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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 »

Killashandra & The Five Moons Exclusive Video: A Hiroki Kikuta Original, Arranged by Five Musicians

Posted by Mike Salbato on April 13, 2025

What do you get when you mix together famed composer Hiroki Kikuta with the Scarlet Moon music community? You get excellent collaborations like Killashandra & The Five Moons, featuring the original song “Killashandra” alongside five unique arrangements by different artists (hence the “Five Moons… Read More »

RPGs Coming This Week, 4/13/25

Posted by Gio Castillo on April 13, 2025

In this edition of RPGs Coming This Week, RPGFan goes back to its roots with the series that started it all. Along for the ride are an occult-themed Metroidvania and a colorful tactics game clearly inspired by a certain Nintendo franchise… uh, what year is it? Because I’d really love for it to be… Read More »

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Story Expansion: The Chapter of Seign

Posted by Audra Bowling on April 12, 2025

With the initial announcements of the DLC expansions for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, I admit that Seign’s didn’t spark my curiosity as much as the other two. That’s nothing against Seign’s character, of course! He’s one of the game’s more fleshed-out and interesting people. Instead, my lukewa… Read More »

Promise Mascot Agency

Posted by Tom Naylor on April 10, 2025

From Kaizen Game Works, the talented team that brought you the wacky, wild, and wickedly stylish murder mystery adventure game Paradise Killer comes Promise Mascot Agency, a game that defines itself as an “open-world management sim crime drama.” Don’t be intimidated if the words ‘management’ and ‘si… Read More »

Retro Encounter 457 – BioWare Draft

Posted by Wes Iliff on April 10, 2025

It doesn’t matter how many draft picks get stolen. We will hold the line! Oh yes, it’s time for another draft episode! This time around, we’re drafting from some of BioWare’s most celebrated games…alongside one or two that are a bit less celebrated. Who will steal Garrus before anyone else? How many… Read More »

SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered

Posted by Patrick Gann on April 9, 2025

In my teens, I loved SaGa Frontier 2, though objectively I knew it to be a beautiful mess. Now, 25 years later, I love SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered. It’s still beautiful, and thanks to the myriad improvements, there’s much less mess. Before delving into the many changes Square Enix brought to this rem… Read More »

All in Abyss: Judge the Fake

Posted by Neal Chandran on April 8, 2025

All in Abyss: Judge the Fake is a decidedly un-heroic visual novel/RPG hybrid. Its premise revolves around high-stakes gambling featuring the Texas Hold’em variant of poker. Cocky, foul-mouthed protagonist Asuha Senahara is, to quote the description of the infamous chocolate-covered onion sold at Ph… Read More »

Blue Prince

Posted by Tom Naylor on April 7, 2025

For many people (myself included), Blue Prince is a game that was not on their radar until all of a sudden, industry people started talking about how fantastic it is. Published by Raw Fury (who brought us great adventure games like American Arcadia and Norco), it’s the brainchild of Tonda Ros, a vis… Read More »

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