Earlier this year, the lovely hack 'n' slash title Deathspank showed us how RPG parody can work to great effect. Hence we were intrigued to give Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes a playthrough - another RPG based on parody, but this time in a turn-based environment.
Fantasy University is like a social game version of Scary Movie with over the top parodies of your favorite science fiction and fantasy characters. It makes me miss the days of role playing games and complete lack of dating of my college years. The game is a basic turn-based role playing game that revolves around quests, crafting items and gaining levels through experience. What makes this game amazingly special is its tongue-and-cheek take on the fantasy and science fiction genre.
Ravenwood Fair is a Role Playing Game on Facebook set deep in the scary Woods where you as a fearless entrepreneur decide to clear the land and build a fun Fair for all the woodland animals to enjoy. Gamezebo's Ravenwood Fair strategy guide and walkthrough will provide you with a quick start guide, tips, tricks, and hints on how to win.
It Girl may be the single greatest RPG on Facebook right now, combining complexity and accessibility with a masterful touch. The fashion theme and all-female avatars may be off-putting to male players more used to gender neutral games, but... well, sucks to be you in this case, male players. It Girl may be about amassing designer jewelry and dresses instead of swords and armor, and finding just the right handbag instead of mystic gems to socket into your equipment, but it still offers all the satisfaction of a traditional RPG.
It all started out so innocently. For years now, Facebook has been rightly or wrongly associated with disarmingly endearing characters and bucolic bouts of farming, and most brutal action largely goes on in text in grittier games such as Mafia Wars. MetroGames' Auto Hustle seeks to change all that. Taking Rockstar's famed and controversial Grand Theft Auto formula and sprinkling it with a few doses of social gaming, Auto Hustle brings GTA's saga of car theft, mass murder, and inevitable reckless driving to Facebook while suffering a few wrecks in the process.
Most dungeon exploration games take a lot of time to understand, often learning about various sub-menus, upgrading stats and the like. Despite its name, Deep Deep Dungeon isn't all that deep - but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
When I think of battles on the high seas between marauding pirates, I see fast paced cannon battles and crew members shimmying down sails, but the pacing in Mighty Pirates is so slow it's the pirating equivalent of watching paint dry. Mighty Pirates has a basic design that is a mix of role-playing game (RPG) leveling and character customization. It's like Treasure Isle meets Captain Jack Sparrow, but without the cool accent.
One of the most classic and popular PC game genres is the fantasy role-playing game, where you design a knight, ranger, mage, or other sort of hero (or heroes) and go questing. Whether you play them single-player or the massively multiplayer variety, RPGs are basically about killing bad guys and amassing loot. You'd think Facebook would be awash in fantasy RPGs given the popularity of the genre in PC download games, but that's not really the case. Peerflux's Endless Chaos is really only one of a handful of fantasy-themed games on Facebook, let alone fantasy RPGs. Most Facebook RPGs end up being about mobsters and fashion models.