Ultima VIII: Pagan begins where Ultima VII, Part Two: Serpent Isle ended…

You play as Heimdall, a demi-god based in Norse mythology…

Desperate for AD&D games I was prepared to buy even this one which received bad reviews and was well known for only one thing – bugs, and plenty of them…

An early PS1 RPG, Popolocrois Story is a fine game that sadly the English-speaking gaming community never got to play…

Back in the days when I was a wee nipper, Games Workshop and its games seemed the best thing ever allowing you let your imagination run wild with fantasy adventures and battles…

Daggerfall is the second game from the Elder Scrolls series by Bethesda softworks…

Rudra no Hihō or “Treasure of Rudras” is the last RPG that Squaresoft developed for the Super Famicom…

With more deaths than Jason Vorhees and more blood than Dracula's fridge, The Immortal is a cracking little game by one Will Harvey…

The Clue was a Crime Sim which originated from Germany…

This is a game based around a 1986 book by Ade Edmondson of Bottom fame, amongst other things…

Regardless of whether or not you think GBA games are old enough to be retro, Final Fantasy VI is certainly retro and a cracking RPG at that…

Breath of Fire III follows the path of a boy named Ryu…

If looks could kill, Sega’s Fatal Labyrinth would be – pun fully intended – fatal…

Probably the best RPG on the Dream Machine, Skies of Arcadia is easily recognizable by its Air Pirates motif…

I don’t play too many pre-32bit RPGS…

Sequels are notorious things within the realms of film and video games; they often suffer from a lack of development or a move so far away from the original concept it alienates fans of the developing series…

I'll try to contain myself…

12 years old is an early age to be in love, and to still be so in love (if not more) after 12 years is a rare thing…

My sincerest apologies for the tiny screenshot, that really is the best the Internet has to offer for this triple-chocolate banana of a game…

A mighty quest has been set 'pon young Thor…

Shining Force has a long list of sequels and add on’s and for number three to be made for the Saturn was no surprise…

Vandal Hearts was one of the first RPG titles to be released to the world of the 32 bit consoles and a decent attempt by KCE Tokyo to join the large collection in its history…

If it's ultra-customised random dungeon crawling goodness you're after, Dungeon Hack delivers the goods in jewel-encrusted +4 spades…

Planescape Torment is the greatest RPG ever…

The origins of Resident Evil course through the varicose veins of this horror RPG from Capcom…

It's still impossible to choose between the SNES and PlayStation when it comes to determining Square's golden age…

You either hate or love Brandish…

Paper Mario combines traditional role-playing game (RPG) elements with concepts and features from the Mario series…

Final Fantasy V was released for the SNES in 1992, in Japan only…

Final Fantasy IX saw the light of day in Japan in the year 2000, being the last FF game on the PSone…

Final Fantasy VI (which was retitled and sold in the US as Final Fantasy III) appeared in Japan for the SNES in 1994 and for years to come, it was the last game on a Nintendo console until FF Crystal Chronicles was released for the GameCube in 2003…

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Fans of The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past oughta try Soul Blazer if they haven't already…

Dragontorc manages to shoehorn a very impressive story based RPG into a 48K Spectrum…

Something is amiss in your village, the King is ill and it seems that some clutz has broken into the sacred tower and accidentally opened a gateway to the nether worlds, releasing a powerful spirit that can possess the feeble minded…

Nintendo had Zelda, PlayStation had Final Fantasy, but Sega had an RPG just as good (if not better) as any of them with Shining Force…

I borrowed Buck Rogers: CtD from a friend, played it and enjoyed it that much that I went out and purchased a copy for myself…

Some players may have disliked the new, more "Western" look of FF8 but this is hands down the most brilliant game in the long running series of outstanding role playing games!

Coming on a whopping four CD-ROMs, this game really made use of the medium and the power of the PlayStation and brought you a stunning RPG experience that offers jaw-dropping visuals, deep gameplay and a hooking storyline…

Parasite Eve is a sequel to Hideaki Sena's novel of the same name…

Square didn't need the Mario license to sell a SNES game…