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 […]

Wild West-themed action RPG The Real Texas (previously mentioned here), described as a game “that plays like a mashup of Zelda: Link to the Past and Ultima VI,” has been released to the tune of $14.95 on Windows, Mac and Linux. You can nab the game for 40% off if you buy it before “Sunday […]

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 […]

Winter Wolves (whom you may know as the developers behind Planet Stronghold) have just released a new game called Loren the Amazon Princess. The premise: Travel by Princess Loren’s side as she searches for her lost mother, the Queen of the Amazons. Guide her choices and act as her valiant defender, meeting many colorful characters […]

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 […]

Jeff Vogel has written in to let me know that Avernum: Escape From the Pit has finally been released. (We last covered it this past July.) This game is actually a remake of the first Avernum, originally released as Exile: Escape From the Pit. The remake runs on the most up-to-date version of the Avernum […]

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 […]

German developers Rat King Entertainment write in to inform me that a 3D graphical roguelike, developed in Unity, has emerged from the depths. In Pitman, you play a dwarf exploring procedurally generated dungeons of varying descriptions in search of treasure. It’s a pretty standard premise, all in all. What helps Pitman stand out a bit, […]

A new tactical RPG has been released by Sinister Design*, by the name of Telepath RPG: Servants of God. Quoth the game’s page: Telepath RPG: Servants of God is a hybrid western RPG / strategy RPG set in a unique Middle Eastern steampunk fantasy setting. The game features: Tactical turn-based combat where positioning and planning […]

Oddball, creator of one of the two ubiquitous roguelike graphics sets from the TIGSource Assemblee competition, has finally come out with a roguelike of his very own by the name of Hack, Slash, Loot. He describes it thusly: Hack, Slash, Loot(HSL) is a single-player turn-based dungeon crawler for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Take control of […]