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RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Wes Iliff

Posted by Wes Iliff on February 10, 2021

I’m a sucker for ambition. Show me one game that reaches for the stars, stumbling every step of the way, and one that knows what it is and executes it to perfection? I’ll pick the former every day of the week. This year, however, in a rare convergence, my top three games and my three favorite narrat… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Jonathan Logan

Posted by Jonathan Logan on February 10, 2021

Best RPG: Yakuza: Like a Dragon In November, the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio team gave 2020 a shot of pure joy in the form of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. A reinvention of the beloved RPG brawler, LAD trades real-time fisticuffs for full-blown turn-based RPG combat while keeping everything else that Yakuza fans… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Tyler Trosper

Posted by Tyler Trosper on February 10, 2021

2020 has been a precarious year. Through all of the trials and tribulations, the one thing I found comfort in this year was playing RPGs. In that regard, 2020 was great! I present to you a list of my favorite games I played throughout this year: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Never in my whole life have I… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Caitlin Argyros

Posted by Caitlin Argyros on February 10, 2021

2020 has been an…interesting year, at least in terms of gaming. I certainly never expected that I’d ever be able to play or want to play some of the games on this list. But 2020 has been a year for defying expectations, usually for worse but just occasionally for better. With my GOTY picks, I’d sa… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Kaleb Curry

Posted by Kaleb Curry on February 10, 2021

Remake of the Year: Final Fantasy VII Remake I move at mach-speed-molasses when I play games, so I’ve only actually played two RPGs that came out this year: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Trials of Mana. The fun part is they’re both remakes, so let’s pit ’em against each other! These games are largely… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Michael Sollosi

Posted by Michael Sollosi on February 10, 2021

2020 was a disastrous year in many respects, but at least we got some great new video games and ample government-mandated time and opportunity to play them. I ended up knocking out several 2020 releases, at least enough for a ranked top 5. (You probably see where this is going.) Retro Encounter of t… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Zach Wilkerson

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on February 10, 2021

Retro Encounter Game of the Year: Mother 3 Mother 3 blew me away. After multiple failed attempts to play it, I’m beyond happy our Retro Encounter episodes finally encouraged me to get around to it. Mother 3 is a stone-cold masterpiece and surpasses EarthBound in almost every way. I could go on and o… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Neal Chandran

Posted by Neal Chandran on February 10, 2021

3) Mythic Ocean Mythic Ocean is a visual novel with a 3D open-world feel, a go-with-the-flow vibe, and some pretty funky characters. Its imaginative setting is an odd “limbo” where the world just ended and it’s now time to figure out how to make a new one. Mythic Ocean is a very interesting game who… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Giancarlo Vazquez

Posted by Giancarlo Vazquez on February 10, 2021

Best PS2-era RPG of the Year and Also 2011: Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition I really like Dragon Quest VIII. I like Dragon Quest VIII so much, it became my golden standard for JRPGs and nurtured my obsession with PS2-era JRPGs. Their overarching scope, the broad variety of game mechanics, a… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Nathan Lee

Posted by Nathan Lee on February 10, 2021

Whether we like it or not, 2020 is going to be a historic year for a bunch of reasons. The start of the 2020s is forever shadowed by the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on everything, including the video game industry. Despite all this, 2020 still managed to push out some great games and, more t… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Awards: Alana Hagues

Posted by Alana Hagues on February 10, 2021

Preview in new tab I don’t think I’ve ever struggled to write about my favourite games as much as I have this year. Not because I couldn’t come up with anything, but because it meant looking back at a year I’d rather forget. At times, I’ve barely had the energy to play video games; at others, I’ve n… Read More »

RPGFan Music of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Favorites: Audra Bowling

Posted by Audra Bowling on January 20, 2021

Buried Stars OST Buried Stars is an engaging visual novel with a fantastically tense atmosphere, and its music certainly helped to convey the claustrophobic sense of stress and unease that the plot was going for. I adored the vocal theme “Be Honest,” but the instrumental tracks used throughout the t… Read More »

RPGFan Music of the Year 2020: 11-20

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on January 20, 2021

KINGDOM HEARTS – III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ [Cross] OST by Adam Luhrs I previously described Final Fantasy VII Remake’s soundtrack as a “musical smorgasbord of absurd dimensions.” I realize now that I should have kept that superlative in my pocket because the soundtrack to Kingdom Hearts I… Read More »

RPGFan Music of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Favorites: Mike Salbato

