Posted in September 5, 2012 ¬ 9:59 amh.Craig Stern
The latest in the Choice of Games line, Way Walkers: University (last discussed here), has now been released. In a land were science and magic are the same, you are one of the few born with Extrasensory Abilities–and you dream of attending the most prestigious metaphysical university on the Continent. There, you can discover not […]
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Posted in July 20, 2012 ¬ 11:14 amh.Craig Stern
It was only a matter of time until Pocket Heroes made it to release (specifically, about two months since the last time we posted about it). Well folks, that time is now! According to the developers, this initial release is basically a starter pack, as they’re planning on continuing to add content over the coming […]
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Posted in July 9, 2012 ¬ 10:07 amh.Craig Stern
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 […]
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Posted in June 19, 2012 ¬ 9:14 amh.Craig Stern
Trent Gamblin of Nooskewl writes in with word of Monster RPG 2, a jRPG where…you recruit an elephant? You guys see that too, right? That’s not just me? Okay, cool. Here is the plot, as summarized by the developer: The game opens on a girl and guy picking mushrooms in the forest, and they find […]
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Posted in June 11, 2012 ¬ 9:30 amh.Craig Stern
I could have sworn I’d posted about Cardinal Quest before, but I can’t seem to find it in the archives. Shame on me! But hey–better late than never, right? I’m not going to quote the developer’s description here, as it’s really inaccurate (he compares the game to arcade games like Gauntlet and Golden Axe, which […]
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Posted in June 7, 2012 ¬ 1:00 amh.Craig Stern
James Pawliuk, the man behind developer Wispora, has created an iOS-exclusive, sci-fi tactical RPG by the name of LostStar Tactics. The premise is nothing if not simplistic: Crashed on a dangerous planet, your small band of brave warriors must use their tactical cunning to survive as they explore this mysterious world. That’s pretty much it, […]
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Posted in May 31, 2012 ¬ 12:01 pmh.Craig Stern
Symphony of Eternity is another one of those jRPGs that actually originate in Japan. Another Kemco game, SoE is pretty old by mobile standards, with a copyright dating back as far as 2009. Kemco released an English translation sometime early in 2011 for Android, with a more-or-less contemporaneous iOS release alongside. The narrative for Symphony […]
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Posted in May 30, 2012 ¬ 11:17 amh.Craig Stern
I’ve finally managed to find another mobile indie RPG that appears on both Android and iOS! Alphadia is a straightforward jRPG by Kemco, a prolific (and apparently fairly large) Japanese indie developer. The premise: It has been almost a century since the end of the Energi War. Nevertheless, within this prolonged season of peace, the […]
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Posted in May 24, 2012 ¬ 11:00 amh.Craig Stern
I remember first seeing a Kickstarter for Saturday Morning RPG some months back. Much to my surprise, it looks like developers Mighty Rabbit Studios have already released the first two installments of this episodic, 80s-cartoon-themed RPG right under my nose. Saturday Morning RPG is a jRPG that banks on the nostalgia of gamers who grew […]
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Posted in May 23, 2012 ¬ 10:25 amh.Craig Stern
Breaking the string of Android exclusives, the next mobile RPG up on our list is an iPhone and iPad dungeon crawler by the name of DevilDark: The Fallen Kingdom. Excitingly, Triniti Interactive Limited just released this overhead action RPG last week, which means I’m actually announcing this in a somewhat timely fashion. (Go me!) An […]
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