RPG Backtrack – Episode 185: “The Hunt Is On”
A massive series from Capcom called Monster Hunter involves exactly what the title implies. Once the thrill of Monster Hunter gets into someone’s blood it...
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RPG Backtrack – Episode 184: “Fragile, It Must be Italian”
In a world with little life left and lots of clues about what went wrong, a young man must puzzle a way to survive. This...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 183: “Estelle Is Swell”
Completing the localization of Trails in the Sky’s Second Chapter was not a task for the lighthearted, but XSEED eventually persevered. This episode details why...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 182: “Hearts of Graces”
Tales games just keep coming, and a couple of more recent ones come under the microscope today. One was embraced by almost everyone while the...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 181: “Xenomorphing”
It was looking as if a highly-regarded title for the Wii wasn’t going to make its way to North America, but Operation Rainfall eventually produced...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 180: “Awakening the Fire”
A few years ago, it looked as if Fire Emblem was on its last legs. Intelligent Systems threw everything it could think of into a...
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...
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...
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