Cris Tales is a turn-based, time-manipulation RPG with heavy influences from classic JRPGs that has a lot to recommend it. Modus Games and Dreams Uncorporated gave RPGamer a detailed look of roughly three-to-four hours of content in a preview demonstration.
The Persona series has arrived on PC with little forewarning. Persona 4 Golden is available now and RPGamer has been able to report back on the first thirty hours stacks up.
Itch.io’s newest bundle challenges racial injustice, inequality, and police brutality against Black people. With so many games included, it will take some time to explore. It’s a good thing we’re here to help.
Rune Factory 4 Special comes to the Nintendo Switch seven years after its original 3DS release. Does the move to a new console with one fewer screen work?
Though it’s light on interactivity, Old Gods Rising manages to infuse at least a bit of puzzle solving into its exploration of a creepy, deserted university campus. The developer’s ability to combine cheeky humor with a Lovecraftian mystery is more impressive yet.
A brand new Dungeon Defenders game gives players more hybrid tower defense and RPG action. Though Chromatic Games certainly has the gameplay nailed down, the success of Dungeon Defenders: Awakened looks likely to depend on its future support.
Bug Fables received a successful PC launch in 2019. With the game now arriving on consoles, Anna Marie Privitere sees if it turns over a new leaf on the Nintendo Switch.
Being a niche gamer can be a lonely endeavor. Jervon explores the beauty and frustrations of it and how Phantasy Star Online 2 is challenging his preconceived notions of friendships, personal fulfillment, and moving on
RPGamer is currently looking into providing audio-visual versions of our regular written reviews. A video version of our recent Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen follows our pilot review from earlier in the month.
The home computer has had an interesting roller-coaster ride alongside consoles through the rise of today’s gaming industry. The CRPG Book is an indispensable resource for everyone from hobbyists to historians, covering over 400 games.
Though western RPGamers were able to enjoy Utawareumono’s Mask of Deception and Mask of Truth duology, up until now the original game seemed stuck in Japan. However, a remake has at last allowed English-speakers to find out how it stacks up.
JRPG Study Time is a new series where we explore the vast world of JRPGs and how they have evolved. We start with a look at the title that laid the technical and narrative ground work for many games to come.
Cyberpunk dungeon-crawler Conglomerate 451 sees players use their government agents to subdue a group of corporations. Battling clones with clones makes for quite a repetitive experience, however.
RPGamer is currently looking into providing audio-visual versions of our regular written reviews. To help gauge the potential of doing this, we have produced a video version of our Final Fantasy VII Remake review and would like to hear if future videos are of interest.
Ganbare! Super Strikers attempts to apply tactical RPG gameplay to the sport of soccer. While it’s a good idea with potential, the execution is lacking once the novelty of the premise wears off.
The Yo-kai Watch series is the perfect complement to lounging by the pool or avoiding mass infection. Slow down, whip out that stylus, and look under some vending machines.
A trio of tabletop enthusiasts becomes embroiled in a snowball fight for the life of their club and..wait! I swear, this isn’t the start of a bad joke!
In this time of darkness, disease, and uncertainty, many people need a game to lighten the soul, show them a spot of happiness, and generally be a bright and positive thing. This is not that game. But for those who like their fantasy to be dark, grisly, and macabre, we may have the game for you here.
Whatcha Playing is back to round up the games the staff played in March and April. Dragon Quest III, Trails games, Trials of Mana, and Persona 5 Royal were among the many vying for staff gaming time as we stayed indoors during the lockdown.
Twenty-five years after the original Super Famicom release of Seiken Densetsu 3, a remake looks to attract a whole new generation of gamers. Trials of Mana is a great example of how to update a 16-bit RPG for a modern audience while staying true to the original.
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