Tag: rpg

Valkyrie Profile is one of the most unique RPGs ever released.  It has nothing to do with its setting; plenty of games crib from Norse mythology.  No, Valkyrie Profile innovates by having a unique structure.  It breaks the traditional convention...

Parasite Eve is one of my favorite PlayStation games of all time.  At a time when Square were rapidly expanding off the back of Final Fantasy VII it was fresh take on the RPG thanks to its setting and theme. ...

Rpgs on the Dreamcast were few and far between, at least in the US.  While I would have loved to play titles like Langrisser Millennium and Sorcerian I knew they wouldn’t be localized.  One of the first Rpgs let alone...

Developer: KCET    Publisher: Konami    Release: 06/30/98   Genre: RPG Konami were on a bit of a hot streak in terms of RPGs on the PlayStation. Suikoden beat the odds and was successful in 1996 while Vandal Hearts was a...

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Released: 1989    Genre: RPG I never knew what to make of Culture Brain.  Where Capcom and Konami had signature brands everyone associated them with as well as arcade ports Culture Brain were ju...

There was a lot of anticipation for Square’s next releases after Final Fantasy VII.  Saga Frontier was interesting but like most of Akitoshi Kawazu’s games was impenetrable to the masses.  The fall of 1998 would see a quartet of higher...

Developer: Prism Zone     Publisher: Namco     Released: 09/22/1992    Genre: RPG In Japan there were far too many Dragon Quest clones for the Famicom.  I don’t mean games that were inspired by it; I mean titles that aside from slightly different...

Developer: Pandora Box     Publisher: Takara     Released: June 14, 1996     Genre: RPG The Magic of Scheherezade is not only my favorite 8-bit RPG but also one of my favorite NES games of all time. Part of that is comes from its...

Developer: Square Enix    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 05/13/96   Genre: RPG The concept of a Super Mario RPG doesn’t seem strange now considering the Paper Mario series is a modern day staple. But at one point even suggesting such a thing...