for the Stars of Destiny came out of Konami, though it wasn’t officially intended as such. Then the DS got a game...
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...
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,...
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