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...
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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...
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...
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....
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...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 55: “The Dark Crystal Chronicles”
When Final Fantasy returned to a Nintendo system after years of Sony exclusivity, it was news. Thus the Backtrack crew members bare their souls to...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 54: “Two-Dimensional Thinking”
Eschewing the trend of three-dimensional gameplay, Vanillaware demonstrates how sticking to two dimensions can be stunning. Thus it is fitting that the studio’s games warrant...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 53: “Kicking Jack Russell”
Observe unique personalities wandering about to their own daily rhythms, interrupted only by constant kicking. This is a hallmark of a certain tri-Ace title that...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 52: “The Land of Hyrule”
It involves unusual names for otherwise-ordinary creatures, the collection of artifacts to enable travel elsewhere, and one of Nintendo’s most well-regarded series. Join us in...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 51: “Benjamin’s B-Movie”
Remember when Squaresoft was trying to get gamers outside Japan interested in RPGs? Two of those on the SNES spawned some memories, and they’re ready...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 50: “Dragonslayer”
Today’s episode contains two acts. In the first, memories are cast back to a series that almost singlehandedly started the console JRPG. In the second,...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 49: “In Dreams”
Once upon a time, a man with the ability to jump on a lot of platforms and dreamwalk had an adventure. That well-regarded PlayStation game...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 48: “Opening a Can of Whupass”
Once upon a time, a company called Working Designs localized many games for Sega systems. The Saturn was granted a number of these, and two...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 47: “Dying Is Easy”
In today’s series, the consequences of failure are painful and unavoidable. Learn why we prefer to tempt death on a regular basis in one of...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 46: “Dirt Rage”
We go back into wacky worlds of farmers who want to live peacefully and get married. Something is very different about these games, however, and...
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