RPG Backtrack – Episode 135: “Dramatis Persona”
The second Persona is a duo of titles with an unusual release history, and detailing it is an arduous undertaking. The Backtrack crew proved willing...
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RPGCast – Episode 331: “MMO In Three Hours”
FFXIV gets chocobos. Theatrhythm gets Mana. Browsers get SaGa. Vita gets TitS. And you get a new RPGCast. Happy new year!
RPG Backtrack – Episode 134: “Lost in the Mist”
Mistwalker supplied the Xbox 360 with some unique content, and a title involving immortals seeking the return of their memories got considerable praise. Discussion of...
Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf Review
Winter Wolves returns to the world of Aravorn with Seasons Of The Wolf, a spin-off to Loren The Amazon Princess. With the game now available from the developer’s official site, and set to release on Steam in the next month, RPGamer checks it out to see if it is a worthy follow-up.
Episode 11: Mailbaggery
We open up the old mailbag for some listener-submitted topics in rapid-fire succession. Then we get judgemental about each other. It’s a Festivus miracle!
RPG Backtrack – Episode 133: “It Wasn’t Always an Oxymoron”
While Final Fantasy spawns a lot of heated talk, relatively little of it is devoted to the earliest entries. The NES era spawned the series,...
Fantasy Life Review
What sort of Life will you lead in the world of Reveria? Will you be a Paladin, an Angler, a Mercenary-Cook, or something else? There’s plenty of stuff to do, and perhaps this review will help you decide if you want to do any of it.
Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord Review
Tears to Tiara II’s lengthy story sequences failed to impress RPGamer’s tactical aficionado. However, does it fare any better in the eyes of one of the site’s visual novel fans?
RPGCast – Episode 330: “Divorce Chocobo”
Chris tries to get Anna to marry him in FFXIV. Alex tries to get pricing parity between the EU and the US. Disgaea gets desperate....
RPG Backtrack – Episode 132: “Then Some Heroes Come Along”
The bar for bringing Legend of Heroes titles across the Pacific had been set rather low, making it easy for XSEED to impress gamers when...
RPGCast – Episode 329: “Omega Roofie”
Alice and Alex join Chris to talk about Pokémon and World of Warcraft. Then we get some news out of the way. But did Square...
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom Review
You know what’s mathematical? A tubular Zelda clone. The Adventure Time crew take on The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but is it entirely copacetic? Grab your trail mix and read on in our official review.
Dragon Warrior VII Retroview
The Dragon Quest series outside Japan was all but extinct, when a new entry for the PlayStation finally revived the brand. This was not the series’ finest hour though, and only those with a great deal of time to sacrifice should ever investigate it. Oh no, not another brown cave! I’m terrified!
Deus Ex: The Fall Review
Sometimes a game just makes you wonder ‘why’. Why replicate a console shooter on a tablet? Why is it a sequel to a tie-in novel? Why port it to PC? Why spend money on this?
Destiny Review
The hype around Destiny was always going to be toughest enemy to master. We take a look at how the game lives up to hype, but it might still be too hard to tell, right chief?
Episode 10: Fixing Final Fantasy
We tackle this issues faced by this benighted franchise, from both the business and creative standpoint. More importantly we attempt to decide whether we should...
RPGCast – Episode 328: “Nobody Likes You, Especially Your Turkey”
Chris drowns in potions. Anna Marie hits one hundred. Alice shops with e’s. And Manny plays some 360 games now that he finally has an...
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Review
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth plays like a more plot-intensive Etrian Odyssey, even moreso than The Millennium Girl, and delivers exactly what fans of that series have come to expect. While not the best title in the 3DS RPG library, it’s nevertheless quite good.
RPGCast – Episode 327: “Twitchcaster Simulator”
Alice comes up with a billion dollar idea. Manny teaches us about the exciting future of Dolby Atmos. Chris gets demoted. And Anna Marie runs...
Beyond the Beyond Retroview
Camelot made many titles for Sega and Nintendo platforms that are fondly remembered years later. It also made one RPG for a Sony system, and the memories this game prompts seem more at home in a horror movie. Time has not made it any better.
It … wasn’t the worst I’ve played.
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