Earlier this week, Weekly Famitsu unveiled Atelier Lulua: The Alchemist of Arland 4 for release in Japan next year. A Western release was pretty much a given, but the announcement came sooner than I think most would have expected: Koei Tecmo today announced a spring 2019 (autumn 2019 in ANZ) for the …
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age will be remembered as one of the JRPG greats, at least of this generation. As is always true of Dragon Quest games, Echoes of an Elusive Age is instantly familiar, yet feels new and fresh at the same time. I said as …
After five main games and a handful of spin-offs, it’s easy to get complacent with Disgaea‘s quirks and forget how much of an impact the original game had when it first came out in 2003. With the ability to throw characters around the map insane upper limits for every stat …
Good news, everyone! Koei Tecmo announced today that the Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack will be getting a Western release on December 4 this year, bringing three more delightful JRPGs to Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack combines the full Atelier Arland trilogy into one pack, including “many of the previously …
It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to call Metal Max Xeno a JRPG twist on Mad Max. It shares a lot of superficial similarities—the post-apocalyptic desert setting, the focus on vehicular combat, and the Metal Max title—but it connects with the iconic film series on a deeper level, …
Valkyria Chronicles 4 is the sequel that a lot of fans have been waiting since the first game came out a decade ago. The second and third games both mixed things up somewhat, and the latter still hasn’t been released outside Japan. Last year’s Valkyria Revolution was a spinoff that …
It’s a very good time to be a fan of dungeon crawlers. The last few years alone have given us Mary Skelter: Nightmares, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, Hyakki Castle, among many others, each of which delivered a classic dungeon romp while also tinkering around the edges of the …
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is a huge game, so it’s going to be a while before I’m in a position to publish a review. But even just based on the 10 hours or so I’ve played so far, I’m confident in saying that this is, hands …
God Wars: Future Past was one of the best (and most criminally underrated) games of last year. A straightforward tactical RPG on the surface, it eschewed the genre’s current fascination with needless complexity in favour of something simple yet deep. The ebb and flow of combat, coupled with the oddly …
Announcements of Switch ports come so thick and fast these days that it’s easy to gloss over them. Here’s one no JRPG fan will want to miss, though: Grandia and Grandia II are headed to Nintendo’s hybrid console in HD remastered form, courtesy of GungHo Online Entertainment. The two games will be bundled together …
