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The Best Games of the PlayStation Store: PSOne and PS2: Part Three

Posted by Mike Salbato on September 11, 2016

The RPGFan team put our collective heads together to vote on the staggering range of retro RPGs that Sony made available on the PlayStation Store between 2006 and 2016, and they came up with a list of the 30 best games of the PlayStation Store that are worth your time. Now that the current generatio… Read More »

The Best Games of the PlayStation Store: PSOne and PS2: Part Two

Posted by Mike Salbato on September 11, 2016

The RPGFan team put our collective heads together to vote on the staggering range of retro RPGs that Sony made available on the PlayStation Store between 2006 and 2016, and they came up with a list of the 30 best games of the PlayStation Store that are worth your time. Now that the current generatio… Read More »

The 30 Essential RPGs of 2010-2015 (Part 2)

Posted by Mike Salbato on May 13, 2016

And here is part two of our list! Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective 2011 • DS Not every DS game embraced the touchscreen’s unique controls, but Ghost Trick wrestled it into a brilliant puzzle-solving mechanic that complements its gorgeous animations and twistastic story. At the beginning, Sissel, our s… Read More »

The Best (and Worst) Female RPG Characters: Honorable Mentions & Hall of Shame

Posted by Kimberley Wallace on April 29, 2011

We went a little beyond the original scope of this feature with two additional short lists, featuring our picks for some non-RPG honorable mentions, and our Hall of Shame, with characters we wish were given better roles to play. If you somehow landed here first, check out part one, featuring our fav… Read More »

Further Exploration: RPGFan’s Dream Sequels, Prequels & Reboots (Page 2)

Posted by Mike Salbato on January 1, 2011

Part 2 of our Further Exploration feature includes high-flying adventures, dreams of a complete space epic, and more! Like with page 1, several plot elements of these writeups fall into spoiler territory, so keep that in mind as you read through! Intro by Mike Salbato Jump to a game:Septerra Core: L… Read More »

Further Exploration: RPGFan’s Dream Sequels, Prequels & Reboots (Bonus)

Posted by Mike Salbato on January 1, 2011

Just for fun, Bryan Grosnick wrote up a fun counterpoint of a list to this feature — RPG Sequels We DON’T Want To See. We found it too entertaining not to include it here for you all. Enjoy! Intro by Mike Salbato Page 1 Page 2 RPG Sequels We DON’T Want To See Writeups by Bryan Grosnick The Legend of… Read More »

RPGFan Exclusive Interview Series: Creator’s Talk 2003 – Akihiro Hino (Dark Cloud 2)

Posted by Chris Winkler on March 2, 2003

Akihiro Hino is not only the producer, director and main programmer of Level 5’s second title Dark Chronicle (known as Dark Cloud 2 in the US), but also the company’s president. Dark Cloud, Level 5’s first title, sold 800,000 copies worldwide and its sequel Dark Chronicle managed to sell more than 2… Read More »

RPGFan Exclusive Interview Series: Creator’s Talk 2003 – Akitoshi Kawazu (UNLIMITED SaGa)

Posted by Chris Winkler on March 2, 2003

We will start off this feature series with Square executive director and producer Akitoshi Kawazu. Joining Square 18 years ago, he has been responsible for Final Fantasy I and II’s game design and served as director and producer of the 1999 RPG racing hybrid Racing Lagoon. Most importantly… Read More »

RPGFan Exclusive Interview Series: Creator’s Talk 2003 – Akira Yoshizumi (Tales of Destiny 2)

Posted by Chris Winkler on March 2, 2003

This feature series’ last interview will focus on Namco’s hit title Tales of Destiny 2. Its producer Akira Yoshizumi joined Namco in 1988, and after amounting a lot of experience in both sales and promotion, he was appointed Tales of producer last year. Despite boasting sales exceeding 800,000 copie… Read More »

RPGFan Exclusive Interview Series: Creator’s Talk 2003 – Daisuke Uchiyama (.hack Series)

Posted by Chris Winkler on March 2, 2003

Daisuke Uchiyama entered Bandai in 1994 and since then has worked on Dragonball Z, Dragonball Final Bout, and First of the North Star. As producer of the .hack series, he has been coordinating the work of a team including character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame), scena… Read More »

RPGFan Exclusive Interview Series: Creator’s Talk 2003 – Makoto Ikehara and Tatsuya Yoshikawa (Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter)

Posted by Chris Winkler on March 2, 2003

Serving as planner and designer of the recently released fifth installment of the long-running Breath of Fire series, Makoto Ikehara and Tatsuya Yoshikawa have been integral parts of the game’s development team. Both joined Capcom more than ten years ago in 1992. Breath of Fire V – Dragon Quarter ha… Read More »

Noriyuki Iwadare Interview: Japanese Version

Posted by Lucy Rzeminski on November 18, 2002

Noriyuki Iwadare is best known by most game fans in the U.S. for the musical work he’s done on the now classic Lunar, and classic in the making, Grandia series. However, his resume is much more extensive and encompasses roughly thirty different game soundtrack scores and arrangments,… Read More »

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