Ghost Trick’s second half has twists, switcheroos, and some Very Good Animals and we’re here to discuss all of it. Alternate timelines, supernatural magic, and prognostication of how painful a t-shirt gun is each get their moments in a very tricky episode of Retro Encounter! Get ready for a wild ridā¦ Read More »
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is an offbeat adventure game from the creative team behind Capcom’s Ace Attorney series. A ghost named Sissel wakes up above his dead body, and decides to solve his own murder. From there a tale of using supernatural ghost powers to save murder victims and thwart interā¦ Read More »
Retro Encounter brings back its homage to Ask Me Another in a new quiz show for the end of 2019! Two new contestants, two returning contests, one new host, and sixty new questions are here to play, and the topics range from Suikoden characters to Zelda dungeons to professional wrestling. We got weirā¦ Read More »
We’re back for part 2 of our Vagrant Story discussion! Our two panelists go over the Vagrant Story endgame, Ashley Riot’s motivations, and the future of Vagrant Story in today’s episode. There are some kind words about Yasumi Matsuno and some less-kind words about block-pushing puzzles. Does Vagrantā¦ Read More »
Vagrant Story is an experimental, cinematic RPG of the year 2000 with a battle system that’s complicated both to navigate and explain. Fortunately, today’s podcast goes deep into the presentation and mechanics of this Squaresoft classic, from graphics to gameplay and from Rosencrantz to Guildensternā¦ Read More »
Earthbound got mentioned on a stream, Kat and Sollosi had a short discussion, and a podcast was born. Two panelists from Retro Encounter’s 2017 Earthbound episodes join with two relative newcomers to the RPGFan staff for an all-new Earthbound discussion, which connects Super Smash Brothers to One Piā¦ Read More »
We’re back for the second half of Retro Encounter’s journey through the world of the first Grandia! Our pair of panelists discuss the rambunctious Rapp, the secrets of Alent, and what Baal and his cronies are up to. Listen in for more discussion of this Game Arts classic! Featuring: Zach Wilkerson,ā¦ Read More »
In a very unusual episode of Retro Encounter, the host selfishly combines two of his longtime obsessions: Final Fantasy and fantasy football. Four panelists attempt to draft Final Fantasy characters into an ultimate Final Fantasy team, purely for fun and not competition (publicly), but each panelistā¦ Read More »
Grandia, the Saturn classic later ported to PlayStation, saw new life in 2019 with ports available for Switch and PC. Two Retro Encounter panelists check and see if the Game Arts opus holds up, examining its intriguing battle system, maddening dungeons, and relentless optimism. (Thankfully, our podcā¦ Read More »
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is a beloved 1993 classic with a recent 2019 remake. We wanted to discuss it in detail on a podcast, but we did so back in 2018! Hence the “revisited” in this episode title and also the emphasis on that recent remake and the future of Zelda. Today’s Retro is allā¦ Read More »
Fire Emblem: Three Houses made a huge splash among RPG fans in general and Fire Emblem fans in particular in July 2019, and a few months later we’re ready to dive deep into a spoilercast all about it. Favorite characters, the nuances of different story paths, and more all take center stage in this fā¦ Read More »
The second half of Wild ARMs 3 is loaded with hidden puzzle rooms, secret bosses, unidentified flying objects, and story surprises. Wild ARMs 3 has many hidden depths buried in its post-apocalyptic sands, and Retro Encounter’s panel is ready to dig in. So is Wild ARMs 3 good, bad, or ugly? Listen toā¦ Read More »
Wild ARMs fans can’t agree which game is the best in the series, but Wild ARMs 3 won a public poll held earlier this year, so that’s the Ramen Western our two Retro Encounter panelists are taking on. Post-apocalyptic cowboys, shamanistic magic, and an excess of JRPG statistics populate this PS2 gem,ā¦ Read More »
Retro Encounter celebrates Nintendo’s massively successful handheld in a new console-dedicated episode! Melodramatic lawyers, gentleman professors, Square-Enix remakes, and even rotoscoped detectives get their shine in this episode celebrating as many D.S. acronyms as we can remember. So which Dragoā¦ Read More »
With Dragon Quest XI’s Switch version on the horizon and Dragon Quest Builders II in the rearview mirror, two of Retro Encounter’s distinguished Dragon Quest dilettantes delve into the entire series catalogue. Eventually, the dynamic duo determine Retro Encounter’s official favorite Dragon Quest. Doā¦ Read More »
Luca Blight, the mad dog of a bad prince from Suikoden II, is one of the most memorable villains of Japanese RPGs, and Retro Encounter is bringing back the RPG Villains format to celebrate, analyze, and reproach him. What was Luca’s most horrible act? Could Luca have joined the heroes in different cā¦ Read More »
In their second exploration of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, a panel gets deep into Erebonian politics, giant robots, and school dances. Plot twists, connections to other Trails titles, and more take center stage at the Thors Military Academy festival. Who’s the cutest couple at the scā¦ Read More »
Retro Encounter celebrates 200 episodes with its very own awards show! Five panelists discuss more than twenty awards subjects, except they aren’t beholden to particular years, specific genres, or common sense. The categories, winners, and panelists follow no rules at all except “Must either be undeā¦ Read More »
Retro Encounter braves their second Falcom journey of 2019 with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, an epic tale of generations of war, an economic class divide, and questionable school field trips. Four panelists of Trails veterans and newcomers tackle the fan-favorite RPG with enthusiasm fā¦ Read More »
Four Retro Encounter panelists each finished Trials of Mana (maybe more than once) and there is plenty to discuss. The game hits its non-linear middle chapter and choice-determined finale, and everything from elemental weaknesses to class changes to endgame loot hunting comes up. Beat up those Benevā¦ Read More »
Three RPGFan panelists spend a warm July evening reminiscing about the games of summer. Games played durring summer break from school, games that have a summery feeling, or even games tied to specific middle-of-the-year-in-the-northern-hemisphere memories. This episode covers an enormous range of toā¦ Read More »
Seiken Densetsu III spent more than two decades on lists of “great Japanese RPGs that never left Japan,” until June 2019. It was added to the Retro Encounter schedule minutes after the announcement during E3 2019. A month after that fateful Nintendo Direct, four Retro Encounter panelists have playedā¦ Read More »
It’s fun to talk about what you love, but almost as much fun to wallow in shared disdain. For this episode of Retro Encounter, four panelists discuss their LEAST favorite games in a few of their favorite series, from Kingdom Hearts Re:Remakes to flawed first or second games of legendary JRPG seriesā¦ Read More »
Retro Encounter gets spooky in June as two panelists discuss Until Dawn, the 2015 horror-narrative game where everyone can live, everyone can die, and everyone will definitely get chased around a resort cabin by psychopaths and wendigos. It’s a cool game about cold weather in the hot summer for Retrā¦ Read More »
Mythology, including everything from fairy tales to foundational beliefs of ancient peoples, has influenced storytelling, literature, and human civilization for thousands of years. Many RPGs are heavily influenced by myth, and on today’s Retro Encounter three folklore enthusiasts talk about mythologā¦ Read More »
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