RPG Fan's Reviews
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is true to the spirit of the original while sporting the best look and combat in the series.
Hermit and Pig knows what it wants to say, and it delivers that poignant message between bouts of silliness and self-depricating jokes that strike the perfect vibe for turbulent times.
Cassette Boy brings neat ideas and some unfortunate baggage from its closest inspirations, leaving an experience that is novel yet underrealized.
If this game lands for you, it will be an immense success!
The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon wonderfully sets the stage for a phenomenal conclusion.
War never changes. Fallout 76 does.
Tales of Xillia Remastered brings the original to new and returning audiences with welcomed convenience features, even if some classic features are still a bit cumbersome.
The remnants of Telltale are back in full force with a superhero workplace comedy that's up there with the late studio's best, despite a few stumbles along the way.
Rue Valley excels in brief snippets, but forces players through long spans of laborious exploration.
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved tells a concise yet compelling mystery.
If you’re looking for a mystery game that’s more spooky than outright frightening, The Séance of Blake Manor is for you!
If style and a novel approach to storytelling is what you're craving, Demonschool is worth the time commitment.
If you have the patience to walk its slower roads, Octopath Traveler 0 meets you with the same quiet grace it asks of you.
A 1980s-themed ARPG, dripping in evocative themes and tight combat, with some UI and story drawbacks.
Of the retro titles out there, Shrine’s Legacy is a cut above. Several games like this may feel like cheap-to-develop cash grabs, or like someone made them just to relive the old days but doesn’t know how to make a good game. I’m critical of this style of game. Despite its failings and mediocrity, I enjoyed my time with Shrine’s Legacy. A bit simple, a bit weak, a bit buggy, but full of outstanding map design, charm, and great ideas. I hope the developers find some success and make an even better game in the future. I’ll be waiting.
Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian is a course correction that is bound to welcome new players, while also pleasing series super fans with a greatest hits of Atelier series systems and mechanics, and serves as everything the gacha should've been.
The needed addition of four-player co-op is not enough to offset dated visuals and an uneven frame rate in this "new" version of Koei Tecmo's fun, if flawed, monster-hunting ARPG.
Artis Impact has superb presentation, but fails on delivering a cohesive narrative or engaging game design.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is at its best when it breaks out of the series’s comfort zones, but finds itself falling too far back into them to make the most of its potential.
Favoring slow atmosphere over adventure and complexity, Syberia – Remastered puts some slight polish on a stone that never shone too bright to begin with.