Game Reviews7.8/10
Toukiden’s Demon-Hunting Loop Still Holds Up, 13 Years On
Toukiden: The Age of Demons review: Omega Force's monster-hunting debut scores 7.8/10, with deep mitama builds and co-op large oni fights.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: action RPG
Game Reviews7.9/10
Ys Seven’s party system became the template Falcom never abandoned
Ys Seven, Falcom's PSP action RPG, introduced party combat and three attack types that shaped every later Ys game.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Rise of the Ronin’s combat carries an open world that can’t keep up
Rise of the Ronin review: Team Ninja's 2024 Bakumatsu-era action RPG scores 7.5 — great combat, strong history, weak open world.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Fable III hands you a crown, then asks whether you deserve to keep it
Fable III review: Lionhead's 2010 RPG hands you a crown after the revolution, with Michael Fassbender and Ben Kingsley in a game about ruling Albion.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Falcom’s Vita Action RPG Still Hasn’t Found a Reason to Exist Beyond Its Original Platform
Tokyo Xanadu, Falcom's 2015 Vita action RPG, splits high school life and Eclipse combat. A 7.3/10 game with a strong cast and a real identity problem.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Monster-Hunting Action That Won’t Stop Talking
God Eater 3 review: a fast monster-hunting game with strong co-op, three new weapon types, and a story that keeps getting in the way.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Why Omensight Still Works Eight Years Later
Omensight review: Spearhead Games' time-loop action RPG sends the Harbinger through Vera's murder again and again. Stylish combat, grim ending, 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Review — Team Ninja’s Loud, Strange Action RPG
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin review — Team Ninja's loud, strange action RPG where Jack kills Chaos. Combat shines, story divides. Score: 7.2/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Keiji Inafune’s Vita RPG Turns Spellcasting Into a Resource You Spend
Soul Sacrifice, the 2013 PS Vita action RPG by Keiji Inafune, made every spell cost a piece of your body. We review its brutal design and 7.6 score.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Swords of Ditto’s time limit makes every run a gamble worth taking
The Swords of Ditto review: Onebitbeyond's roguelike action RPG gives every hero a sword and a countdown to beat Mormo before time runs out.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Dragon’s Dogma’s pawns still outthink most open worlds
Capcom's Dragon's Dogma (2012) review: the Arisen, the dragon Grigori, nine vocations, and the Pawn system that made borrowed companions a real idea.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Granblue Fantasy: Relink Review — Four-Player Co-op Done Right
Granblue Fantasy: Relink review — Cygames' 2024 action RPG scores 8.3/10 with four-player co-op, Bahamut set pieces, and a skyfaring crew worth mastering.