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9 Games You Should Play If You Loved Fantasian: Neo Dimension
8.5.2025
2024 was an absurdly crowded year for RPGs, but it’s also a treasure trove—especially if you’re willing to look past all the big names. Fantasian: Neo Dimension is a neat middle ground. It’s a non-franchise IP from a less-known studio, but backed by Square Enix and led by some of the biggest...
9 New Game Reveals You Missed From The Future Spring Showcase
21.3.2025
Spring has arrived and the equinox was marked by a marathon Future Games Showcase that included a bunch of new trailers for upcoming games and expansions. The event also included first-time reveals for previously unannounced games, of which many looked really neat. My personal favorite was...
Don't Sleep On 2024's Most Underrated Tactics RPG
3.1.2025
SteamWorld Heist II snuck out last year in early August and didn’t create as many ripples as some of the other genre spin-offs in its quirky robotic universe. That’s a shame because the bones of this tactical RPG are some of the strongest around, even if the surrounding fluff can get in the...
The 15 Best RPGs Of 2024
10.12.2024
We’re living through a role-playing game renaissance right now. The last several years have been full of great ones, and 2024 is no different. Everywhere you look the genre is growing, evolving, and dominating. From Japanese-style RPGs to Western-style ones, retro remakes to open-world sequels...
Destiny 2 Pointers, How To Nab Fallout 76's Union Power Armor, And More Of The Week's Top Tips
10.8.2024
This week, we’ve got tips for you on how to make the most of attunement as it returns to Destiny 2, as well as how to nab Fallout 76's formidable Union Power Armor. We’ve also got a recommendation for The Order: 1886 which was much-maligned on release, tips about some sales you may want to take...
2024’s Best Tactical RPG Is A Steal During PlayStation’s Summer Sale
5.8.2024
With the seemingly endless deluge of amazing game releases in 2023, many assumed that 2024 would pale in comparison. Now it’s August and we can confidently say that has not been the case. It seems like good games just keep releasing and overshadowing one another, making it hard to even remember...
Jeanne D'Arc Is Great, Flock Is Supremely Chill, And More Video Game Takes For The Week
20.7.2024
This week, a Pokémon GO event accidentally reminded us of how much better the game used to be. Also, PSP tactical RPG classic Jeanne d’Arc hit PlayStation Plus and we just had to sing its praises. We also vented about how frustrating trying to become a PC gamer can be, and oohed and ahhed at...
Jeanne d’Arc’s First Hour Won Me Over With Its Absurd Premise, Sick Cutscenes, And Great Tactical Combat
18.7.2024
Everybody was right about Jeanne d’Arc. The 2006 PSP game from developer Level-5 has been on my radar for a while, thanks to its reputation as a solid tactical RPG with a semi-historical setting—yes, it’s about the 15th century saint Joan of Arc. Unfortunately, the game never found life outside...
RPG Devs Can't Add Dating System Because Team Lacks 'Real Life Experience'
11.6.2024
“Write what you know” is a popular piece of advice for authors and other creators. But what happens when your audience wants something that you don’t know much about? Well, you have to tell your fans on Steam that, no, you can’t add dating to your anime-themed tactical RPG because you and your team...
7 Games To Play After Finishing Unicorn Overlord
12.3.2024
With the release of Unicorn Overlord, fans of tactics and strategy RPGs have one of the best games in either genre in recent years. Vanillaware’s latest title is a mechanical marvel that ties a number of complex systems together into a tightly designed game that rewards strategy over brute force....
Mastering FF7 Rebirth's Combat, Card Game, Side Quests, And More Of The Week's Best Tips
10.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is finally here, so whether you’re trying to steal a certain green monarch’s crown, become the best around at Queen’s Blood, master synergy skills and abilities, or something else, we’ve got you covered. But hey, Rebirth isn’t the only brand new game you may want an edge...
Unicorn Overlord: The Kotaku Review
7.3.2024
There is a satisfaction that comes from being told you are too weak to face a challenge and then quickly handing your enemy their defeat on a silver platter regardless. Being the David to your enemy’s Goliath and leveraging not just physical but strategic power to overcome the odds is a thrill that...
The Week In Games: Tactical RPGs, Creepy Circuses & More New Releases
4.3.2024
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Everything We Know About Vanillaware’s Epic RPG Unicorn Overlord
18.1.2024
When Japanese developers Vanillaware announce they’re releasing a new game, you sit up and take notice. The team, started in 2002 by Capcom and Atlus vet George Kamitani, most recently brought us 2020’s adored 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, and soon returns with Unicorn Overlord, due out March 2024....
I Wish I Loved This Final Fantasy Tactics-Inspired SRPG 7 Years In The Making
31.7.2023
Final Fantasy Tactics nailed so many things so exquisitely that, despite plenty of sequels, spiritual successors, and fan homages, there’s never been anything quite like it since. Arcadian Atlas is the latest indie strategy RPG to try and channel its greatness into something familiar but new,...
The West's First Fire Emblem Comes To Nintendo Switch Online
16.6.2023
Nintendo has announced Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, and a lot of fans are probably feeling nostalgic about it because it was the first game in the tactical fantasy series to make its way to the west.Read more
Three Hopes Is The Most Exciting Fire Emblem In Years
13.6.2022
Despite public cynicism about musou games, which seem like straightforward hack-and-slash fests against armies of faceless foes amid chaotic battlefields, I’ve long felt that this style of gameplay could bring out Fire Emblem’s best war-simulating potential. Two months ago, I wrote about how Fire...
Square Enix's New Tactical RPG Is Deeper Than Pixel Art Nostalgia
10.3.2022
When I first saw the trailer for Square Enix’s new tactical role-playing game Triangle Strategy, I was excited about scratching my Fire Emblem itch (very normcore of me, I know). But now that I’m actually playing it, I’ve found that it’s more often reminding me of another game I love. After a...
The Best Switch Games To Play On A Flight
3.2.2022
When the Nintendo Switch launched in 2017, it promised to marry console-quality games with the convenient portability of a handheld device. For the most part, that promise has borne out, changing how we play games in ways both big and small. It’s certainly made air travel less tedious.Read more
Disgaea 6 Is Not Looking Great On Switch
25.6.2021
Earlier this year when I saw Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny was coming to Switch over the summer, I was pumped. There are plenty of smaller tactical RPGs on the portable console, but few have the storied history, number-crunching depth, and healthy budget of Nippon Ichi Software’s Disgaea series....