Vera Blanc is back on the case in Episode 2: Ghost in the Castle. Playing out in a similar style to its predecessor, Full Moon, number two sees Vera solving a new crime with her special mind-reading abilities.
When it comes to the setting, role playing games generally fall into one of only a few categories, with the majority being of the swords and sorcery fantasy breed. Rimelands: Hammer of Thor, however, manages to infuse a fantasy world with post-apocalyptic and steampunk elements, to create something unique. The setting helps mask the somewhat generic story, leaving players with a solid but not entirely original RPG experience.
It's fair to say that the visual novel genre is heavily entwined in the dating sim side of gaming, and this is no more true than in Sakura River's Fading Hearts. A lengthy story of magic and mystery is provided, coupled with several girls' heart that can be broken or adhered to.
Long, long ago (back in the 1980s), before Mass Effect became the definitive sci-fi RPG franchise that it is, Sega shook things up with its Phantasy Star games. The series took the console RPG genre to the stars, something that many of us had never dreamed of. Over the years, the franchise has been updated for nearly every console generation, and now Sega is returning to its roots by releasing Phantasy Star II for the iPhone.
Wouldn't doing the dishes be more appealing if it felt more like an epic quest? That's the premise behind EpicWin, a new iPhone app that aims to make everyday activities feel more important. It's not necessarily a game, but instead a handy to-do list that tacks on some role playing game elements to try and make it more fun to get what needs doing done.
Dawn of the Dragons is a Facebook role-playing game developed by 5th Planet Games. The player begins the story as a farmhand toiling in the fields, but is thrust into the midst of an epic adventure when an army of monsters led by dragons invades the kingdom.
Pirate Legacy is a swashbuckling adventure heavily inspired by Disney's popular Pirates of the Caribbean rides and movies, but with its own unique style and flair. This anime-style role-playing game ("RPG") supplies everything from the exotic ports of call and buxom beauties to fights on the high seas.
Originally a hugely successful indie RPG in China, Rainblood: Town of Death has now been translated into English. The game follows a mysterious warrior who arrives in the small town of Pang to find all its inhabitants have either fled or been killed by a deadly virus.