RPG Site's Reviews
Final Fantasy Resonance sports one of the best turn-based combat systems seen in years, bolstered by lovable characters and a genuinely stunning presentation. However, it's held back by a lackluster story and odd pacing.
While developer GPTrack50's debut title has its share of faults, this roguelite action RPG's art direction is such a tour de force that it drives the entirety of the charming, irreverent atmosphere that hearkens back to the late 90s / early 00s.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse has excellent presentation and style, but some frustrations lead to a fairly uneven experience until it eventually finds its footing.
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen expands the content available to players, and you'll probably have a good time - but as enjoyable as my time was, I can't help but consider how this feels less like an expansion of what the original game was, but rather a restriction into a far more narrow scope of RPG.
Control Resonant pushes the bounds of what Remedy Entertainment's quirky formula can achieve. An action-RPG that has a few growing pains, but sprouts into something monumentally special by the end.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a massive SRPG and an extremely ambitious game. While its tactical battles, exploration, and management systems are excellent, a disjointed narrative holds this entry back from its potential.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter continues its winning streak with excellent storytelling, robust and fluid hybrid action/turn-based combat, and jaw-dropping music and environmental design.
Despite its brutal release timing and several noteworthy shortcomings, this offline conversion of Another Eden is a fantastic game that plays beautifully with one of the coolest New Game+ modes that's been done in an RPG.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a stunning return for one of Capcom's most overlooked series, with a truly spectacular combat system and boss battles that constantly evoke the dynamic feeling of an action film.
Rebel Wolves' debut project is an instant classic, and one of the best RPGs of 2026
You can feel the XCOM DNA in Bit Reactor's debut title, Star Wars Zero Company, but its cast of rogues is the special sauce that helps it shine, despite a somewhat lackluster story and unfortunate performance issues.
Brigandine Abyss had the potential to be great, but it is held back by some issues that make it a disappointing follow-up to its predecessor.
Steins;Gate Re:Boot is the best version of the classic story, even with some caveats.
Beast of Reincarnation is a bold new title from Game Freak that liberally takes inspiration from a handful of other games, including Pokémon, but manages to twist it all into something charmingly unique.
Blue Reflection Quartet offers tremendous value and a great way to start the series, but some parts of the collection leave a lot to be desired.
Culdcept BEGINS is an excellent deckbuilder/board-game hybrid that cured me of my deckbuilder fatigue.
Relink's major expansion is highly impressive, but it's important to set expectations of what it brings; it doesn't completely revamp the game from top to bottom, but it builds upon the endgame of Cygames' action RPG with many new quests, characters, and systems to power-up your roster once more.
Gothic 1 Remake faithfully reconstructs a cult classic RPG from a team that clearly respected the original, and feels like a game from a bygone era largely for the better.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a solid, but sometimes disappointing, transition into action-RPGs for Square Enix's HD-2D series.
A vastly improved battle system buoys what is otherwise a polarizing conclusion to the Utawarerumono franchise.