Game Reviews8.4/10
The First Berserker: Khazan Review: A Punishing Action RPG Built on Stamina
The First Berserker: Khazan review — Neople's cel-shaded Soulslike runs on stamina, truces and random loot. It scores 8.4/10.
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Tag: action RPG
Game Reviews8.6/10
Nioh 3 Review: Two Fighters in One Body, and the Bet That Decides It
Nioh 3 review: Team Ninja's samurai action RPG splits one hero into Samurai and Ninja styles, adds open regions and co-op. Score: 8.6/10.
Game Reviews9/10
Capcom’s monsters now hunt you back across a seamless wilderness
Monster Hunter Wilds review: Capcom's open-world hunt in the Forbidden Lands, with Seikret mounts, Focus mode wounds and Arkveld. Scored 9 of 10.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Hybrid Heaven’s Ambitious Ideas Outrun What the N64 Could Do
Hybrid Heaven, Konami's 1999 Nintendo 64 action RPG, mixed Tomb Raider exploration with turn-based limb-leveling combat. A bold, uneven curiosity.
Game Reviews8.8/10
The SNES Action RPG That Never Came Out in America Is Playable Again
Terranigma finally gets an official North American release in 2027 after 30 years of rights limbo, bringing Quintet's SNES classic to modern platforms.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Soul Blazer Review: Quintet’s 1992 Action RPG Still Teaches the Art of Rebuilding a World
A deep dive into Quintet's 1992 SNES action RPG Soul Blazer, where every monster lair you break frees a soul and rebuilds the world.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Illusion of Gaia: Quintet’s Strange, Spare SNES RPG Holds Up
Illusion of Gaia, Quintet's 1993 SNES action RPG, sends Will through Incan ruins and Angkor Wat to stop a comet — a strange, spare classic that still holds up.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Trials of Mana rebuilds a game most of the world never got to play
Square Enix's 2020 Trials of Mana rebuilt the Japan-only Seiken Densetsu 3 for modern platforms. A review of its six heroes, three slots, and 9.1 score.
Game Reviews8.5/10
The Secret of Mana Localization Was Rushed, and the Game Shows It
A retro review of Secret of Mana, Square's 1993 action RPG: real-time combat, Ring Commands, three-player co-op, and a story that still holds up.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Capcom released two Willow games in 1989. Only one of them is worth your password sheet.
Capcom's 1989 NES Willow is a solo Zelda-style action RPG with leveling, no money system, and a password save. We review the version worth playing.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Faxanadu’s tree is worth climbing, even when the game fights back
Faxanadu brought a grim World Tree climb to the NES in 1990. A look at the Hudson Soft classic's story, mantras, and its sword-swallowing king.
Game Reviews8/10
Crystalis: A Post-Apocalyptic RPG That Trusts Its Systems
A retrospective on Crystalis, SNK's post-apocalyptic action RPG: four elemental swords, the Tower, and why its level gates still sting.