RPG Backtrack – Episode 179: “Lunar 2: Eternal Boogaloo”
It’s been a long time since a completely new Lunar game was released, and an even longer time since a completely new Lunar game that...
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RPG Backtrack – Episode 178: “Monday the Thirteenth”
Square-Enix heard the cries of several people who needed to have more Final Fantasy XIII, and brought forth XIII-2. Whether this particular sequel is one...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 177: “Rim the Sky”
After Arena, post-Daggerfall, following Morrowind and past Oblivion, The Elder Scrolls reached Skyrim. Since its horses are more aggressive in a fight, the inability to...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 176: “As Seen on TV”
Long-running manga and anime often involve characters seeking to get stronger, so turning them into RPGs isn’t a completely inexplicable move. The results don’t always...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 175: “The Ys Have It”
Through new episodes, remakes, prequels and some combination of the above the adventures of Adol Christin continue. On the PSP, Vita and PC he goes,...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 174: “Watch Out for Claptrap”
Instead of moving on to the number 3, the Borderlands series went down under with a Pre-Sequel to see what happened between the first two...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 173: “You Meddling Kids!”
For years, the Persona series’ last proper entry has been 4. To help understand the high level of anticipation the release of a fifth game...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 172: “Courageous Finances”
It may not be a Final Fantasy in name, but Bravely Default would have been a worthy entry in that varied series if a new...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 171: “The Hills of Oblivion”
Once more we venture into the world of The Elder Scrolls, this time with a game that helped popularize the idea of downloadable content. Oblivion...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 170: “Conformists”
There are some good ones, but the trend of licensed games being wretched has never gone away. Thus South Park’s first RPG being a delight...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 169: “Superego”
The corporate entity Square Enix hasn’t been known for frequent inventions of new IPs in recent years, but a DS game which received consistent acclaim...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 168: “The Fastest Ship in the Galaxy”
Rogue Galaxy borrows a few things from Star Wars, but the idea of a ship with sails moving between planets is a new one. Hear...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 167: “They’ll Kill Ya Five Times Before You Hit the Ground”
The further adventures of Kazuma Kiryu after the PS2 involve an Okinawa orphanage, joining with multiple others to deal with some missing money from the...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 166: “Agarest in Peace”
Among the things for which Idea Factory is responsible, a series that involves multiple generations fighting evil across continents has gained a devoted audience. Precisely...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 165: “Lunar Excursion”
A certain game involving a young man’s dreams of being a Dragonmaster, and his childhood friend’s unfortunate appearance on the radar of villainy, showed up...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 164: “Beyond the Legend”
Sega had a lot of franchises that have been abandoned over the years, and one with a focus on fighting and summoning spirits showed up...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 163: “The Elder Dead Sea Scrolls”
The world of Morrowind is a gigantic one, and the multitude of places and things to partake of is fittingly enormous. The praise given to...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 162: “Do You Like this Rogue?”
In the early days of RPGs, a title constructed entirely of ASCII that depicted an adventurer being overcome by a variety of random forces inside...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 161: “Paths of Glory”
How do adventure game mechanics mesh with those of RPGs? In the case of at least most entries in the Quest for Glory series, pretty...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 160: “Triskaidekaphobia”
Few series make it to thirteen numbered entries, but Final Fantasy succeeded. The first installment with that number in its title has occasioned a lot...
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