Aleks Franiczek
If you enjoy text- and systems-driven RPGs, or well-written sci-fi in general, Starward Vector is a remarkable achievement as both game and fiction.
This revamp of The Answer improves the original experience, but that experience still mostly revolves around hours of dungeon crawling.
Persona 3 Reload is a near-perfect case of a videogame remake preserving, strengthening, and building upon its source.
For players who have the patience and curiosity to push through learning the game's idiosyncrasies, Fading Afternoon can offer a profound gameplay experience that makes a given playthrough feel like a life lived.
Phantom Liberty is a refreshingly tight and consistently gripping package with most of the most involving storytelling you will find in an RPG.
For those who can stomach its depictions of a young boy's tortured life (and mostly generic gameplay), Omori offers some of the most unforgettable moments you can find in a narratively ambitious indie RPG.
Citizen Sleeper intelligently and elegantly explores its cyberpunk themes and the growing potential of tabletop-inspired digital RPGs.