The Crown Wars: The Black Prince, which touts itself as taking place on the French side during the Hundred Years’ War, to deliver on any of that potential, then it’s best to keep looking because it doesn’t achieve that satisfactorily. The setting of Crown Wars instantly drums up intrigue. In the prologue, a Knights Templar-ish…
Author: Jade Uno
LEGO Horizon Adventures
As some of you probably know, I’m a huge fan of the Horizon series. I thoroughly enjoyed both Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, as well as their respective DLC expansions, and I am eagerly awaiting a third, possibly final, installment. But despite my love of Guerrilla Games’ post-apocalyptic, open-world RPGs, a LEGO spin-off…
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
“Grandma, I can’t beat these monsters. Can you help?” I stare up, wide-eyed, as I clumsily hand her the controller. As she pushes the controller back into my hand, she whispers, “Oh, you don’t have anyone else in your party, kiddo. Did you go pick up more party members? Be sure to get a healer.”…
Retro Encounter 443 – The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Spoilercast
Zelda! The Zeldster! Zeldarino! The Zelmeister! Making copies! The Legend of Zelda series has long starred a hero named Link seeking a princess named Zelda, but in 2024 the roles reversed for the first time on a Nintendo system. Echoes of Wisdom’s (sort of) new protagonist also sports an item-duplicating monster-summoning Tri-Rod and explores a…
Random Encounter 309 – New Horizons with the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake!
On this episode of Random Encounter, we are chatting about a long-awaited remake and an unexpected spin-off! First, Zach is here to share his experience with the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake. This ground-up remake of the beloved Famicom/NES JRPG has been a long time coming, first announced in 2021. With updated graphics, mechanics, storyline,…
Sea of Stars’ Free Co-op Update Is Live
It’s time to call on your friends, partners, and families to start your RPG journey together as Solstice Warriors. With Sea of Stars‘ Dawn of Equinox, developer Sabotage Studio has added a revamped prologue, bonus cinematic scenes, three-player couch co-op functionality, and tons of quality-of-life improvements. The best part? All of these updates are free…
Genshin Impact 5.2 Update Adds Xbox Support on November 20th
Genshin Impact is the game that keeps on giving! HoYoverse releases version 5.2 of this massive hit game to the world on November 20th. Along with new playable characters and expanded quests, the most significant aspect of the update is that it coincides with Genshin Impact‘s launch on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Cloud Gaming.…
New Touhou Spell Carnival Trailer Showcases Its Shared Universe and More
Idea Factory and developers Sting and Compile Heart have released a new overview trailer for their upcoming strategy RPG Touhou Spell Carnival. The trailer gives players a brief primer into its setting, story, and mechanics, while also explaining its place within the Touhou Project — a franchise and shared universe that began in 1997. Check it…
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven Original Soundtrack
Among all the great RPG remakes in the past few years, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven might be the one that surprised me most. This surprise was not necessarily about the high quality of the remake itself (though I’m inclined to agree that it was, alongside Ben Love’s review). For me, the surprise…
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
Horizon Zero Dawn made a splash in 2017. Full of surprise, mystery, and AAA-production value, gamers near and far adored this new intellectual property. Being a new IP is risky business, especially with the sort of budget this title had. When sequels and reboots are the soup of the decades, a publisher (Sony) really needs…