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The RPG Files
In this "whenever we feel like it" column, we'll be talking about, reviewing, and previewing all the best and brightest RPGs coming to the market, even if they're not "MMO" in nature.
Neir: Automata has arrived and along with it our official review. Join us as we break down one of the strangest, most compelling action RPGs of the year.
The time has finally come: Nier: Automata has arrived and is proving itself to be one of the strangest action RPGs in ages. Our review code just came in this week, so we haven’t gotten far enough to write a full review quiet yet (stay tuned for that next week). Instead, let’s talk about what we’ve experienced so far, entering the world of Nier for the very first time. It’s been a wild ride.
RPGs have come a long way since isometric CRPGs ruled the PC gaming landscape. Roleplaying games today are cinematic, action-packed, and feature more mechanical hooks than any two other genres combined. But for all of their advancements, there’s still something CRPGs do better and it’s important. This week in the RPG Files, we discuss exactly what that is.
Can you have too much of a good thing? That’s the question we ask in this week’s RPG Files. With the recent success of Nioh and the growing onslaught of Souls-alike games, when is it time for a break?
Nioh is finally out and it’s good. Really good. But to cut it in Nioh’s harsh world, you need to have a one up to overcome the game’s brutal edge. MMORPG is here to help! Today we present you with our ultimate collection of tips from within the site and around the web to help you hit the ground running and recover from those inevitable deaths.
Pillars of Eternity has built a rich world for RPG fans. IN this next chapter the team at Obsidian has taken things even further. Offering up new ideas on gods and locations that we have never seen before. Josh Sawyer sat down with us to describe the story and background behind this fantastic sequel.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire recently opened a FiG crowdfunding campaign to great success, completing its initial funding goal in less than a day. We had the opportunity to chat with the team to learn more about Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire. See what they had to say.
Call of Cthulu and Vampyr, two upcoming RPGs both attempting to blending roleplaying with horror. As our resident horror aficionado, Chris takes a look at both of these games and what they need to do to be
This week there is an exciting announcement for RPG fans. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is now hitting Fig as Obsidian's campaign begins. We had the chance to sit down with Josh Sawyer and go over some of the philosophy behind this upcoming sequel which has revitalized the old school Black Isle RPG motif and made new fans of that particular era in 2016.
The newest title in the long running Tales series releases in North America on January 24th and the EU on January 27th. Rob weighs in on how it stacks up.
When The Elder Scrolls Online came out, one of the most common critiques on social media was that it made players want to go back to Skyrim. This week, Chris discovered that the coin had finally flipped. Playing Skyrim made him want to play ESO. Has The Elder Scrolls Online finally become the living, breathing alternative RPG players hoped it would be at launch?
This week, we learned that Mass Effect: Andromeda will not feature a season pass. The news made the rounds on all of the major websites. This is interesting since none of the Mass Effect games have featured season passes, the fourth game doing the same should be anything but remarkable. And yet it is, because the industry has gotten so used to double-charging its biggest supporters that simply not trying to fleece them is somehow noteworthy.
Yakuza 0 is the long-awaited English release of the prequel to SEGA’s venerable open world franchise. It originally launched in Japan back in 2015, and in just a couple of weeks the English-speaking world gets their hands on the title that lets them play as Kiryu before he was a bigshot, as well as the one-eyed badass Goro Majima. We’ve been dabbling in the PS4 release for a week now and have some initial thoughts to share.
One more year has come and gone and that means it’s time to start looking forward again. Following a season of Best Ofs, where lively debate, cheers, and jeers mark the year’s end, starting over can be like a breath of fresh air. We’re free to set our eyes on all that 2017 has to bring - and as our list of upcoming RPGs proves, there’s a whole lot to look forward to. Today, let’s make some New Year’s resolutions of our own and make the most of the year that’s to be.
As 2016 comes to a close, it’s time to start looking forward to 2017. It is shaping up to be an incredible year for RPGs. We’ve scoured the release roster. Here are the top 15 upcoming RPGs of 2017.
