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1 month ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson |Wes Iliff |Paul Skevington |Michael Sollosi
Tales titles are typically reliable RPG comfort food. You go on a journey for a few dozen hours, get to know a group of quirky anime teenagers, and save the world while navigating a world full of color and made-up nonsense words that explain the settingās unification of technology and magic.
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1 month ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson |Paul Skevington |Wes Iliff |Michael Sollosi
Article / Highlight · Podcast · Retro Encounterby , , and on March 13, 2025I’ve traveled back in time from next week. Please listen to this episode. This week on Retro Encounter, the panel gets back together to discuss the second half of Tales of Graces f. Our discussion ranges from the increasingly excellent combat, the less than excellent dungeon design, and the good, the bad and the ugly of the Future Arc. Which game would we like to see get the remaster treatment next?
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1 month ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson |Wes Iliff |Michael Sollosi |Paul Skevington
Article / Highlight · Podcast · Retro Encounterby , , and on February 27, 2025We have to look for the podcast, Cheria. It’s the only way. On this week’s Retro Encounter we get together to talk about the first half of Tales of Graces f, a game renowned for its combat system, and maybe less so for its storytelling.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
rpgfan.com | Wes Iliff
It’s a weird experience when one of your favorite series is the industry’s favorite punching bag. Dynasty Warriors endures all manner of accusations of laziness and thoughtlessness that boil down to a belief that the series was born stagnant. Some of that reputation has been earned. Still, fans will tell you it’s an ever-evolving series that never abandons its 1 vs.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
rpgfan.com | Mike Salbato |Wes Iliff |Rob White |Gio Castillo
We all have origin stories about how we got into RPGs (several of us shared them almost six years ago in this feature!), so today our panel discusses music origins — what RPGs attuned us to the RPG music scene or otherwise elevated our senses and made us take notice. For some of us, this dates back to the days of the NES, and sometimes our awakening happened during the days of the GameCube. Whenever these songs hail from, they each hold a special place in our hearts.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
rpgfan.com | Mike Salbato |Michael Sollosi |Wes Iliff |Stephanie Sybydlo
We’re no strangers to game series-themed episodes on Rhythm Encounter, such as our Mario RPGs or Dragon Quest shows. Now, it’s time for the Tales series! Bandai Namco’s long-running series turns 30 next year, and the mainline series alone contains 17 games (or 18 depending on which ones you count). That’s more than enough material to showcase on an episode, wouldn’t you say?
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
rpgfan.com | Wes Iliff |Gio Castillo |Ben Love |Nick Mangiaracina
Article / Highlight · Podcast · Retro Encounterby , , , and on October 10, 2024The Leifthrasir Hand of DarknessWhen Ogre Battle retreats to the shadows, who keeps the beacons lit? When Princess Crown fails to draw an audience, who picks up the bag and keeps marching? When Japan shows a lack of interest in Starcraft, who ties the series to a tower defense game and a visual novel and waves that enticingly over the crowds?
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
rpgfan.com | Mike Salbato |Hilary Andreff |Gio Castillo |Wes Iliff
With fall (or autumn, if you prefer) around the corner for many of us, it feels like a good time for relaxing music. While we did a pair of episodes focused on relaxing RPG music about four years ago (see Episode 54 and Episode 55), this time, RPGFan’s biggest lo-fi fans got together to listen and chat about lo-fi RPG music. Sometimes these are straight from games, but often they come from the incredible community of independent musicians and arrangers.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
rpgfan.com | Michael Sollosi |Wes Iliff |Paul Dennis |Audra Bowling
I still have fond memories of my first Dragon Age: Inquisition playthrough, so I was thrilled when the opportunity to revisit the game right before the looming release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard presented itself. Iāll always have a nostalgic soft spot for BioWare games, and I am pleasantly surprised to find that DAI still holds up incredibly well.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
rpgfan.com | Michael Sollosi |Patrick Gann |Tyler Trosper |Wes Iliff
Article / Highlight · Podcast · Retro Encounterby , , , , and on July 11, 2024There can only be one. Since time immemorial (May of 2019), Retro Encounter has held quiz shows to determine which Retro Encounter panelist knows the most about the subject we celebrate every day on our beloved website. Today, five former RPGFan quiz show winners duke it out in a trivia free-for-all to determine who is the true Champion of Champions. We’ve started, so we’ll finish.
