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Retro Encounter 321 – Skies of Arcadia Part I

Posted by Alana Hagues on January 28, 2022

Once dubbed the official Retro Encounter game, 2000’s Dreamcast classic Skies of Arcadia finally sails on to the show. It’s a fickle ship to get your hands on, but luckily, four Retro Encounter regulars are onboard to discuss this RPG all about optimism, friendship, exploration, and adorable space b… Read More »

Retro Encounter 320 – This Episode Is Not About RPGs, Again

Posted by Michael Sollosi on January 20, 2022

RPGFans? Not today, we’re not! Here at RPGFan, we write and talk about RPGs almost nonstop, but that’s not all of who we are as fans of video games. Today, five RPGFan staff discuss ten of their favorite video games or series that aren’t quite RPG enough for RPGFan, in a self-indulgent sequel… Read More »

Retro Encounter 319 – Top Ten PS2 RPGs

Posted by Michael Sollosi on January 13, 2022

What will be the Final Fantastic game among our Personal picks? It’s a new year, and Retro Encounter rings in 2022 with a bang, counting down a ranked list of fourteen PlayStation 2 RPGs, compiled from the panelists’ own preferences, to eventually crown an official Retro Encounter Best PlaySta… Read More »

Retro Encounter 318 – 2021 Year in Review

Posted by Michael Sollosi on January 2, 2022

Happy Last Year! (Good riddance) A year has come and gone, and Retro Encounter has always been more about the past than the future. Four RPGFan staff discuss twelve of their favorite games of 2021, from remade trilogies to time loops to demon summoning to canine companionship. Listen to the end for… Read More »

Retro Encounter 317 – Final Fantasy V Part II

Posted by Jonathan Logan on December 23, 2021

Three worlds, four (maybe five) characters, and a whole whack of potential jobs: That’s Final Fantasy V in a nutshell! In today’s Retro, our four panelists will finish their exploration of the story of FFV, talk about some of our favorite jobs, and take a look at other versions of the game tha… Read More »

Retro Encounter 316 – Final Fantasy V Part I

Posted by Jonathan Logan on December 16, 2021

Four RPGFan panelists discuss the “odd one out” of the Final Fantasy 16-bit era, 1992’s Final Fantasy V. For those who loved RPGs during the SNES era, there was a game that forever seemed out of reach: Final Fantasy V. This unlocalized title was so legendary that it inspired the very first fan trans… Read More »

Retro Encounter 315 – Impostor Factory

Posted by Michael Sollosi on December 11, 2021

Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable. Romance, drama, comedy, regret, and… rice? Impostor Factory is a visual novel of sorts that looks like a 16-bit RPG, the third game in Kan Gao’s Sigmund Corp trilogy after To the Moon and Finding Paradise, and oh boy does it leave an i… Read More »

Retro Encounter 314 – RPG Villains: Emet-Selch

Posted by Michael Sollosi on December 2, 2021

Remember us. Remember that we once podcasted. Emet-Selch, the principal antagonist of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, is a unique blend of a foppish eccentric, a world-erasing psychopath, and a grieving survivor. He’s a complicated, entertaining foil to the Warrior of Light, and Retro Encounter i… Read More »

Retro Encounter 313 – Ys Origin Part II

Posted by Michael Sollosi on November 25, 2021

Hiya, Hugo! Hiya, stupid! Whatcha wanna go get demon energy for? Our two panelists navigate through Ys Origin’s three protagonists in our second episode on the 2006 prequel! Up for discussion are the Ys Origin endgame narratives, midgame boss battles, and family dynamics of the cursed Fact bloodline… Read More »

Retro Encounter 312 – Ys Origin Part I

Posted by Michael Sollosi on November 19, 2021

It rhymes with “Geese.” Not with “Wise.” Retro Encounter travels between 1989 and 2006 in playing Ys Origin, the prequel to the original Ancient Ys Vanished, Nihon Falcom’s influential action RPG. In today’s Retro Encounter the panelists discuss co-protagonists Yunica Tovah and Hugo Fact, the layout… Read More »

Retro Encounter 311 – Star Trek: Judgment Rites

Posted by Jonathan Logan on November 11, 2021

It wouldn’t be Star Trek without an inevitable sequel! The crew of the USS Retro Encounter is back after last week’s Star Trek-focused episode. This time, we’re taking a look at the follow-up to 25th Anniversary, the 1993 point-and-click adventure game, Star Trek: Judgment Rites. With the cast of th… Read More »

Retro Encounter 310 – Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

Posted by Jonathan Logan on November 5, 2021

It’s time to explore strange old worlds with the crew of the USS Retro Encounter! In this episode, our landing party of Trekkies beam into the 1992 point-and-click adventure game, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary. Featuring the vocal talents of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and the rest of the Enterpri… Read More »

