To be the sad man / Behind Mako eyes Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, one of the most anticipated RPGs of 2024, reimagines many of the most dramatic and emotional moments of Final Fantasy VII, form Cloud’s flashback to Barret’s hometown and beyond, in a segmented open world environment driven by a mix of action combat… Read More »

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is the long-awaited sequel to 2015’s indie adventure 2064: Read Only Memories. 2064 introduced players to a more introspective cyberpunk story with all manner of character types represented (because representation matters). NEURODIVER takes us back into that vibrant world with a brand new story and characters, though some old friends do… Read More »

Fallout 3 was a landmark game. It emerged at a time when high fantasy primarily represented 3D open-world roleplaying games and shifted the genre’s possibilities. There had been some alternative settings at the time, but Bioshock euphoria dominated the cultural zeitgeist. In 2008, large, first-person game worlds with a distinct level of verisimilitude existed in… Read More »

The Rhapsody trilogy recently had its 25th anniversary, yet for 24 of those years, we’ve only been able to play one of the three games. Thanks to Nippon Ichi Software’s recent push to remaster, re-release, and localize their back catalog of games, fans of the original wondrous musical adventure are finally able to play these… Read More »

Publisher ATLUS and developer Studio Zero have announced an exclusive livestream to showcase the upcoming stylish fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio on April 22nd at 3 pm PT/ 6 pm ET. Director Katsura Hashino will present never-before-seen gameplay and development updates. The broadcast will debut live on ATLUS West’s official YouTube channel, with dubbed audio and English subtitles. Metaphor:… Read More »

War. War never changed. Fallout 2 never got an expansion pack.  A lot has changed since Fallout 2‘s 1998 release, even in the world of the Fallout series. It is a product of its time in that, along with Diablo, Fallout and its sequel set the tone in a new way for modern CRPGs, feeding… Read More »

On this episode, ex-Random Encounter host Greg Delmage returns to share his film expertise while chatting about the new Fallout TV show! Video game adaptations are hot right now, and Amazon has just dropped what might be the best one yet: Fallout! Based on the long-running RPG series, Fallout, the show is an exploration of… Read More »

On this edition of RPGs Coming This Week: an expansion to 2023’s biggest JRPG (er, depending on who you ask), and a diverse slate of indie titles with some sizable buzz behind them. Let’s get into it! Dream Tactics – April 15th (Switch, Windows) Dream Tactics is a cute GBA styled tactics RPG, with card… Read More »

When I first heard about it, I wasn’t sure what to make of the free-to-play mobile game Love and Deepspace. On paper, I find many of its separate components appealing. It’s a sci-fi otome with a mix of FMV dialogue cutscenes, a visual novel-style presentation, a surprisingly robust action RPG combat system, and some entertaining minigames.… Read More »

CRPGs were going through a difficult time in 1997.  Once the darling of PC video game enthusiasts, computer roleplaying games were approaching the status of a dead genre by the mid-90s. The popularity of the Ultima series had fizzled out, and stunning JRPGs like Final Fantasy VII on consoles and first-person blockbusters like Quake on PC were reigning supreme. But thankfully,… Read More »

A Kickstarter campaign for the turn-based, JRPG-inspired game titled Runa was revealed by Fennec Studio, an independent publisher and developer headquartered in Madrid. Keep an eye out as the campaign goes up on April 16th. Interested players can now add it to their wishlist on Steam. Preview the trailer that aired along with the said announcement. At first glance,… Read More »

Developer Humble Reeds and publisher Armor Games Studios have shared that the upcoming farming sim Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge will also be released on Nintendo Switch sometime in mid-2024. It was originally announced for PC via Steam. In Kamaeru, players can live out their ribbit dreams as they can tame, breed, and collect 500+ frogs in a customizable… Read More »