The Star Ocean series has always been a pillar, and lo, the fans rejoiced when the Star Ocean 4 title was announced for XBOX 360 instead of the PS3. When the release date finally came, I poured a mountain of kibble for my cats, updated my social networking status messages, and kissed my husband goodbye, [...]

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I can’t think of any non-strategy based roleplaying games that are excellent and don’t have Square or Enix’s stamp on them. Though the “Tales” franchise from Namco is not new and I’ve played several, none of them really stood out as exceptional until now. Tales of Vesperia is the first non-Squenix RPG game to grace [...]

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Persona 3 is part RPG, part high school and dating sim. I haven’t played the previous incarnations (of the popular Shin Megami Tensei series), so I’ve been thrown into the anime-infused game both feet first. There are some things about the game that are a little annoying, and there’s a lot of free play that [...]

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The turn-based RPG has been languishing for a long time, and fans of the genre will not be disappointed in Lost Odyssey. The game is an X-Box exclusive, but developed by Mistwalker and headed up by Hironobu Sakaguchi, who created the original Final Fantasy games. The result is that Lost Odyssey is extremely familiar - [...]

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Mass effect is a bit of a roller coaster ride. This has been one of the most hyped new releases for the Xbox 360 for the Christmas season, and not without reason. Bioware is one of those developers who specialize in something and execute it with consistent brilliance. However, Mass Effect is their first title [...]

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Eternal Sonata is the latest release in the RPG genre to reach top tier status. Many are of the opinion that these games are dying as RPG gameplay innovations are stagnating, which is especially true of turn-based RPG games. Eternal Sonata does offer some new twists on the traditional gameplay options, and a few entirely [...]

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The Phantom Hourglass is finally here! After months of delays, the latest Zelda release finally comes to the Nintendo DS. Zelda personifies the action-adventure style by offering puzzles only occasionally mixed with fighting or jumping around. Where many adventure games have tried and failed to achieve a mix of challenging mind games and satisfying battles, [...]

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Children of Mana is the latest Squenix addition to a long line of Mana RPG/adventure games that have moved into the Nintendo handheld world - this one being a game for the DS. And out of all the mana games I’ve played, it is by far the worst, and possibly one of the worst RPG [...]

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