Retro Encounter 309 – Cosmic Star Heroine Part II

Posted by Michael Sollosi on October 30, 2021

Retro Encounter finished their star-studded journey across the cosmos this month, but does Cosmic Star Heroine live up to to Zeboyd’s influences and fan expectations? The panel loves the visual design and battle designs of the game, but has issues in other places. But which boss was designed by the… Read More »

Retro Encounter 308 – Cosmic Star Heroine Part I

Posted by Michael Sollosi on October 21, 2021

Retro Encounter is blasting off again with two episodes on Cosmic Star Heroine, a 2010s crowdfunding success heavily inspired by specific 16-bit RPGs. The panel loves the visual style and battle system of Cosmic Star Heroine, but isn’t 100% sold on the story, characters, or soundtrack. How exactly d… Read More »

Retro Encounter 307 – RPG Confessions III: Muse City Stories

Posted by Michael Sollosi on October 14, 2021

The Church of Retro opens its confessional booth again, and three RPGFan panelists discuss the games and series for which they are the most embarrassed not to have played. So which JRPG Fan has never played a Suikoden title? Which Mega Man fan has never played Battle Network? Listen and find out! Re… Read More »

Retro Encounter 306 – Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Part II

Posted by Michael Sollosi on October 9, 2021

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is about a teenager assuming a world of responsibility, adults confronting their worst selves, and teens and grown-ups working together to prevent a demon from the Cthulhu Mythos from swapping the magnetic poles of Planet Earth. Four Retro Encounter panelists reject the… Read More »

Retro Encounter 305 – Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Part I

Posted by Michael Sollosi on September 30, 2021

Retro Encounter brings the band back together in a brand new timeline, reuniting most of the team that podcasted on Persona 2: Innocent Sin in September 2020 to discuss its sequel, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment one year later. Converging timelines, video game grownups struggling to find their place,… Read More »

Retro Encounter 304 – RPGFan Quiz Show IV: The Revenge

Posted by Michael Sollosi on September 16, 2021

Our fourth RPGFan Quiz Show in three years comes with changes to the quiz show landscape. Jeopardy!’s longtime host Alex Trebek has passed, and RPGFan’s audio quiz show inspiration, Ask Me Another, announced that its final episodes will air later this year. But Retro Encounter is still here, and ano… Read More »

Retro Encounter 303 – Persona Fantasy Draft

Posted by Michael Sollosi on September 9, 2021

Football season has seized North America, and four Persona-loving RPGFan staff decided to reject the sports-industrial complex to draft their own teams of teenagers battling their inner demons by confronting actual demons. Which protagonist is drafted first overall? Which participant picks not one,… Read More »

Retro Encounter 302 – The Great Ace Attorney Spoilercast

Posted by Michael Sollosi on September 2, 2021

Two recent entries in Capcom’s Ace Attorney saga of part-visual novel, part-adventure game, and all-courtroom drama video games were in localization purgatory for a few years before finally releasing worldwide as The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles in July 2021. Three of RPGFan’s preeminent anime lawy… Read More »

Retro Encounter 301 – Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Part II

Posted by Michael Sollosi on August 27, 2021

Three Retro Encounter panelists played Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne in August 2021, and each came out with different opinions and Reasons for those feelings. So which Reason is The Matrix and which Reason is The LEGO Movie? Listen and find out. You’ll have plenty of time, climbing those massive… Read More »

Retro Encounter 300 – Retro Encounter Battle Royale

Posted by Michael Sollosi on August 19, 2021

300 episodes! Retro Encounter always celebrates 50-episode milestones with new podcast gimmicks and a public vote on a future Retro Encounter game, and in 2021 we deliver with a Retro Encounter elimination tournament! We took sixteen suggested games for a future Retro Encounter episode, then voted t… Read More »

Retro Encounter 299 – Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Part I

Posted by Michael Sollosi on August 12, 2021

Podcasting is a harsh, unforgiving world that struggles between freedom of expression and survival of the fittest, but it’s nothing compared to post-apocalyptic Tokyo. Three Retro Encounter Demi-Fiends survive The Conception with two friends, two strangers, and their favorite teacher (with an oddly… Read More »

Retro Encounter 298 – Hakuoki Part II

Posted by Hilary Andreff on August 5, 2021

The samurai and demon boys are back in town, as are our panelists as we finish our discussion of Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi for Ladies Otome Month here on Retro Encounter. This time, discussion centers around two more specific routes: one where Shinsengumi antagonist and demon Kazama helps… Read More »

Retro Encounter 297 – Hakuoki Part I

Posted by Hilary Andreff on July 30, 2021

It’s Ladies Otome Month on Retro, so our panel is kicking back and getting lost in historical Japan with a bunch of deadly samurai. Some of us are otome experts, some of us only know the genre from second-hand accounts, but we’ve all made our choices and been throughout at least one route. Many of u… Read More »

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