Lightning Returns With An RPG On A Time Crunch
Square Enix gives it’s longest running series a major revamp with Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, keeping most of the main characters while revamping almost everything else.
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A Remastered Masterpiece For Symphonia Chronicles
Putting both Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World in one package is a great deal for this beloved Japanese RPG, even if the actual combat and storyline are a touch dated.
The Banner Saga Proudly Marches Forward
When The Oregon Trail meets a Skyrim-like world, you know you have something good. The Banner Saga combines intense storytelling and moral choices with turn-based combat for a unique and fun experience.
Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend – Dark Souls 2 Reviewed
If you thought the first game was difficult, know that it’s a picnic compared to Dark Souls 2. This is one of the hardest RPGs you will ever play, but also one of the most beautiful and deep. It’s a trap for sure. Dare you enter?
Come On Down To South Park
Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny have a new friend down in South Park – you! As the new kid in town, you have to fight Mongolian Hoards, aliens, monsters and hobos in a role-playing like quest to become cool.
A Dragon-Sized Sequel
The original Shadowrun Returns was a pretty good game, and nice recreation of the pen and paper RPG. Now with the Dragonfall module, everything is bigger, better and intense as only a shadowrun can become.
Daedalic Lets Loose a Dark Fantasy in Blackguards
Blackguards is a turn-based RPG that turns traditional rules on their head with a purely turn-based combat engine, high difficulty and a story that highlights the low-fantasy genre.
If It Smells Like Final Fantasy…
Intended to be a sequel to Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, the newly translated Bravely Default shows us the good side of Japanese-based RPGs at a time when their popularity is seemingly waning.
Old School RPG Cool
Avadon 2: The Corruption offers a huge world for players to explore, tough turn-based combat and an epic storyline that should satisfy even the most demanding role-playing gamer.
Eh-Xillia-Rating
Tales of Xillia is the thirteenth entry in the popular Tales franchise. An exclusive PlayStation title, it ranks among the best of the Japanese RPGs to come out this year.