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Once long ago in a faraway kingdom, a little girl named Recette lived in town on the main street with her father, a heroic adventurer. This town was no ordinary town as it was near mysterious ruins, ancient dungeons and other phenomena that attracted the adventuring sort. One day her father went off on one … Continue reading “Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale”
Year: 2009
Platforms: Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Relics is an action-adventure game where players take the role of a spirit who can possess different characters. The spirit appears at underwater ruins with no explanation why it became a spirit and what it needs to do. In fact, one will only find out about the story of the game when seeing the real … Continue reading “Relics”
Year: 1986
Platforms: FM-7, MSX, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp MZ-80B/2000/2500, Sharp X1, Sharp X68000, Windows, iPhone
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Shin Bokura no Taiyō Gyakushū no Sabata is the third episode in the Boktai series and the only one not released outside Japan. The story takes place directly after the events of Boktai 2. Sealed up by the Lunar family long ago the ancient being Vanargand has been awakened and is now attempting to use … Continue reading “Boktai 3”
Year: 2005
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Django has been stripped of his valuable weapon of choice and now must rid the world of evil with more traditional weaponry, including whips and swords. But the light of the sun is still available to him as you are thrust back into the dark world of vampires and undead creatures. With the sun as … Continue reading “Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django”
Year: 2004
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Following in his father’s footsteps, you play Django the vampire hunter, who uses the power of the sun to defeat the many evil beings that infest the world. Search out the various levels for the evil inside, and destroy the immortal that rules the area to complete the level. This isometric platformer does not have … Continue reading “Boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand”
Year: 2003
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genre: Action, Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG, Platform, Shooter
Bealphareth is classified as a “new-thinking” action RPG. It was released in 2000 and is now one of the PlayStation®Classics. The dialogue spoken and scenarios revealed will differ depending on your actions! A legendary underground city of long ago, known as “Asla Faere”, has reappeared, and a group of young adventurers has set out to … Continue reading “Bealphareth”
Year: 2000
Platforms: PS Vita, PSP, PlayStation, PlayStation 3
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Arys is a young swordsman who is a member of the Wild Fangs, a peaceful mountain tribe searching for an ancient treasure called the Dark Crystal, which they believe has the power to bring peace to their troubled world. The tribe has recently found evidence that the Dark Crystal is hidden deep within a cave … Continue reading “Brave Prove”
Year: 1998
Platforms: PlayStation
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Linkle Liver Story is an action-oriented RPG that takes place on a distant planet called Mamuuna whose inhabitants are humans with animal qualities. The story centers around the “Mother Flower” which gives life to all new beings on the planet when one day it disappears. This is where the player takes control of a cat-girl … Continue reading “Linkle Liver Story”
Year: 1996
Platforms: SEGA Saturn
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
The balance in the magical world of Cefiro is supported by the prayers of the lovely princess Emerald. When the evil Sage Master imprisoned her, the existence of the entire world was endangered. Using her spiritual powers, the princess contacted three Japanese high-school girls, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, turned them into Magic Knights, and summoned … Continue reading “Magic Knight Rayearth”
Year: 1995
Platforms: SEGA Saturn
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
The bounty hunter Garian is entrusted with the task of accompanying a monster named Bilan to a prison island. On the ship, Bilan escapes, and Garian must stop him before he reaches the captain’s cabin… …at which point the game’s narrative is split into three different scenarios (called Parallels), which depend on how much time … Continue reading “Dark Savior”
Year: 1996
Platforms: SEGA Saturn
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG