Final Fantasy VII Rebirth honors the legacy of a classic while building an identity of its own. Despite technical issues, particularly in handheld mode, its story, combat, and world make it one of the best RPGs on Switch 2.
Although much of the creative personnel is different, ZA/UM persists and has released new title Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. The narrative espionage RPG comes with some strong world-building and mysteries to uncover.
It’s another year, another June, and the world needs more Pride than ever before. This month, we’re waving the flag for RPGaymer and celebrating examples of queer representation in video games.
Creating expansive sandbox RPGs is not an easy undertaking, especially with a small team. Laps Games is trying to do just that with Valorborn. RPGamer was able to speak with Noris and Onurhan of Laps Games to ask some questions about the roadmap through Early Access and into the game’s future.
Austin Langer was able to interview former BioWare narrative designer Sylvia Feketekuty. She discusses how the teams tackled exposition, player agency, and world-building in both Mass Effect and Dragon Age.
What happens when you blend ideas from Zelda, Castlevania, and Dark Souls into one single video game? Well, Mina the Hollower certainly pays homage to those franchises, but also burrows its way into a gaming experience that RPGamers will find enjoyable as it creates its own legacy.
Outward 2 begins its closed beta this week ahead of a July Early Access release. RPGamer was able to learn some more about the game from developer Nine Dots Studio.
Soul Blazer is a RPG where the hero has to re-populate the world due to extreme avarice. This old-school game has fun concepts, and also paves the way for future Quintet projects.
A knight, mage and thief walk into a bar only to go on a quest for some magical orbs… and meet a friendly supercomputer? 8-Bit Adventure pays homage to classic RPGs, but does it stand on its own merits?
The long wait is almost over, Yacht Club Games’ top down adventure Mina the Hollower is arriving this month. To keep up the excitement, RPGamer obtained the opportunity to pose some questions to David D’Angelo of Yacht Club Games.
Some adventures are timeless, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be improved upon in some manner. The question is whether the changes bring anything new to the experience, for good or for ill.
Owlcat Games is taking on a new RPG subgenre with The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. RPGamer got to try out the recently-released closed beta ahead of the full game’s planned launch in spring of next year.
IKINAGAMES’s Starbites draws upon classic JRPGs from a few generations ago. Despite never really hitting its stride, it’s still an enjoyable enough entry with a solid base to build upon.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past got the winning formula so right, that even today, games emulate it’s core structure. It is a legacy game on the SNES and should be something all RPGamers play, at least once.
The Neopets: Mega Mini Games Collection attempts to revive the magic of one of the internet’s most beloved virtual pet RPGs. Sadly, these Flash-era diversions quickly that they were never meant to stand on their own.
Mixtape captures the messy, exaggerated beauty of teenage memory through music, nostalgia, and one final night between friends. Beneath the surreal moments and a soundtrack full of classics is a quieter story about growing up and the life they’re about to leave behind.
Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden have released Genesis RPG Traysia onto modern consoles. Was it worth reviving? Or should it have stayed buried in the past?
Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster is a remake of an older mobile game. In adopting a “less is more” approach, however, Inti Creates fails to embrace a key characteristic: player immersion.
How do we stop corporations from destroying community spaces? We find like-minded individuals to help fight back! In Bit Egg’s hidden object game Lost and Found Co. players will be searching for lost people’s property and also spreading love to within the community.
Adventure is much like school. You can go along thinking you’re doing fine, cruising along at C level, and then wham! The difficulty gets bell-curved. It will take more than just an all-night grind to get a passing grade on this one.
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