With The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, a true epic finally comes (mostly) to a close. Spanning four games, each one clocking in at some 80 hours, simply playing through all Trails of Cold Steel is a mammoth undertaking (before you even factor in other Legend of …
When it comes to videogames, Warhammer might be best known for its strategy games—and fair enough, given the series’ tabletop wargaming origins. But it’s a world and setting that also lends itself naturally to Diablo-style action RPGs, with a whole assortment of monsters, character classes, heroes, and villains to draw …
DOMO Studio’s action RPG Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is coming to PlayStation 4 in the West in February 2021, following its launch in other territories and global PC release earlier this year. Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is the latest in a long-running series of Taiwanese RPGs that’s been kicking around since 1990. …
Haven is something truly special. Videogames seem to struggle with meaningful depictions of romance anywhere outside of the otome and dating sim niche—and as much as I love otome games, romance is something that should be far more universal, and there’s a lot of untapped potential in approaching romance through …
Taiko no Tatsujin may be best known for its arcade-style rhythm game action, but it’s also a series with a long history of RPG-style story modes, at least in its console releases. Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Great Adventure of the Seven Islands! established a RPG-rhythm mash-up formula that’s been …
If you want to try out Warcave’s upcoming turn-based strategy RPG Black Legend ahead of its release next year, you’re in luck: there’s now a free demo for it on Steam. The demo covers the first hour or so of the Black Legend, giving players a look at some of …
Saviours of Sapphire Wings & Stranger of Sword City Revisited, a double pack of Experience Inc. dungeon crawlers RPGs, comes to Nintendo Switch and PC in March 2021. North America will get them on March 16, Europe on March 19, and Oceania on March 23. Saviours of Sapphire Wings originally …
A new Final Fantasy XVI teaser site sheds some more light on the setting and main characters for the upcoming action RPG, as well as some impressive key artwork. Final Fantasy XVI takes place in Valisthea, “a land blessed in the light of the Mothercrystals”. Great powers have developed around …
Masayuki Furuya has a remarkable ability to use grim, horrific settings to tell the most heartfelt and hopeful stories. Games like Hotaru no Nikki: The Firefly Diary and A Rose in the Twilight are unforgiving games that explore difficult themes like depression, but their cute character designs always sit in …
It feels like Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin has been a long, long time coming, but we finally have a release date for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. Edelweiss’ Japanese mythology-inspired action platformer / farming sim hybrid comes out November 10 in North America and Japan, and November 20 in …
