Category: RPG Backtrack

A certain Square title involving giant robot combat and questionable theological ideas is the showcase this time. If that’s not enough, an offshoot Final Fantasy...

Unappealing wastelands populated by those with demonic avatars may not seem to connect with Hindu mythology. Lo and behold, the Megami Tensei universe makes it...

For once, the attempt on the Backtrack to remember an entire series came to naught when its earlier games were just too archaic. The ones...

It’s time to wolf down a howling good bowlful of puppy love. Scratch that itch to bark at the moon and bury a bone in...

From the minds of Yuji Horii, Koichi Sugiyama, and Akira Toriyama came a long-running series that sets the charts afire in Japan. It grows up...

It’s round-up time, and a big herd of steers is loose on the prairie. Looks like a might few RPGs are among ’em, so sit...

Not many games that are offline feature going online as a key component of their setting. One episodic series with tie-ins from other media did...

Level-5 was a new company back when it made some games that featured town building in addition to dungeon exploration. How entrancing they are seems...

He’s a green-clad gadget man, a master of many dungeons with the tools to traverse them. He’s an elf, a mute warrior, an unquestioning savior...

What would one’s probable reaction to encountering a demon be? In a realistic scenario death would most likely occur, but in video games making friends...

Among the formidable tasks undertaken by the Backtrack crew, none may demand more willpower than explaining how to play the most maligned Akitoshi Kawazu product...

From the days of the Genesis right up to modern handhelds, Climax keeps making games. Looking at things from a different angle is strongly encouraged...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away LucasArts let a couple of RPGs be made. Many things die in the course of...

In a world where demonic forces seek to bring the great cities to their knees, something must be done. Turns out that young women piloting...

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...

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...

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...

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)

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...

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...