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1 week ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson
Article / Highlight · Podcast · Retro Encounterby , , and on May 8, 2025Listeners. Do you want…our podcast? On this week’s episode of Retro Encounter, four of our panelists take a deep dive into Suikoden II. Who defends Jowy? Is Shu still be the best? How much Neclord hate can the host take?
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2 weeks ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson
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3 weeks ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson
Article / Highlight · Podcast · Retro Encounterby , , , and on April 24, 2025All of this podcasting in front of a children. In this week’s episode of Retro Encounter, four enthusiastic series veterans and one newbie get together to discuss the original Suikoden to celebrate the recent remaster. Does the game still hold up? Can we stop ourselves from talking about the series as a whole?
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1 month ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson
The first two Lunar games have always excelled at simplicity. Regardless of which of the many versions you’ve played, they tell straightforward stories well, full of characters with wit and optimism that refuse to bow to darkness, and have relatively simple graphical styles and gameplay loops to boot. Regardless of popular game trends at the time, Lunar fiercely maintains what it is.
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1 month ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson |Paul Skevington |Lucas Greene |Ben Love
Article / Highlight · Podcast · Retro Encounterby , , and on March 27, 2025I wanna be an RPG fan when I grow up. This week on Retro Encounter we gather to discuss the RPGs that defined our taste. Not necessarily our favorites, but games that helped us understand what we value in an RPG or in games in general. Does Final Fantasy show up? Who likes the most obscure Metroidvanias? Who surprises the host with their love for racing games?
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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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2 months 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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2 months ago | 
rpgfan.com | Jonathan Logan |Zach Wilkerson |Zek Lu
Article / Highlight · Podcast · Random Encounterby , and on March 10, 2025On this episode of Random Encounter, it’s time to chat about a remaster and a new game in two long-running series!First up, Zach’s prayers have been answered: Suikoden I&II HD Remaster: Gate Rune & Dunan Unification Wars is finally out! This remaster of the first two Suikoden games has been highly anticipated for years by fans of the series, but does it live up to their hopes?
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2 months ago | 
rpgfan.com | Zach Wilkerson
(Reviewer’s Note: Konami recently announced multiple adjustments that were not available to us at the time of the review. This review is true to the version available to us at the time of review.)The morning after I rolled credits on Suikoden II in the Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars, a fellow staff writer asked me a tough question: if I already have access to these games elsewhere, is this remastered collection worth grabbing?
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2 months 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.
