Archive for Tag: RPGs
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Dear Readers: What is an RPG?
Columns by Paul Franzen on I overheard these children in my school's gymnasium the other day discussing just what makes a game an RPG, and it kind of made me laugh. To them, a role-playing game is a game in which you name your main character, you are able to alter the storyline, and you take turns battling. So, by their logic, none of the games in the Legend of Zelda series can be considered RPGs, nor can Secret of Mana or Super Mario RPG. This got me thinking about what the true definition of a role-playing game really is. After looking back at all of the RPGs that I've beaten, I realized that the number of such games is embarrassingly small, and thus I'm probably no expert on RPGs. So I decided to pop on over to the Chrono Cross boards on GameFaqs to ask a few people who might be what their definition of a role-playing game would be.
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.hack//INFECTION: Part 1 (PS2)
Reviews by Matt Gardner on A tale the likes of which has never been told before...
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Tomba! (PS1)
Reviews by Doug O'Neil on I'm sure that many of you would think it odd if I were to tell you that Tomba! is easily one of the most creative games that I've ever played. In fact, when I told people that I was reviewing Tomba!
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Chrono Cross (PS1)
Reviews by Paul Franzen on Is it as good as Chrono Trigger?
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[NSFW] Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Reviews by Doug O'Neil on Chrono Trigger really has everything a gamer could want from a game.
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Secret of Mana (SNES)
Reviews by Paul Franzen on Aside from your mentally deficient cohorts, the game's not really half bad.
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Brave Fencer Musashi (PS1)
Reviews by Doug O'Neil on Brave Fencer Musashi is another one of Square's journeys in to the realm of gaming outside of RPGs. For the majority of Squaresoft's life in the gaming industry, it has remained in its little RPG corn
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Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance (PS2)
Reviews by Paul Franzen on Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance finds its basis in the shadow of table-top games such as Dungeons Dragons: no set storyline for the character as the story commences, no evil empire to overthrow, no worl
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Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi’s Journey (GBC)
Reviews by Paul Franzen on The only people this is not recommended to are those who just do not have the time to get involved with a time-consuming game.
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Your Top 10 Favorite Games: Matt Gardner
Columns by Matt Gardner on Matt Gardner's top 10 favorite videogames.