A moving character-driven plot, beautiful world design, and strategic combat are just a few elements of good Japanese ...

In a way, every RPG is a bit of an adventure. Players will often be given a quest to stop some ancient evil or to go rescue someone. Whether combat is turn-based or in real-time doesn’t matter. That ...

The past few years have felt like an embarrassment of riches when it comes to RPGs, and so expectations were high going into 2025. Thankfully, the last 12 months certainly lived up to such a bar.

RPGs look to immerse you in their epic worlds and typically weave complex narrative threads. Whether linear or packed with things to see and do off the beaten path, the genre isn’t shy about holding ...

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As The Voice) And we could give you the gift of our healing touch. CHANG: Choices are at the center of the story in Avowed. That's a new video game out this week from Obsidian ...

This HD remaster still retains some of the original game's visual charm. One of the best role-playing games on the Nintendo 3DS was Bravely Default, a unique little game that’s now remastered on the ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

A new video game is on the cutting edge of interactive storytelling, though in some ways its still behind stories written in the 1970s. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As The Voice) And we could give you the ...