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The coup d’état that threatened to shake the foundation of the Liberl Kingdom has now come to a close and Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday celebrations are in full swing throughout the streets of Grancel. During that same night, a boy who vowed to make amends for his past disappeared before the girl he loved. … Continue reading “The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC”
Year: 2007
Platforms: PS Vita, PSP, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Song of the Ocean is the third installment in Nihon Falcom’s RPG PSP trilogy, a third remake based on the games in the early nineties. Despite the number 3 (as the third part of the Gagharv Trilogy), it is in fact a remake of the fifth title in the series, Umi no Oriuta. This part … Continue reading “The Legends of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean”
Year: 2006
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
The Legend of Heroes is old-school JRPG with new-school sensibilities and graphics. The old-school elements of the game are its turn-based combat, linearity, long dialogue scenes, a digital pet system and lots of similar things that seem to date from the 1995-ish RPG era. There are no random fighting encounters however. In this game you … Continue reading “The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion”
Year: 2005
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
The game opening quickly introduces us to Jurio and Chris, two teenagers who are just about old enough to set on the pilgrimage to five shrines, thus proving to themselves, in a traditional way to their village, that they have become adults. But that is far from their final goal as their task will become … Continue reading “The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch”
Year: 2004
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
In Legend of Xanadu, the player controls a young adventurer named Areios. Monsters attack his homeland, and he is forced to flee. After traveling by ship and arriving at the town Bolda, Areios finds out that strange things have been happening in the North Cave near the town. His first mission will be to venture to … Continue reading “The Legend of Xanadu”
Year: 1994
Platforms: DOS, TurboGrafx CD, Wii
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes tells the story of a young prince named Selios. One day his old teacher Raiyas sends him to a nearby cave to retrieve a magic weapon. When the prince returns, he finds the house attacked by monsters. Raiyas tells him to seek help in the castle of a baron, … Continue reading “Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes”
Year: 1989
Platforms: DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, MSX, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, PC-98, SNES, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island. Amidst this, Adol begins to dream of a mysterious … Continue reading “Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana”
Year: 2016
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Playstation 5
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
The famous warrior Adol Christin and his friend Dogi travel to the country of Altago in search of adventure. They immediately get into trouble with the authorities, more specifically the local Dragon Knights, as they attempt to prevent them from harassing young women. The king, however, wishes to engage their service in the investigation of … Continue reading “Ys Seven”
Year: 2009
Platforms: PS Vita, PSP, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Long, long ago, in the Kefin Desert, on the Continent of Afroka, a strong wind blew throughout the night… There is nothing but desert in Kefin area, but a legend tells a city was once was there -the city of Kefin. There is a rumor a legendary treasure is hidden somewhere amidst the ruins of … Continue reading “Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin”
Year: 1995
Platforms: SNES
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Sorcerian is the fifth game in the Dragon Slayer series. It is set in the fantasy land known as Pentawa, whose inhabitants are in constant need of protection from ferocious creatures roaming the wilderness. The king of Pentawa hires a party of adventurers, and their first assignment is to retrieve a precious sceptre from a … Continue reading “Sorcerian”
Year: 1987
Platforms: DOS, Genesis, MSX, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1, TurboGrafx CD, Wii
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG