Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Breathes Fresh Life Into the Series
With its focus on relationships, village building and a smooth combat system, Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is a natural evolution for the series. The Switch 2 version has strong characters, an emotional story and welcome streamlining without losing what makes the franchise special.
Save State Ponders the Ys Series Origin
This week, Save State features the action RPG franchise known as Ys series by Nihon Falcom. Vincent Mahoney takes a close look at a title in the series from 2006 called Ys Origin. It’s a prequel to the previous nine titles, all with action, puzzles, platforming elements and movement that is both agile and responsive.
Rune Factory 5 Manufactures More Classic RPG Action
The Rune Factory RPG series from developer Hakama has a long history of providing gamers with a platform to fight, farm and craft their way to victory. Rune Factory 5 continues that grand tradition in style.
Saves So Nice, We Save Them Twice
This week our intrepid Save State Gamer, Vincent Mahoney, enjoys his quarantine with some classic games and collections. This week, he tackles The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky and the Mega Zero ZX Legacy Collection.
Story of Seasons Grows From Harvest Moon Glory
Harvest Moon purists may find the simplified gameplay of Story of Seasons to be a comparative blasphemy, but the game does have good multi-tasking, a faster pace and lots of upgrade options. It’s also suitable for any age or skill level, and pretty fun.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Finally Comes To U.S. PCs
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky took ten years to come to America, and then it was a PSP game. Now it makes the jump to the PC, and our resident JRPG loving reviewer, Billy White, is there to play it through. Is this one lost in translation, or a valuable find?
An RPG For Little Ones
Little King’s Story is a strategy/RPG for the Wii that is aimed at the younger crowd. Given that little kids are a bit underserved, this title could be considered one of the best titles for them.