Title: Boundless Ocean Developer: RPGCreations Platforms: Windows Price: Free An RPG by Hardi “Orchard-L” Gosal of Radical Poesis Games, Boundless Ocean is a bit like a jRPG take on What Dreams May Come. It has some great ideas, but unfortunately, it is also saddled with an execution that doesn’t quite do them justice. Boundless Ocean’s […]

Title: Exit Fate Developer: SCF Platforms: Windows Price: Free Exit Fate is an improvement upon Last Scenario in almost every conceivable area. It’s quite a good RPG, albeit something of a shameless rip-off (not that you’d know it from reviews like this). First, what Exit Fate gets right. The biggest area of improvement is in […]

Title: Last Scenario Developer: SCF Platforms: Windows Price: Free Made using RPG Maker XP by SCF, Last Scenario is a typical jRPG with typical jRPG weaknesses. It stands out vis-a-vis other RPG Maker RPGs primarily because it has some nice custom graphics. While most of the tilesets used in the game are stock RPG Maker […]

Title: Avernum 6 Developer: Spiderweb Software (Jeff Vogel) Platforms: Windows, Mac Price: $28 (plus $6 to purchase it on CD) I’ll start with a confession: Avernum 6 is the first Avernum game I’ve played. So I write with a fresh eye toward the thing, rather than seeing it as one in a series of gradually […]

Title: Caravaneer Developer: Dmitry Zheltobriukhov Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux Price: Free Caravaneer has been around since 2007, when Dmitry Zheltobriukhov created it as an homage to the Fallout series. One part post-apocalyptic RPG and one part economic simulation, Caravaneer doesn’t quite fill Fallout’s shoes, but it does stand up quite well on its own two […]

Title: The Spirit Engine 2 Developer: Mark Pay Platforms: Windows Price: Free Indie RPG developer Mark Pay released The Spirit Engine as freeware back in November 2003, then spent four and a half years laboriously crafting a sequel. Those four and a half years paid off. The Spirit Engine 2 is one of the most-reviewed […]