The first time I played Fantasian was on Apple Arcade, and I called it the Soulslike of turn-based JRPGs. That's because the game is brutally difficult, but it becomes more manageable once you learn ...

Emotionally charged battles, like against Yunalesca in FFX, add depth and investment. JRPGs are no strangers to their fair ...

Few tropes are quite as common in the JRPG genre as squaring up against a brutally tough boss toward the end of the game. Whether a secret boss is upstaging the game's antagonist or the final boss ...

The Reaper has a lot of defence, hits hard, and is immune to instant kill attacks. While players can't achieve a quick ...

Guild Encounters is a minimalist arcade-like JRPG. Recruit heroes, battle through dangerous zones, and conquer challenging ...

The best JRPGs (Japanese role-playing games ... and all of the trappings of a classic Final Fantasy in its selection of boss fights and magical abilities, but things are definitely more ...

Steiner is a paragon of justice who leads the Knights of Pluto and fights against criminals and other underworld scum. He ...

but at the time its pixel art failed to impress compared to the ever-advancing 3D tech being pushed forward by JRPGs like Final Fantasy. While the PS1 entries are broadly regarded as the series ...

Chrono Trigger just hit its milestone 30th birthday, but despite being older than most gamers today, there's still never been a better time to play the classic because A) it's still inarguably one ...