Early RPGs on the Nintendo DS were a bit of a mixed bag. Some were blockbusters, but most felt like they were vandalizing their own platform. Here’s one more to add to the count, but don’t bust your butt trying to find it on sale.
One needn’t go far in this world to see a green forest. Travel across Europe, and you might even see the Black Forest. Only in the fantasy world of Japan can anybody see a blue forest, however. The question would be, is it worth the effort?
Want to play a game with substance? Well for $10, you too can be bored out of your skull playing Excave II. No seriously, don’t spend your money.
From Software arrives on the current gen scene with an action RPG in the vein of the Souls series. Has it retread too much ground or can the game stand on its own merits?
Many post-apocalyptic societies have been envisioned over the years, but this one has swords and sorcery. Which is still like plenty of other post-apocalyptic worlds, but it’s a neat place anyway.
Why so late with the thunder sword????
Many who grew up watching Power Rangers or similar series would have dreamed of being part of their very own sentai squad. While Chroma Squad doesn’t simulate that exact dream, it perhaps offers next best thing by putting players at the helm of a studio producing such shows.
A challenging situation is posed by this game: if an object can only be obtained by entering another person’s house and opening his storage areas, is it stealing to take it? The answer seems to depend upon what was noticed during testing.
Smoking WOLF discovered one simple way to become a hero. Dragons hate it! Read on to learn if this side-scrolling rogue-like is for you.
The fifth Inazuma Eleven title sees Raimon having to defend the very existence of football from a shadowy organisation from two-hundred years in the future. It may sound preposterous, but any excuse to get dinosaurs playing the sport surely is acceptable.
Compile Heart’s Galapagos RPG label returns with Omega Quintet, a game in which pop idols are the only hope of salvation from the Blare. Is chart-topping success on the cards?
For a series founded on the idea of the player being able to draw intricate maps of every environment to abandon that mechanic is a bold move. It’s not the only thing this spinoff/crossover Etrian game does differently, though. Stop using rock toss, you morons!
Hot cross dungeons! Hot cross dungeons! One a zenny, two a zenny, hot cross dungeons! If you have no potions, you will soon be done. One a zenny, two a zenny, hot cross dungeons!
By sheer coincidence, a nursery rhyme about Good Friday (4/3/2015) happens to work here. Makes me wish I’d put it up a few hours sooner, so it’d be right on the date.
Fact: My husband might be a Bastion fan boy. How do I know this? Well, when you have four copies, you know you’ve hit rock bottom.
If hunting vampires wasn’t enough, now Abraham Lincoln has to fight off an invading force of eldritch extraterrestrials. As he leads the likes of Henry Fleming, Queen Califia, and the no-longer-Cowardly Lion, if there’s any team who can save the world, it’s Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.
Lotte and Stera want you to know that jumping jacks, barrels, and broom sticks are a vital source of entertainment. Oh and, I guess water conservation is too, right guys? Guys…?
A strategy RPG seems like a perfect fit for the Neptunia series, and this largely ends up being true. It may not bring anything new to SRPGs, but it still proves to be a solid and entertaining strategy experience.
Toukiden continues the tradition of beast-slaying games delivering an enhanced version after the initial release. How much of a boost does the extra content and bringing the title to the big screen provide?
Patience pays off, as Final Fantasy Type-0 is finally available in English. Whether it was worth the wait or not depends on what you enjoy about RPGs and how much you’re addicted to the Final Fantasy XV demo.
There is something to be said for the simplicity of little games. Short, sweet, and to the point, they can be just the thing on a rainy day when there’s not much else to do. Just don’t expect them to have much staying power.
Mecha RPGs have been sadly lacking in the West for the last decade. Arc System Works is perhaps hoping to start a revival with this short, but fairly sweet, isometric action title.
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