UPDATE: In addition to Nintendo Switch, SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered will also come out today for PlayStation 5 and 4, PC, iOS, and Android. Credits to Gematsu. SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered was unveiled at the latest Nintendo Direct, and it’s coming sooner than anyone expected. In fact, it’ll be availab… Read More »
I wanna be an RPG fan when I grow up. This week on Retro Encounter we gather to discuss the RPGs that defined our taste. Not necessarily our favorites, but games that helped us understand what we value in an RPG or in games in general. Does Final Fantasy show up? Who likes the most obscure Metroidva… Read More »
Starfield’s first major story expansion is here, and it is predictably handsome and shallow. Moreover, Shattered Space is an imperceptive, often tone-deaf, attempt to reorient fan and critical reception after the base game’s botched launch (I even acknowledge this as a person who… Read More »
If your first thoughts upon seeing the trailers for AI LIMIT are “another one?” I wouldn’t blame you as it is indeed another Souls-like, blending Bloodborne-esque combat and anime aesthetics as its selling point. But what else does it bring to the table besides a surprisingly rare combination of gam… Read More »
There is a lot of excitement around The First Berserker: Khazan in the subset of gamers enjoying that most rarified of genres, the Soulslike: sharp-eyed heroes with better reflexes than a battle-hardened warrior, eager to get their hands on what could be their next brutally challenging experience. R… Read More »
On this episode of Random Encounter, it’s time to sink into the shadows and brew some tea, because we’re talking about Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Wanderstop! Assassin’s Creed Shadows is finally here! This long-awaited game has been delayed multiple times over the last year, but was that extra time… Read More »
Honestly, we’ve been taking it a little too easy lately. Back-to-back weeks with the likes of Atelier Yumia and Wanderstop… what are we, a bunch of cozy gamers? Kidding, I love those games too, but the pendulum has decisively swung back to the opposite end with three Souls-likes guaranteed to test… Read More »
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a nostalgic throwback to JRPGs of yesteryear, with some entertaining and polished elements and others leaving much to the imagination. I enjoyed playing the game and liked its large, colorful cast of characters, even though I wished several of them had more narra… Read More »
Over the past twenty-eight years, the Atelier franchise has reinvented itself with each new series. While the core themes and elements of the franchise remain intact, characters, combat, synthesis, and mechanics are often wildly different from one series to the next. Mechanically, the Arland series… Read More »
Michael Sollosi Tales titles are typically reliable RPG comfort food. You go on a journey for a few dozen hours, get to know a group of quirky anime teenagers, and save the world while navigating a world full of color and made-up nonsense words that explain the setting’s unification of technology an… Read More »
Have you heard the one about the couple in the car and the escaped murderer with a hook for a hand? You haven’t? It’s terrifying; a friend of a friend told me about it. Don’t worry, though. You won’t encounter this tale in Urban Myth Dissolution Center, but you will find a host of other examples fro… Read More »
As a little kid growing up on the PlayStation 1 and my father’s NES, I was accustomed to replaying the same short experiences again and again. Not knowing how to work a memory card—and fearful of overwriting dad’s Metal Gear Solid save—I was content to start my handful of games fresh each day. If it… Read More »
It’s visual novel day at Rhythm Encounter! Following one of the quickest sign-up processes ever for our show, four visual novel fans have come together to share thoughts on the music of eight visual novels, but they discuss so many more in the process. We all quickly learned that this topic will hav… Read More »
Starlight Legacy is a retro-inspired turn-based JRPG from indie Japanese developer Decafesoft and publisher Eastasiasoft. It features obvious nods to many classic 1990s Japanese RPGs and anime while sporting its own personality. Starlight Legacy may look and feel familiar, yet it gave me a few subtl… Read More »
I’d considered playing Freedom Wars years ago, back when it was locked to the PlayStation Vita. I didn’t have much reason to besides the fact that it was one of the few Vita-exclusive games with an anime aesthetic that I’d never heard of before. That it’s received a re-release after years trapped on… Read More »
Just past the Ides of March, we arrive at a very stacked week. Three sprawling open worlds invite you to sink dozens, potentially hundreds of hours into exploring every last nook and cranny. Plus, we’re getting a new action roguelike that just might scratch that Supergiant-shaped itch. RPGs Coming T… Read More »
Like many of you, I discovered 2021’s Tails of Iron when it was available as a PS Plus freebie in 2023. That oddly stark, gritty, medieval mouse game sat untouched in my library, glaring out at me when I occasionally scrolled by. I had low to nonexistent expectations for its… erm, squeakquel, Tails… Read More »
Small towns are scary, and they’re trying to kill you. Those who didn’t grow up in a small town might think that’s ridiculous, but if you have, you know better. You know the horrors of walking through the night with no streetlights. Or suspecting that the forest behind the old elementary school is i… Read More »
I’ve traveled back in time from next week. Please listen to this episode. This week on Retro Encounter, the panel gets back together to discuss the second half of Tales of Graces f. Our discussion ranges from the increasingly excellent combat, the less than excellent dungeon design, and the good, th… Read More »
Hello and welcome to our roundup of this past weekend’s Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2025! This two-day event featured talks, presentations, and a ton of indie games on display. The 2024 event drew over 9,000 visitors, and the show seems to only be growing each year, with 2025 being its third year. Whil… Read More »
When inkle releases a new game, I sit up and pay attention. This UK-based studio has developed some of the most innovative and engaging visual novel/adventure games of the last decade, including Sorcery!, 80 Days, and Heaven’s Vault. However, it was their 2021 release of Overboard!, a time loop game… Read More »
I wasn’t sure how to feel about a sequel to Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The first game delivered on the “novelty” of a massive, open Elder Scrolls-esque game about realistic medieval times: no magic, no dragons, and characters based on real people who lived in the 1300s. But though it was an impressi… Read More »
After being somewhat absent from the limelight for several years since making waves in the early- to mid-2010s, the indie dream team of Davey Wreden (The Stanley Parable, The Beginner’s Guide), Karla Zimonja (Gone Home, Tacoma), and C418 (Minecraft) have joined forces under the banner of Ivy Road to… Read More »
On this episode of Random Encounter, it’s time to chat about a remaster and a new game in two long-running series! First up, Zach’s prayers have been answered: Suikoden I&II HD Remaster: Gate Rune & Dunan Unification Wars is finally out! This remaster of the first two Suikoden games has been… Read More »
In this edition of RPGs Coming This Week, triple-A takes a backseat. We got our Monster Hunters and Suikodens out of the way. Now is the time for smaller studios to take the spotlight, and it’s our pleasure to get the word out! So, please sit back and enjoy this week’s exceptionally strong indie lin… Read More »
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