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RPGs Coming This Week, 5/4/25

Posted by Gio Castillo on May 4, 2025

Inside this edition of RPGs Coming This Week are two wolves. On one side are cozy games that look like they would pair well with a cup of hot chocolate; on the other are far moodier games, including a sci-fi RPG with eyes towards the cosmos and a period-piece bartender/detective game. Strap in, read… Read More »

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (2013)

Posted by Audra Bowling on May 3, 2025

After being thoroughly charmed by developer Matrix Software’s Final Fantasy III Nintendo DS remake, I adored my time with their Final Fantasy IV remake. I was intrigued when I heard that the classic old-school FF had a sequel, so I leaped from 3D graphics to pixels to play the Final Fantasy IV: The… Read More »

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes: The Chapter of Markus

Posted by Audra Bowling on May 2, 2025

Time travel can be tricky, especially when it involves you and those you care for. That’s the central dilemma of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes’ third DLC story expansion, The Chapter of Markus. When the fabled Skeleton King Markus and other party members are inexplicably thrown back three hundre… Read More »

Despelote

Posted by Tom Naylor on May 1, 2025

I have a confession to make right off the bat: I’ve never really liked football. I realise that’s sacrilege, especially given that I grew up in the sport’s birthplace, at least where its modern incarnation was formed. Don’t get me wrong; I’ve tried my hand at it many a time. I’m not sure it’s even p… Read More »

Rosewater

Posted by Tina Olah on April 30, 2025

Come on down to your local saloon and let’s have a mighty fine talk about treasure hunting, failed revolutions, and nude photography. It’s been a long wait, but this March finally saw the release of Grundislav Games’ Rosewater, a Western-themed follow-up to 2018’s excellent steampunk detective game,… Read More »

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

Posted by Matt Wardell on April 29, 2025

Middas afternoon, 5th of Heartfire, in the year 433 of the Third Era. When the Fighter’s Guild put me on to solve Arvena Thelas’ “rat problem,” I thought I’d be cleaning a basement of rabid vermin, not saving her precious pet rats from an intruding mountain lion. Now I follow a local hunter, Pinarus… Read More »

Rhythm Encounter 159 – Press Start Again: More RPG Title Screen Music

Posted by Mike Salbato on April 28, 2025

RPG title screens bear a heavy burden. They’re one of the first things we see in a game, making them one of the best places to leave a strong first impression. And often, a key component of that is the music. Several years ago, we highlighted eight standout title screen tracks in episode 71, and tod… Read More »

RPGs Coming This Week, 4/27/25

Posted by Audra Bowling on April 27, 2025

Last week, three RPGs showed up out of nowhere. Everyone and their mother expected the Oblivion remaster, but pretty much no one anticipated the releases of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones on Switch and Breath of Fire IV on PC. With how short this edition of RPGs Coming This Week is, I’m wondering if… Read More »

Penny Blood: Hellbound

Posted by Abraham Kobylanski on April 26, 2025

It’s been a while since the last Shadow Hearts game, and more specifically, about 20 years since Shadow Hearts: Covenant, generally considered the pinnacle of the series, came out outside of Japan. Creator Matsuzo Machida and company are currently working on a spiritual successor, Penny Blood, which… Read More »

The RPGs That Made Us

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on April 25, 2025

I think we all remember the game that got us into RPGs. But what about the ones that really set the standard, that taught us what we want, that helped define our tastes? You know, the ones where you thought “oh, I like this” and you keep looking for it afterwards? With those questions in mind, we ga… Read More »

Breath of Fire IV Now Available on GOG

Posted by Gio Castillo on April 25, 2025

Surprise! The classic PlayStation RPG Breath of Fire IV is now on PC, by way of CD Projekt Red’s GOG. Breath of Fire IV is the latest port to come out of GOG’s Dreamlist and Preservation Program, and follows other titles in Capcom’s PS1 catalog that have made their way to the storefront — Dino Crisi… Read More »

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

Posted by Dom Kim on April 24, 2025

Set in the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (The Hungry Lamb) promises a story full of mystery and interesting choices. Told through the eyes of Liang, a bandit commissioned to traffic four girls through a country ravaged by famine and disease, the st… Read More »

