"YIIK", for all of its shortcomings, strives towards a uniquely personal vision. It abides by JRPG conventions in order to defy them.
In Octopath Traveler, the player is given a tremendous amount of freedom. They can choose 1 of 8 characters to start with right from the beginning...
I knew JRPGs were my favorite types of games from the moment I received my first Pokemon in Pallet Town and struck out on what would...
Octopath Traveler has been out for a little over three weeks now and reception has been pretty positive overall. An, understandably, common point of contention for...
In the time since Final Fantasy’s release, the JRPG formula has seen countless iterations. Developers big and small have tackled the genre, expanding and experimenting on...
The original Final Fantasy set the JRPG standard: heroes of good unite to combat the forces of evil. The NES’ limitations necessitated a simplistic approach, but there’s...
Video games have a longstanding history of taking from predecessors in both style and mechanics. A Hat in Time plays wonderfully as a modern take on the...
My tank is surrounded. Two knights flank him, and a spellcaster is perched on a nearby roof. I play out the next few turns in my...
When Yakuza first hit American stores in the mid-2000’s it was mistakenly marketed as a Japanese answer to the Grand Theft Auto series. Undoubtedly, Yakuza has...
Persona, as a series, has always been about a group of high schoolers rising up to defeat evils beyond their understanding, defying authorities of all sorts...
