Title: Mainichi Developer: Mattie Brice Platforms: Windows Price: free “I should try to be more positive today.” Mainichi is not an RPG, but it’s made in RPG Maker and it forms an interesting contrast to games that are RPGs–so we’re going to examine it. RPGs are games about character progression. Insofar as the player character […]

Title: Drox Operative Developer: Soldak Entertainment Platforms: Win & Mac Price: $19.95, free demo Guest Review by Tof Eklund Soldak Entertainment has built their reputation on action RPGs in the roguelike vein that Diablo popularized. The award-winning Din’s Curse may be their best known release, with its complex character interactions and dynamic world. Some years […]

Title: Dark War Strategy Chapter 1: Rise of the Dark Kingdom and Dark War Strategy Chapter 2: The Fifth Element Developer: Belugerin Games Platforms: Browser Price: Free Dark War Strategy Chapter 1: Rise of the Dark Kingdom and Dark War Strategy Chapter 2: The Fifth Element comprise a two-part isometric fantasy tactical RPG created in […]

Title: Warlock’s Bounty Developer: Attic Squad (Emil Bakalinov) Platforms: Android OS Price: $2.65, Lite version available for free I am an Android owner who is often frustrated with the lack of compelling RPGs on offer from the Google Play store. That being the case, I was super-excited to try out Warlock’s Bounty by Attic Squad. Warlock’s […]

Title: Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land Developer: Red Wasp Entertainment Platforms: Windows, iPhone, iPad Price: $4.99 Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is a turn-based tactical RPG by Red Wasp Entertainment based upon Chaosium’s pen-and-paper role-playing game Call of Cthulhu RPG. Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land was initially released on mobile devices and […]

It’s been a long time since I last had time to do proper game reviews, and my backlog hasn’t grown any shorter during the interim. So I’m doing a double-header: Styrateg and Age of Fear: The Undead King. This isn’t just to save time; these two games have a lot of similar qualities, and I […]

Title: Planet Stronghold Developer: Winter Wolves (Celso Riva) Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux Price: $24.99 Guest Review by Tof Eklund Winter Wolves’ Planet Stronghold is a hybrid dating sim and RPG, combining elements of two distinctively Japanese genres (visual novel and old-school jRPG) with high-res graphics and an art style that is more influenced by western comics […]

Title: Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon Developer: Rampant Games (Jay Barnson) Platforms: Windows (a Mac port is promised in the future) Price: $22.95  Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon is a first-person dungeon delver by Rampant Games with an unusual focus on comedy and characterization. It lacks polish in a few areas, but FK:TSoSD […]

File this one under “New to Me”: last year, Aldorlea Games released an RPG Maker jRPG by the name of Dreamscape. Today, you can read a new, short review of the the game up on DarkStarMatryx, in which the reviewer describes Dreamscape as reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. (Insofar as the game’s premise involves delving […]

John Walker of Rock Paper Shotgun has written a review of indie dev Zeboyd‘s new jRPG Cthulu Saves the World. He takes issue with the random battles and magic point balancing, but otherwise seems to enjoy the game. This comes in the form of a top-down, old-school RPG, reminiscent of Nintendo classics, as you wander […]