Magnvs' RPG Journey

A playful journey through videogame RPGs, with an eye on their diachronic evolution in various geographical contexts and their cultural references

Prisoner, Feycraft's PS1 top-down dystopia

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Joe Dever's Lone Wolf, an Italo-British tribute to the world of Gamebooks

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Found in translation: how the JRPG adaptations of the Sword World system got two English localizations after three decades

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From screen to tabletop: how Fallout met Magic the Gathering

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Tales of Rebirth, a tri-linear journey to acceptance

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Thirty years of Tactics Ogre: how the Valerian civil war forever changed tactical JRPGs

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Ecsaform, Bandai Visual's PS1 sci-fantasy hymn to overreach

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Carpe Fulgur, or how Dice and Light-Williams pioneered indie JRPGs to the Western PC audience and ended up changing the industry

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Triangle Strategy, or how Asano and Artdink balanced lore and tactics

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Found in translation: Growlanser VI, a localized, if precarious, world

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Battle of Tiles Ex, Hattori's side-scrolling tactical gauntlet

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The art of Dieter Rottermund, a Dark Eye over Albion

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A Substack in a bottle: my experience on this platform after one year and sixty-four pieces

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How an upcoming Dutch MSX celebration could end up as a landmark for home PC JRPG fantranslations

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Atom RPG, a Fallout-esque post-Soviet commentary

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Found in translation: the strange tale of War of Genesis: Remnants of Gray's hidden English script

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Generation of Chaos: Pandora's Reflection, Sting's bumpy tragedy

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Octopath Zero, Save the Games and the quest for Gacha RPG preservation

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Found in translation: how Tales of Rebirth was thrice reborn in English

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The art of Chris Achilleos, the Cypriot Battlemaster

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Dragon Buster, Namco's arcade dragon-slaying loop

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Souls of Chronos, a small-scale Chinese gangster RPG

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Profezia, or how a digital gamebook became the first Italian RPG

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Found in translation: after thirty years, The Hybrid Front is finally available in English

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Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, Imai's paranormal tactical effort

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Before Clair Obscur: the history of French RPGs - Part III: the rise of Franco-Japanese RPGs

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Front Mission, an history of wanzers and remakes

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Before Clair Obscur: the history of French RPGs - Part II: a journey to the West

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Lost Eidolons, a Korean mix of Fire Emblem and the Chu and Han Contention

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Before Clair Obscur: the history of French RPGs - Part I: from the '80s to the Dot Com crash

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Gungnir, Sting's experimental take on Tactics Ogre

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Rogue Hearts Dungeon, Jun Ota and Compile Heart's Rogue Clone

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Actraiser Renaissance, a reimagining of Quintet's side-scrolling deity simulator

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The overlooked art of Yoshitaka Amano, Part II: a Sharp take on Ys, war in the Pacific and Zelwinds' rival deities

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Kriegsfront Tactics Prologue, a glimpse at Indonesia's Front Mission

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The overlooked art of Yoshitaka Amano - Part I: Elric of Melniboné, Sword World and Kure Software's experiments

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Princess Crown, Vanillaware before Vanillaware

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Sailing Era, a Chinese take on Uncharted Waters

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Ax Battler, when Hasegawa tried mixing Golden Axe with Zelda II

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Oninaki, Tokyo RPG Factory's final eschatology

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The art of Akihiro Yamada, a Black Rainbow over the Twelve Kingdoms

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Ihatovo Monogatari, Hector's Super Famicom celebration of Kenji Miyazawa

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The art of Denis Loubet, Ultima's Virtuoso

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Legasista, System Prisma's post-apocalyptic dungeon crawler

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Fabled Lands, a digital Gamebook odyssey

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Like a Dragon Gaiden, or how Kiryu couldn't be erased

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The art of Jun Suemi, Wizardry's Japanese Dungeon Master

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Progenitor, Koei's forgotten PC98 space opera

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The art of Noriyoshi Ohrai, Koei's master illustrator

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Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll, Omega Force's freeform Musou RPG

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Digan no Maseki, a sandbox adventure in the world of Gdleen

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Terra Memoria, La Moutarde's Breath of France

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Battle Princess of Arcadias, Apollosoft's Princess Crown-like

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Sword and Fairy 6, an inspired, if janky, trip to Jianghu

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Tales of Graces f, or how Tales came back, now and then

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Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom, Rideon's homage to early Ateliers

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Hard to be a God, the Strugatsky brothers' Russian Sci-Fantasy

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My RPG 2024 roundup, from Crossbell and the post-Soviet wastelands to Midgard, Fevrith and Kiersau

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Tales of Crestoria, Namco's cancelled social media critique

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The Guided Fate Paradox, NIS and Yamamoto's roguelike apotheosis

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Operation Darkness, Success' unsuccessful X360 World War

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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, the spin-off that reimagined its source

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Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom, Kamitani's arcade debut

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Pentiment, Sawyer's Holy Roman Adventure

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Growlanser, Career Soft's real-time tactical revolution

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G.O.D. (Growth or Devolution), Imagineer's Super Famicom alien invasion

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Shandalar, MicroProse's RPGfication of Magic: the Gathering

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Legend of Kartia, Atlus and Amano's tactical card fantasy

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Energy Breaker, Lufia's forgotten tactical prequel

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Outward, a Quebecoise tale of shipwrecks, debts and survival

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