The 7th Saga Retroview
The 7th Saga offers players extreme difficulty, absurd amounts of grinding, and obscure plot progression. RPGamers wanting an old school challenge can try tackling this retro beast.
Category: Reviews
Echo Generation 2 Review
Echo Generation 2 bravely breaks the mold of its turn-based predecessor. While this may leave some players wanting, it mostly sticks the landing with a new combat system and some lofty narrative ambitions.
Tales of Seikyu Review
ACE Entertainment’s Tales of Seikyu adds to the cozy life sim RPG offerings available for RPGamers. While perhaps lacking anything to make it fully stand out, it nonetheless offers a charming and overall enjoyable experience.
Smash It Wild Review
Smash It Wild is a unique and highly enjoyable blend of a sports simulation title and a tactical RPG. Although hampered somewhat by a short runtime and some UI errors, it still packs in more than enough to be continuously fun and engaging.
STARDUST: Wish of Witch Review
STARDUST: Wish of Witch is a charming and well-presented SRPG. However, a few stumbling blocks make it difficult to give a full thumbs-up.
Secret of Evermore Retroview
Secret of Evermore is an Isekai where a boy and his always-changing dog go on adventures in a magical world. RPGamers familiar with Secret of Mana will find tons of similarities, except this game lets players shoot bazookas at raptors.
Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent Review
Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent successfully captures the tight tactical combat and pacing of its tabletop roots, but a generic story and flat performances hold it back. While delivering a rock-solid mechanical skeleton, it ultimately lacks the soul needed to make it memorable.
Cassette Boy Review
Cassette Boy is a clever Zelda-like that uses perspective-based tricks for its puzzles. It’s a satisfying concept, but the biggest puzzle may be weighing it against the game’s flaws.
Adventure Corner ~ LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight offers a celebration of over 80 years of Batman history. While its ambition may not be fully realised with a few technical hiccups, it feels like the title is appropriate in all the ways that matter.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Review
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales transforms HD-2D into a fast, rewarding action-adventure game. It trades the calmer pace of traditional HD-2D RPGs for a more energetic experience without sacrificing atmosphere or charm.
Magical Princess Review
Magical Princess is a fun daughter-raising simulator that gets a lot its execution right. While not reinventing the wheel, it is an easy recommendation for both fans of the genre and newcomers.
Quartet Switch Review
Something Classic’s Quartet has finally made its way to Nintendo Switch. This game feels perfectly at home on Switch, whether in handheld mode or on the big screen.
LumenTale: Memories of Trey Review
A creature collector needs to do a lot to stand out and Beehive Studios’ LumenTale: Memories of Trey has plenty of positive qualities. However, can it stand out amongst its peers with some regrettably serious flaws attached?
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Switch 2 Review
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth honors the legacy of a classic while building an identity of its own. Despite technical issues, particularly in handheld mode, its story, combat, and world make it one of the best RPGs on Switch 2.
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies Review
Although much of the creative personnel is different, ZA/UM persists and has released new title Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. The narrative espionage RPG comes with some strong world-building and mysteries to uncover.
Mina the Hollower Review
What happens when you blend ideas from Zelda, Castlevania, and Dark Souls into one single video game? Well, Mina the Hollower certainly pays homage to those franchises, but also burrows its way into a gaming experience that RPGamers will find enjoyable as it creates its own legacy.
Soul Blazer Retroview
Soul Blazer is a RPG where the hero has to re-populate the world due to extreme avarice. This old-school game has fun concepts, and also paves the way for future Quintet projects.
8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey Remastered Edition Review
A knight, mage and thief walk into a bar only to go on a quest for some magical orbs… and meet a friendly supercomputer? 8-Bit Adventure pays homage to classic RPGs, but does it stand on its own merits?
Starbites Review
IKINAGAMES’s Starbites draws upon classic JRPGs from a few generations ago. Despite never really hitting its stride, it’s still an enjoyable enough entry with a solid base to build upon.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Retroview
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past got the winning formula so right, that even today, games emulate it’s core structure. It is a legacy game on the SNES and should be something all RPGamers play, at least once.
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