If it just so happens that you're a horrible person who wishes that retro RPGs would go away, you're boned! They're alive and well, thanks to studios like Blossomsoft. The developer's latest game, Eternal Eden: Ecclesia, is a sequel to the highly popular Eternal Eden, and its screenshots alone will have you pining for the days of SNES.
If you've ever dreamed of leading warriors, archers and priests into online, turn-based battles against gamers from around the world, the upcoming Battle Dungeon is probably something you should be paying attention to.
I like to say that heroes die, but legends live forever. Alright, we all know I didn't make that up myself, but why choose one when you can go for both? Legends: Rise of a Hero is a social fantasy RPG developed by Mob Science and published by Zynga that has you attempting to pull off the double on Facebook or Zynga.com.
Knightly Adventure is an action RPG/city building hybrid from developer Pangalore, wherein you must build your medieval village from nothing, and then defend it from the evils that threaten it throughout the land. Defending your village can be a difficult if you don't know where to begin, but with Gamezebo's quick start guide you'll have an awesome army in no time!
It seems like ever since FarmVille burst onto the social gaming scene, everyone has been trying to copy it. Well, not everyone, but a lot of people. Freemium time-gated farming "sims" have practically become their own genre at this point, and now there's one more name to add to the ever-growing list. A game that's more than a rehash, but still not exactly groundbreaking: Knightly Adventure.
Defender's Quest opens on a rather bleak note. After falling victim to a ravenous plague, you're tossed into the Great Pit even before you've drawn your last breath, but you somehow recover and discover within yourself the ability to travel to the world between life and death. Unfortunately, that brings you into contact with the zombie-like Revenants, who prey on the living and cannot be stopped from within the mortal realm.
Ever wish there was a mobile RPG about the pen-and-paper role-playing games all of us good nerds enjoyed growing up? I'm not talking about an adaptation, but a game that's actually about those classics. If that sounds too meta to be true, you need to spend some time with Knights of Pen & Paper by Behold Studios, a game that manages to celebrate and skewer many conventions at the same time.
Steeped heavily in Japanese folklore, Akaneiro: Demon Hunters puts players into the shoes of - you guessed it - a demon hunter, roaming the countryside and battling the demonic Yokai in defense of the village of Yomi. "When Yomi falls, the Underworld will rise" is how the Akaneiro promotional trailer puts it, and the rise of the Underworld, in Japan or anywhere else, is never a good thing.