It seems like almost every week now, mobile gamers are treated to yet another developer's attempt at recapturing the magic of the Pokemon series. And why wouldn't they try? After all, I haven't met another gamer who could deny the lasting appeal of scouring the countryside and battling your way to the top with a crew of fun-loving creatures who quickly become your friends.
I'm familiar with what it means to belong to a genre. I understand that when a given genre contains multiple titles, those titles will share certain similarities. What I still don't quite get, however, is why I've played Merlin's Rage three separate times now. Each time it was a different title with different art assets, but the core game has been exactly the same. I mean it's fun, but what the heck?
Ecol might only be one letter and a period away from something most people don't care to be around, but T Play Interactive, YD Interactive and OnNet are hoping everyone will want to know what it's all about in the next few months. That's because the studios are putting the finishing touches on Ecol Tactics, a tactical fantasy RPG that looks like it might bring back warm, fuzzy memories of certain alliterative console games of the past.
Beastie Bay is a creature development and city development game developed by Kairosoft where you find new creatures, house them, and explore the world for even more creatures. Gamezebo's quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game.
Nintendo handhelds are still the reigning champs when it comes to monster-collecting RPGs, but that hasn't stopped a number of iOS developers from trying their hand at bringing a similar experience to the App Store. No one's quite pulled it off yet but Zuko Monsters certainly shows promise. That is, until players face-plant into their first major paywall.
If you've ever wandered off the beaten trail in an adventure game, you know what kinds of hair-raising creatures might be waiting in the shadows to gobble you up. Well now we have a game where those beaten trails become the eerie shadows. Path of Exile is a dark and gritty online action RPG that's set in a deep fantasy world of randomized levels, with horrifying creatures lurking around every corner.
No one puts a dark twist on a classic tale like American McGee. Having already put Alice through her action-horror paces a couple of times, the designer and his team at Spicy Horse Games turn to Red Riding Hood for Akaneiro: Demon Hunters. This Red is no helpless girl, but a member of a team of demon hunters in the Edo period of feudal Japan. Those demons aren't going to kill themselves, so it's up to you in this free-to-play action-RPG.
Popular theory holds that humankind will die out once countries inevitably start flinging nuclear fireworks at each other. Nuclear war may be nothing more than a grim power fantasy, however: When you get right down to it, Nature and outer space have huge vendettas against us, and either is more likely to show us out the door. Radiated Wasteland is a browser-based role-playing game that's set in the flames of a very possible apocalypse scenario—namely, a world that's been made a wasteland courtesy of a meteor strike.