Retro Encounter 458 – Suikoden Revisited

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on April 24, 2025

All of this podcasting in front of a children. In this week’s episode of Retro Encounter, four enthusiastic series veterans and one newbie get together to discuss the original Suikoden to celebrate the recent remaster. Does the game still hold up? Can we stop ourselves from talking about the series… Read More »

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Posted by Zek Lu on April 23, 2025

You know the feeling of post-game blues? That empty, longing feeling when a game is so good that nothing else quite compares? The feeling when you know the next game you play isn’t going to live up to the standard set by this one? Well, that feeling is hitting me right now as I sit down to write thi… Read More »

Old Skies

Posted by Jerry Williams on April 23, 2025

Wadjet Eye has made a name for itself over the last fourteen years with its distinct point-and-click adventure game style and storytelling. By no means an in-your-face studio, most of its titles delve into the fantastical with real, believable characters. Telling tales about life and the human condi… Read More »

Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy

Posted by Matt Wardell on April 22, 2025

As a term to define a hugely diverse gaming genre, “adventure” has all but lost its meaning. More often than not, modern gaming adventures are driven by consistent action, head-scratching puzzles, complex mechanics, or some combination of the three. They dazzle with clever gimmicks and gameplay loop… Read More »

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

Posted by Sean Cabot on April 21, 2025

Dig deep enough through any artistic medium, and you’ll find no shortage of bizarre, idiosyncratic works that defy any comparison. Cult classics that, beloved or not, are so novel that their ambition alone is commendable. Some creatives specifically thrive on their uniquely offbeat style. I’ve been… Read More »

Random Encounter 321 – Lunar Eternal Blue Prince

Posted by Jonathan Logan on April 21, 2025

On this episode of Random Encounter, we’re looking at a new classic puzzle-adventure game and a packaged duo of some of the best RPGs ever released on the PSX! First, Gio and Tin are here to give us a walk-through tour of Blue Prince, the hit rogue-lite puzzle adventurer. This game came out of nowhe… Read More »

RPGs Coming This Week, 4/20/25

Posted by Audra Bowling on April 20, 2025

We’ve arrived at what many (in my circles, at least) consider their most anticipated single-player RPG of the year, as well as the latest (and hopefully not the last) from adventure game outfit Too Kyo Games. Plus, a wealth of smaller — but never lesser — releases. So, join us as we kick off this su… Read More »

Those Who Rule

Posted by Mark Roddison on April 19, 2025

Can there ever be enough turn-based SRPGs in the mould of Fire Emblem? Is it still possible to be excited about wars of political gamesmanship and the marshaling of the accompanying squads? For indie developer Eldin Turulja, the answer would be a resounding positive. This militaristic SRPG binds a c… Read More »

Echoes of Elysium Playtest Preview: Soarin’ and Buildin’

Posted by Scott Clay on April 18, 2025

Thanks to the people at Loric Games, I had the opportunity to sit and playtest their upcoming (and first) indie game, Echoes of Elysium. Echoes of Elysium is a procedurally generated open-world adventure RPG that allows you to take to the skies in airships and explore with your friends or by yoursel… Read More »

Battlefield Waltz

Posted by Audra Bowling on April 17, 2025

Otome visual novel Battlefield Waltz originally released in Japan on the PlayStation Vita in 2014, with its more recent Nintendo Switch port serving as its English localization debut. While the game’s storyline revolving around an elite military school isn’t the most original fantasy yarn, the chara… Read More »

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Patch 7.2 – Seekers of Eternity

Posted by Caitlin Argyros on April 16, 2025

Even the critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV (you know the meme) puts out the occasional dud patch from time to time. Generally, this doesn’t become a pattern, and later patches make up for earlier weaknesses. After patch 7.1 turned out to be one such dud, at least in terms of the story, I ha… Read More »

Class of Heroes 1 & 2 Complete Edition

Posted by Ben Love on April 15, 2025

The Class of Heroes series debuted all the way back in 2009 on the PSP. The handheld platforms at that time were in the midst of a first-person dungeon crawler revival, fueled by the success of series like Etrian Odyssey and Shin Megami Tensei on the Nintendo DS. Class of Heroes was developed by sma… Read More »

Lunar Remastered Collection

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on April 14, 2025

The first two Lunar games have always excelled at simplicity. Regardless of which of the many versions you’ve played, they tell straightforward stories well, full of characters with wit and optimism that refuse to bow to darkness, and have relatively simple graphical styles and gameplay loops to boo… Read More »

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