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Long time ago, the Lord created Light and Chaos. He gave them souls, and thus two gods were born, the Spirit of Light and the Prince of Darkness. But the latter, envious of his father’s power, learned the language of creation and attempted to bring a new demonic race to life. However, the creatures disobeyed … Continue reading “Blade of Darkness”
Year: 2001
Platforms: Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Hack and slash
The city burns and bleeds as it suffers the madness of King Louis XVI and his violent legions of automatons. Aegis, a mechanical masterpiece created by the engineer Vaucanson to be the queen’s bodyguard, must save the French Revolution in this challenging action-RPG CHALLENGING COMBAT BETWEEN AUTOMATONS Up against the king’s mechanical soldiers, deadly accuracy … Continue reading “Steelrising”
Year: 2022
Platforms: Windows, Xbox Series X, Playstation 5
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
After having recovered the legendary Black Onyx in your previous adventure, your party of heroes took the portal in Utsuro town to a new world, where they begin the search for the powerful Fire Crystal. In order to find this mysterious artifact, they have to venture into a system of dungeons and to defeat the … Continue reading “The Fire Crystal a.k.a. The Black Onyx II: Search for the Fire Crystal”
Year: 1984
Platforms: FM-7, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
In Panorama Toh the player assumes the role of an adventurer who is entrusted with the task of traveling to a beautiful island and liberating it from monsters. The game is closest to the role-playing format, albeit with several distinguishing features. The player character has hit points and stamina statistics, can equip weapons and armor, find or … Continue reading “Panorama Toh”
Year: 1983
Platforms: PC-88
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
In this turn-based dungeon crawler you play as Gil, whose beloved fiancee has been kidnapped by a sorceress and taken to the Tower of Druaga. Gil puts on a suit of armor that radiates light, and proceeds into the dungeon to save his beloved Ki. The map is set up in a grid, and you … Continue reading “The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino dungeon”
Year: 2004
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The fourth game in the Babylim Castle Saga (the formal name of the NAMCO game series belonging to The Tower of Druaga. The game itself is essentially a “visual novel” on Super Famicom and extremely text-heavy, and boasts about 48 different possible endings—allowing the player to decide how the story of The Tower of Druaga ends
Year: 1994
Genre: Action
Theme: Action RPG
The third game in the Tower of Druaga series is actually a prequel to the original game. Right after the demon Druaga stole the Blue Crystal Rod, the goddess Ishtar sends the priestess Ki to retrieve it. The player controls Ki in her way up the 60 tower’s levels. As in the original game, she … Continue reading “The Quest of Ki”
Year: 1988
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Action RPG
The Return of Ishtar is a sequel to The Tower of Druaga. It is an action game with light puzzle-solving elements that requires two players. One person is in control of the maiden Ki who fights with magic and the other controls Gilgamesh, the sword-wielding knight. Search for keys and special items. The tower has … Continue reading “The Return of Ishtar”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Arcade, FM-7, MSX, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, PC-98, PlayStation 4, Sharp X1, Sharp X68000, Wii
Genre: Action
Theme: Action RPG
You control a heroic knight, who is actually prince Gilgamesh, who must attempt to rescue the maiden from the demon Druaga. You are armed with a sword and shield to attack and defend. You move from floor to floor, which are constructed as mazes, searching for the key; this key will unlock the stage exit. … Continue reading “The Tower of Druaga”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Arcade, FM-7, Game Boy, GameCube, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Sharp MZ-80B/2000/2500, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, Sharp X1, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Action RPG
The future of Rome is in your hands: what will your legacy be? Take on the role of a young Legatus whose father was murdered by an unknown political opponent, forcing you to escape Rome and take refuge in the military campaign to subdue a Greek rebellion. Step by step, you increase your military prowess, … Continue reading “Expeditions: Rome”
Year: 2022
Platforms: Windows, Windows Apps
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy