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Crafting is one of those things in games that you either love or hate. That’s understandable: A lot of the hate comes from having years of RPGs with a half-baked crafting system shoved in whether they fit or not. But for the sort of player whose complaint is that there’s not enough crafting in games, the Atelier series provides a welcome change of pace, where cobbling items together in your workshop is actually the main draw. Ahead of its March 20 release, Inverse went hands-on with Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories and the Envisioned Land to check out the…
Level 5 games of Ni No Kuni fame have returned to Xbox, with their first self-published effort in 20 years.FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time is coming to Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC, which is a full on sequel to the classic Fantasy Life from the 3DS. Fantasy Life is a “slow life” RPG that will be familiar for players of games like Animal Crossing, where maintaining farms, fishing, building a home, and maintaining social links form the basis of play.Fantasy Life diverges a fair bit from Animal Crossing, in…
ACQUIRE has released a new update for real-time RPG Scars of Mars, which adds the new “Challenge Mode” and various feature improvements. Get the details below.New FeaturesChallenge Mode (unlocked after the ending)A new mode available after completing the game. Enemies are stronger, and Safe Rooms do not exist.Challenge Mode records the Best Clear Time for each level.By clearing challenge levels, you can obtain enhanced versions of previous equipment, known as “+ Equipment Blueprints.”The maximum Research Level increases as you clear each level for the first time.To access Challenge Mode Lv. 1 to Lv. 10, check the “Deploy” screen after the…
Looking for the best old games on PC? There are many perks to being a PC gamer, but we will save extolling them all for a day when we are feeling particularly inflammatory. For now, we will focus on just one: the best old games remain forever playable. Sometimes it takes a little more work, but it’s a lot easier than digging through your parent’s attic for an ancient console you think they still have. Yes, even on the highest-end multi-cored rigs with the latest X-Titan Turbo Hydra Fulcrum Mk.III GPU, you can still boot up veteran strategy games, majestic…
My favorite JRPG pastime is turned into the main combat system in Sea Fantasy, a new open-world action-RPG where you literally cast a line and reel in fish “to save the world.”In case I wasn’t clear enough, the elevator pitch for Sea Fantasy is simple and effective: you take a pretty standard fishing minigame, in this case one pretty similar to Stardew Valley’s, and make it the primary gameplay mechanic in a bite-sized open-world RPG. “This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the world is imminent,” warns the game’s Steam description.Sea Fantasy is the debut project from…
Published 15:55 20 Feb 2025 GMTFlying naval combat? I’m sold.An upcoming Steam game that looks like a mix between Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom just got a brand new trailer, and we already cannot wait for this one to drop.Lost Skies is an open-world, pirate-themed survival crafting game by developers Bossa Games that will see players “explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats”.It also just got a brand new cinematic trailer that looks absolutely gorgeous and is giving me some…
Deciding if you should help The Voice in Avowed or refuse their deal is a choice you’ll need to make during the Message from Afar quest, while you search for the Aedyran Ambassador and investigate the Strangleroot. It’s during this task that you can speak directly to The Voice that’s been in your head for the duration of your Avowed journey, and while they offer you the gift of their healing touch they also ask for a favor in return, so is it worth it? To help you with this decision, here’s what happens if you help or refuse The…
Summary Tactical RPGs with non-linear narratives offer player-driven choices in a variety of settings and themes. Games like King’s Bounty 2, Fae Tactics, and Battle Brothers showcase diverse approaches to tactical gameplay and storytelling. Wildermyth stands out with its class-based characters, varied combat, and procedurally generated campaigns for replayability. Tactical RPGs have seen a resurgence recently, with series like Fire Emblem returning to form and several indie spiritual successors to series like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre. However, more often than not, players see these games attached to linear narratives. While they may have open-ended campaigns, missions tend to…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance protagonist Henry has begun a new adventure, and I’m not talking about Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. I’m talking about Baldur’s Gate 3. Through the power of mods, our unlikely hero has found himself traipsing through the Forgotten Realms, starting off with a rather rough exit from the tentacled Nautiloid ship, as RPG splicer and Reddit user unsteak recently shared with the communities of both games.[OTHER] This is a weird DLC… from r/kingdomcomeIn a Reddit post, Unsteak says they commissioned neonbutchery, a prolific Baldur’s Gate 3 character customization modder, to make head and hair models to allow for…
Crafting is one of those things in games that you either love or hate. That’s understandable: A lot of the hate comes from having years of RPGs with a half-baked crafting system shoved in whether they fit or not. But for the sort of player whose complaint is that there’s not enough crafting in games, the Atelier series provides a welcome change of pace, where cobbling items together in your workshop is actually the main draw. Ahead of its March 20 release, Inverse went hands-on with Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories and the Envisioned Land to check out the…