Action role-playing

Published: January 8, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Nihon Falcom‘s Ys series is one of the more beloved JRPG franchises that, for whatever reason, has always remained niche […]

Published: December 18, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Part of what makes the Action genre so great (as well as somewhat hard to pin down and define) is […]

Published: December 11, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

After years spent in relative obscurity as a niche subgenre of action platformers, the Metroidvania has been in the swing […]

Published: November 4, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

As BioWare approaches its 30th anniversary next February, it’s important to remember that many of its titles are legitimate contenders […]

Published: October 17, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Bandai Namco’s Code Vein is the publisher’s 2019 Soulslike for 8th-generation consoles and PC. Originally released on September 27, 2019, […]

Published: July 31, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Often considered one of the best games ever made and a hugely important title in the 7th console generation, Dark […]

Published: July 14, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Originally released in April 1997, Alundra is a cult classic action RPG from Matrix Software and Working Designs. The title’s […]

Published: July 11, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Releasing in 2015 between the second and third installments of Dark Souls is FromSoftware’s magnum opus, Bloodborne. Demon’s Souls and […]

Published: May 27, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Long before the two companies would strategically merge in 2003, Square and Enix represented two halves of Japanese RPG royalty. […]

Published: May 22, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

If there’s one thing that’s unchanging across the Diablo franchise, it’s the importance of the player’s initial class choice. Whether […]

Published: February 5, 2024 by Amber Frost | Leave a Comment

Xanadu (also called Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II) is a 1985 action role-playing video game developed and published by Nihon Falcom. […]

Published: January 30, 2024 by Jazz Stewart | Leave a Comment

Faxanadu is an action RPG developed by famous Japanese developer Hudson Soft for the NES. Released in 1987, Faxanadu is […]

Published: January 30, 2024 by Amber Frost | Leave a Comment

Temple of Apshai (also known as Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai) is a 1979 dungeon crawl role-playing video game. Automated Simulations […]

Published: January 15, 2024 by Matti Robinson | Leave a Comment

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Sunken King is DLC for the action role-playing game Dark Souls 2 by FromSoftaware, […]

Published: December 23, 2023 by Amber Frost | Leave a Comment

Outriders is a 2021 online cooperative action role-playing game developed by People Can Fly. Square Enix published the game for […]

Published: December 14, 2023 by Ryan Bridges | Leave a Comment

Shining Force is a retro role-playing game from 1992. While this classic, pixel-style game is mostly a high fantasy setting, […]

Published: December 14, 2023 by Ryan Bridges | Leave a Comment

Soul Blazer, also known as Soul Blader in Japan, is a fantasy and action RPG. It was released in Japan […]

Published: December 13, 2023 by Matti Robinson | Leave a Comment

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is an expansion pack for the massively popular action role-playing game Diablo III. The expansion […]

Updated: November 15, 2023 by Amber Frost | Leave a Comment

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is an action role-playing game developed by Level-5. The game was originally […]

Updated: November 17, 2023 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Ashes of Ariandel is the first of the two DLC expansions for FromSoftware’s Dark Souls III, releasing just 6 months […]

Published: November 13, 2023 by Amber Frost | Leave a Comment

Grim Dawn is a 2016 action role-playing game developed by Crate Entertainment, a Massachusetts-based independent video game developer. Crate Entertainment […]

Published: November 1, 2023 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

The original Final Fantasy successfully translates the fundamentals of pen-and-paper RPGs into a console RPG that, for its time, features […]

Published: October 24, 2023 by Michael Caravette | Leave a Comment

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a first-person action game developed by Fatshark. The game was released in 2018 and received positive […]

Published: October 20, 2023 by Matti Robinson | Leave a Comment

Destiny 2: Lightfall is the seventh expansion in the long-standing life of Destiny 2, developed by Bungie. Destiny 2 is […]