Posted by Mike Salbato on January 20, 2021

Haven Original Soundtrack Where the heck did this come from? I hadn’t heard of Haven until its appearances in summer 2020’s many virtual game showcases, and quickly became entranced by the setting and visual style. The music seemed pretty nice too, but it wasn’t until I bought Danger’s full soundtra… Read More »

RPGFan Music of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Favorites: Patrick Gann

Posted by Patrick Gann on January 20, 2021

Best Original Soundtrack KINGDOM HEARTS – III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ [Cross] – Original Soundtrack Well, we have been waiting quite a long time for this one. But it finally happened. And not only did we get the full KHIII soundtrack, but — as has been done in past releases — Square Enix de… Read More »

RPGFan Music of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Favorites: Hilary Andreff

Posted by Hilary Andreff on January 20, 2021

The “Overlooked Final Fantasy Music” Award: Final Fantasy III: Four Souls So, I may have been touting FFIII music as overlooked ever since “Elia, the Maiden of Water” showed up in the A New World concert repertoire. Whether you’ve heard it there, in the extremely well done Crystal Tower series in FF… Read More »

RPGFan Music of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Favorites: Adam Luhrs

Posted by Adam Luhrs on January 20, 2021

Shin Sakura Wars Kayou Zenshuu (New Sakura Wars Vocal Songs) Picture an alternate history in which Mel Brooks was born in Japan, he directed a series of Tokusatsu musicals in the 90s, and then SEGA dug up his work decades later and said, “This…but EVEN MORE!” That’s Kohei Tanaka’s soundtrack for Sak… Read More »

RPGFan Music of the Year 2020 ~ Editors’ Favorites: Alana Hagues

Posted by Alana Hagues on January 20, 2021

Overall Favourite – 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Original Soundtrack A video game about school kids, giant mechs, yakisoba pan, idols, and more needs a varied soundtrack to match its overwhelming world. Luckily, long-time Vanillaware collaborators Hitoshi Sakimoto and Basiscape have created what is easil… Read More »

Origins Game Fair 2019: KeyForge and Asymmetry

Posted by Jerry Williams on August 3, 2019

KeyForge For those not in the know, KeyForge released last year with a gimmick that I sneered at. I’m not sneering anymore! After earning the Origins award for Best Collectible Game (which I voted for), Richard Garfield’s latest creation is here to stay, and fans couldn’t be happier. I have a lot to… Read More »

Origins Game Fair 2019: Borderlands: Tiny Tina’s Robot Tea Party

Posted by Jerry Williams on August 3, 2019

Amongst Borderlands fans, Tiny Tina is a beloved character whose daft demeanor is brought to life by Ashly Burch. While this translates well to video games as an interactive medium, when it’s up to players to recreate Tiny Tina’s persona on the table, how far can the character go? XYZ Game Labs got… Read More »

Origins Game Fair 2019: Vlaada Chvátil

Posted by Jerry Williams on August 3, 2019

Origins has an awards ceremony every year, honoring designers in the board gaming industry in one fashion or another. Historically, developers, artists, and writers have all received awards, and being added to the Hall of Game is truly an indicator of prestige. With names like Gary Gygax, Richard Ga… Read More »

Origins Game Fair 2019: Attending Origins as a Parent

Posted by Jerry Williams on August 3, 2019

My wife and I made the big decision to attend Origins as new parents this year. We wanted to bring Zoe to her first gaming convention and share with her something we found incredibly important to us. Although she was only nine months old at the time and probably incapable of remembering anything abo… Read More »

The 30 Best RPG Dads: Part 3

Posted by Audra Bowling on June 16, 2019

In the third and final part of our 30 Best RPG Dads feature, we have lawyers, blacksmiths, aliens, and everyone’s favorite Nopon. Go To Part 1 Go To Part 2 Olaf Craig (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series) Writeup by Audra Bowling Image source: The Legend of Heroes Wiki Olaf Craig… Read More »

The 30 Best RPG Dads: Part 2

Posted by Alana Hagues on June 16, 2019

The middle part of our 30 Best RPG Dads feature runs the gamut of consoles and generations, featuring father figures from current-gen consoles, all the way back to the 16-bit days of the 1990s. Let’s blitz! Go To Part 1 Go To Part 3 Ben Hyuga/Fox Face (Shadow Hearts) Writeup by Peter Triezenber… Read More »

The 20 Best RPG Moms: Part 2

Posted by Hilary Andreff on May 13, 2019

We at RPGFan wanted to give some appreciation to the mothers out there on this Mother’s Day, so we’ve compiled a list who we feel are the 20 Best RPG Moms, along with commentary. Some are incredibly giving, some are complex, and two…well…let’s just say the last two are antagonists where those mo… Read More »

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