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Infinite Undiscovery is an RPG set in a magical world where an evil army called the Order of the Chains, led by the Dreadknight, has ensnared the life giving moon by using giant chains to lock it into place. As a result of these chains, the moon has become corrupted, with its powers creating powerful and … Continue reading “Infinite Undiscovery”
Year: 2008
Platforms: Xbox 360
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Star Ocean: The Last Hope is a single-player, role-playing game released exclusively for the Xbox360 system. The Playstation 3 version, Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, released one year later, is a different game because of its additional content and features, although it shares the story. The story takes place prior to all other games … Continue reading “Star Ocean: The Last Hope”
Year: 2009
Platforms: Xbox 360
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
The city of Cocoon is a flying utopia, floating high above the skies, separated from the world below which is known as Pulse. It was created with the intent of shielding humans from fal’Cie, mysterious beings who live on the Pulse. But from time to time, the fal’Cie find ways to contact inhabitants of Cocool, … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XIII”
Year: 2009
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox 360
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara is an enhanced re-release of Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara. Besides the obvious differences like gamepad support, leaderboards or internet multiplayer, the most important enhancement is the addition of house rules: after beating the game once, players can activate optional rules … Continue reading “Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara”
Year: 2013
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler
Batman: Arkham Origins is a prequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum and is set about one year after Bruce Wayne became Batman. The main villain is the drug lord Black Mask who assigns eight powerful villains – e.g. Bane or Firefly – to assassinate Batman once and for all. During the course of the story, Batman … Continue reading “Batman Arkham Origins”
Year: 2013
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
A young apprentice of the old Master Li, a martial artist in the town of Two Rivers, is close to complete his or her training, when a group of ghosts led by a mysterious person attacks the town. Master Li explains that the leader was a member of the Lotus Assassins, a special force serving … Continue reading “Jade Empire”
Year: 2005
Platforms: Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG, Real-time strategy
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom is a 2D side-scrolling, weapon-based beat’em up game set in the Dungeons & Dragons Mystara campaign setting. The game has some slight RPG elements taken from the tabletop role-playing game. At the start of the game you can pick between 4 characters: cleric, dwarf, elf, and fighter. The game … Continue reading “Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler
Shadow over Mystara is a sequel to Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom. Two years have passed since the heroes defeated Arch Lich Deimos, but now a new threat has arisen – a powerful sorceress Synn who is plotting to conquer the Republic of Darokin. Shadow over Mystara is a side-scrolling beat-’em-up with role-play elements … Continue reading “Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara”
Year: 1996
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler
Fatal Fury Special is an improved version of SNK’s 2D one-on-one fighter Fatal Fury 2. The objective is to win the tournament by defeating all other fighters including end boss Wolfgang Krauser. Fatal Fury Special features a fairly large selection of fighters that includes: The eight regular fighters from Fatal Fury 2: Terry Bogard, Andy … Continue reading “Fatal Fury Special”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Android, Arcade, Browser, FM Towns, Game Gear, Linux, Macintosh, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, SEGA CD, SNES, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting
One year after after the first tournament Akira, Wolf, Pai, Jeffry, Kage, Jacky, Sarah and defending champion Lau are invited to the World Fighting Tournament, and are joined by the master of drunken Kung-Fu Shun-di, who wants to prove he’s more than an old geezer and Lion Rafale, who’s fighting for his freedom. Each fighter … Continue reading “Virtura Fighter 2”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, SEGA Saturn, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting