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]]> 02 Aug 2007 12:49:59 "Disciples III will feature more than 150 different "characters"--the war heroes, monsters, ghosts, and other beasties that can make up a war party in the game, and like in the previous games, the size of your war party will depend on your leader character's leadership skill. Apparently, some monsters in the game, such as dragons, will be absolutely huge, and will take up to 12 squares on the game's combat map, which has been retouched as a grid-based map divided up into two halves--yours and your opponents"

(qtd. from Gamespot.com)

]]> 18 Jul 2007 01:20:25 In Valhalla knights you start as a newbie hero who is suffering from amnesia. In addition you can hear a voice in your head telling you about a danger to the world and that you're the one who can change the fate. Strange situation, isn't it? Well, this is how the story begins...
Valhalla Knights is nice looking, decent role-playing game. It features very good realtime battle system, where you are controlling one member of the party while other members are controlled by computer. Obviously you can switch between characters at any time.
Visual side of the game is very compelling. Everyone will be amazed by beautiful character design and unique locations.

]]> 17 Jul 2007 02:25:58 Vampire Savior is a fighting game by CAPCOM. It is the sequel to Night Warriors and it is the third game in the DarkStalkers game series. It features characters based on famous myths and fantasy rather than standard martial arts fare. It also emphasizes on the use of special attacks.

Vampire Savior adds in new characters such as Q-Bee, B.B.Hood (Bulleta in Japan), Lilith and Jedah.

Due to space limitations of the CPS-2 (Capcom Play System 2), the arcade version does not include the entire 18 character cast (however the console ports do). As such, another version dubbed Vampire Savior 2 replaces two characters with Huitzil and Pyron. This version was only released in Japanese arcades.

]]> 23 May 2007 02:06:30 Furcadia is the magical world where the animals have learned to walk upon two legs and speak. Create your own customizable avatar and start exploring the friendly, graphical environment with rich, player-driven content. Our established online community grew over years and has become a second home to many. Furcadia invites you to an interactive experience unlike any other.

There's many exciting things you can do here! Roleplay in an enchanting medieval setting, be yourself and socialize with other players, participate in games, make friends, join a guild, tell stories and meet interesting people from all over the world! You can even use our intuitive building tool to dream up your own world and make it real and accessible to other Furcadia members!

Furcadia is a fully graphical, Massively Multiplayer Online Social Game (MMOSG) with an isometric perspective, making it easy to interact with others. The fantasy theme appeals to all ages and makes Furcadia an online experience for the whole family. Comparable low system requirements and an easy-to-use interface make Furcadia appealing to a large audience. Player-created content ensures that no Furcadia visit is like another, and new surprises await you whenever you dive into Furcadia, leaving the real world behind you.

]]> 18 May 2007 10:29:40 Elddem The MMORPG is a completely Free 3D MMO with many quests and items to find and do. Currently more information can be found at http://www.elddem.com. We will add more information here soon!

]]> 01 May 2007 07:41:00 Developed by: Garage Games

Genre: Action RPG
Release Date: Mar 18, 2002

]]> 20 Apr 2007 09:41:49 Myth III is the third installment of this ground-breaking series of real-time strategy games. Set one thousand years before the other games, it explores the life of Connacht the Wolf. Set in 1421 AE, Myth III: The Wolf Age opens with the world in chaos. Most of humanity has been scattered for centuries. To defeat your enemies, you must cast spells, gain experience, collect items, and build ancient devices. The single-player campaign spans 25 levels with over 40 units.

]]> 15 Apr 2007 07:25:41 You play as Rogata (Rogi for short), a young taxidermist who dabbles in the dark arts. She's fed up with the daily grind and decides to set off on a mission to find her idol (and it ain't Clay Aiken). She sets off on a journey to find Babayaga: the world's most evil witch.

]]> 09 Apr 2007 06:33:04 Epic Frontiers is an advanced-feature science-fantasy persistent world that is aimed at an audience looking for more than the standard fare in online role-playing games.

Set in a richly detailed universe with a skill-based system of advancement and detailed gameplay for all kinds of players, Epic Frontiers intends to bring role-playing back to the fore. Events, more natural NPC AI, and constant expansion and improvement of features are just some of the features that set this persistent world apart.

]]> 09 Apr 2007 03:09:48 MechaCop is a FPS/3PS game with an interesting story plot, and unique levels that gives the player and playing experience.

This is not a gory bloody shooting game but a fantasy and imaginary game.

The levels range widely from indoor temples and mazes to outdoor settings like deserts, snow valleys and lava chambers. There are alos mixed settings. More important you've got Virtual World Levels that are quite an eye candy. You can't get them anywhere else.

The game is made along a good story plot - a story of love, hatred , revenge and extreme of human nature.
MechaCop, a futuristic robo cop goes on an adventurous investigation of a mysterious halo and finds himself carried on a time travel to a land of myth and magic where he fights evil forces to save the earth.

]]> 05 Apr 2007 02:36:42 (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siboot):

"Trust & Betrayal: The Legacy of Siboot, often abbreviated simply to Siboot, was a game designed and programmed by Chris Crawford and published by Mindscape in 1987.

"Siboot", the name of a character in a novella included in the manual, is a reversal of the syllables of "Bootsie", a cat which Crawford had. Bootsie had to be euthanized due to an irreparable injury to his jaw. Crawford suffered much grief while contemplating that he was unable to talk to Bootsie in order to try to comfort him, before he had to be put down. One day while pondering this, Crawford had a flash of insight: his next game would be Talk to the Animals, which evolved into the very different Trust & Betrayal.

The final design can be summarized as follows: The player, a creature named Vetvel, must compete with six other acolytes (each a different alien species) for the Shepherdship. Each of these characters has a distinct personality. Each morning, the acolytes wake up knowing one of each of the three "auras" the others possess. They must trade knowledge with each other in order to try to gain enough knowledge for the "mind combat" that takes place every night, which is basically a fancy Rock, Paper, Scissors game that depends on the aura counts for the players involved. The game is won when a player gets eight auras in all three categories. However, in giving away somebody's aura count, the player betrays that person, which angers them and may make them less likely to trade aura counts with the player. Therefore, a player has to know whom to trust and whom to betray, hence the title: Trust & Betrayal.

The game had several unconventional features. For instance, it featured an inverse parser, a method for constructing sentences out of words while only presenting words that make sense for the given context. It also placed some emphasis on facial expressions as a visual form of feedback. It even had a primitive form of tooltips: if the player clicks and holds the mouse button on an icon (the game's abstraction of a word), one can see its meaning. The number of icons is small enough, and the pictures intuitive enough, that they can quickly be committed to memory. It also featured "interstitial stories", interludes that appear through the game that present the user with one of several choices, some of which may affect the game. For instance, to use an actual example from the game, if game designer Chris Crawford appears and lectures the player, and the player responds "Go to hell, Crawford!", then he or she loses some favor among the other characters, making the game harder to win.

Siboot didn't hold up very well in the marketplace and did not recoup its investment. It sold 5,000 units on the Apple Macintosh. A preliminary IBM PC port was made but never finished; however, it can be found on the web, although it has some problems (for instance, the random number generator is not initialized properly)."

]]> 29 Mar 2007 05:22:53 Long, long ago, there was a goddess. She cherished all life and transformed herself into a Mana Tree to watch over the world.

Thus the legend began.

Sword of Mana is the prequel to Secret of Mana for the SNES. There are new characters and new dungeons to explore with similar gameplay and controls.

There are multiple characters to play and many different weapons and items to use as you fight for Mana.

]]> 28 Mar 2007 09:54:27 Panzer Dragoon Saga (titled Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG in Japan) is a role-playing game released in 1998 exclusively for the Sega Saturn. It is the third game in the Panzer Dragoon and the only one which is not a rail shooter. The game centers around the plight of Edge, a young boy thrown into an ancient conspiracy.

Category: Turn-based role-playing game

Release date: April 30, 1998 (US)

Developer: Team Andromeda

]]> 26 Mar 2007 11:27:38 Dragon Force is a rare and extremely sought-after role-playing strategy game, released for the Sega Saturn. It was created in Japan by Sega and translated into English by Working Designs in 1996. It has since been re-released on the PlayStation 2 as part of the Sega Ages series.

Category: Strategy role-playing game

Release Dates: March 29, 1996 (JP), November 30, 1996 (US), September 1997 (EU), August 18, 2005 (JP Sega Ages re-release)

Developer: Sega

]]> 26 Mar 2007 10:16:52 Unlike its name suggests, Kingdoms is not a sequel nor a prequel to Total Annihilation. It did inherit the epic scale and style of play of Total Annihilation however.

Set in a world of Magic, the player plays as one of four sides:

Aramon, the traditional fantasy style race, with knights, castles, and mages.

Veruna, the powerful maidens of the sea, with almost complete ship battle dominance, crossbowmen, and cannon towers.

Zhon, the beast race, with hunters, giants, and dragons.

Taros, the 'evil' race, with skeletons, zombies, ghost ships, and demons.

Epic battles, better graphics then its predecessor, and a compelling storyline make this game great.

]]> 15 Mar 2007 02:55:51 Project 'Sovereign Symphony'

The project "Sovereign Symphony", with its basis and designs based on the Ceiron Alternative Reality fiction, is a pc game developed under the constitution of Ceidot Digital Game Design Studios. It can be characterised as a product devoted to the electronic entertainment industry.

Sovereign Symphony (also named as "Project 77" code name) is our first PC based computer game project. It is planned to be a role-playing game; a game type that gives you a chance to enter a new world of a fiction/scenario and be a character of this world. Obviously, Sovereign Symphony is the Turkey's unique, potential, international game project and it is the first game to try to launch an advanced computer game to the worldwide market.

Role playing games and strategy games are the most preferred types of electronic entertainment. For our fiction Ceiron, the most suitable game types are role playing games and then strategy games. So it is decided to create an alternative gaming style by blending two popular gaming styles. The uniqueness of the gaming style is aimed as it is purposed for its basic fiction (Ceiron)

Sovereign Symphony game project is planned to be prepared also for Playstation 3 and XBOX360; but this issue is tied to the permissions of the developers of these consoles.

]]> 13 Mar 2007 09:06:14 Chocobo Tales follows a story from a Chocobo's point of view. In the story, an evil book's been opened and almost all the Chocobos have been sucked into the pages. One was spared. You are this Chocobo. It's up to you to save your friends from the bookworld by performing tasks and playing mini games that propel the story forward.

The RPG portion takes place in full 3D, with a style and visual appeal that's to be expected from Final Fantasy. But when Chocobo gets sent into the book, the game takes on a very unique style all its own. It's very smililar to a pop-up book which almost looks like it was drawn with crayons.

With Chocobo Tales, Toshiyuki Itahana, of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles fame, brings his signature character design stylings to the tale of a chocobo's journey through a land of fairytales. Creatures from the by-now familiar FF bestiary take on roles in Aesop and Brothers Grimm tales--like the Tortoise and the Hare becoming the Adamantoise and the Cactuar--in Square Enix's chocobo-themed take on familiar childhood yarns.

]]> 07 Mar 2007 01:11:19 Square Enix debuted its anticipated Wii and Nintendo DS versions of the multiplayer GameCube RPG, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles.

For the Wii, the game will be called Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers.

The game is being designed to take advantage of all of Wii's unique features.

]]> 04 Mar 2007 10:57:56 My Bogle is a small group tactics game, where your characters (called "Bogle", with a long O) engage in strategic and fun combat against online opponents in a variety of game types. It's extremely accessible and yet there's plenty of depth just waiting to be uncovered. It's turn-based play makes it ideal for casual pickup and play and yet the turns are quick and fast paced so as to keep the action moving.

My Bogle will be launching along side our Friends Play Free invitation service. What that means is that when you buy My Bogle, you'll get to send invitations to your friends and family, who can then download and play the full version of My Bogle online against you anytime they want, without any restrictions. The only caveat is that if they want to play when you're not around, then they'll need to buy the game too. Think of it a bit like Frisbee for Video Games. As long as you own a Frisbee, you can play it with anybody you want, right? You don't think "hey, I wonder if the person I'm throwing this to has a license to catch it." And that way your friends can be exposed to the great game of Frisbee for free (all thanks to you), but they can only play Frisbee when you're around unless they go out and buy one for themselves. Video Games should be more like Frisbee, and that's what Friends Play Free is all about.

]]> 03 Mar 2007 09:40:52 Forgotten Legends is a new MMORPG using the Multiverse engine.

There are a vast number of design features in Forgotten Legends that make our game different to others. The main difference is the way players level and the way the combat system works. Players will be able to attain higher levels of skill and power without the grind that occurs in the majority of other MMOS. The combat system is very strategic with huge amounts of customisation for players who like the freedom to design the way their characters fight.

On top of this, we have based the game on 2 other concepts, freedom and variety. Players have more freedom that other games - whether it be being able to completely change your battle style, what faction you fight for, or where you go. When it comes to variety Forgotten Legends offers players more than they could imagine with numerous viable ways for players to advance in the game.

]]> 22 Feb 2007 08:42:11 The original Lords of Midnight was released in 1984 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, written by Mike Singleton. It is a highly atmospheric turn-based fantasy wargame, with an unusual first-person perspective.

The game owes a heavy debt to The Lord of the Rings, and also features a quest mode. One of its most interesting features is the recruitment of other playable Lords.

The original game still has many fans to this day.

This PalmOS version is intended to be a straight port, with minimal changes to support stylus control. In its current state it is playable, but has a few bugs and missing features. It has been in development a long time, and is pretty messy, so it might never get completely finished.

]]> 17 Feb 2007 08:37:18 Darkfall is a fantasy online world in development at Aventurine, a Greek-based company that absorbed the originator of the project, a Norwegian team called Razorwax, and has advanced it to the stage where preparations are currently being made to begin beta. Set in a world known as Agon, it features six playable races. Humans, Dwarves and the elven Mirdain maintain generally friendly terms among themselves, while Orks and the wolf-like Mahirim, although not quite so amicable, usually aren't hostile to each other. The same cannot be said of the Alfar, pale outcasts who openly loathe all but their own kind.


The character development system is intended to allow for a high degree of customization, offering a vast array of skills and spells. The objective, an appealing one to many observers, is to make it possible for players to follow virtually any type of career path they might want, becoming a de facto explorer, hunter, mercenary, smith, magician, fisherman or almost anything else by making the appropriate choices, with optional prestige classes such as Paladin, Assassin, Gladiator, Enchanter also available. All will adventure in an environment that differs from most others in its clearly stated emphasis on player vs. player combat.

]]> 16 Feb 2007 02:07:31 Square Enix's Nintendo-based Final Fantasy offshoot made a small splash on the GameCube, but now it's coming back in a big way on both the DS and Wii. The DS version of Crystal Chronicles, surnamed Ring of Fates, made its playable debut at the Jump Festa in Tokyo.

Square Enix hasn't had to dumb down the gameplay in Crystal Chronicles any in the move from GameCube to DS. We can also confirm that the game's presentation hasn't taken too much of a hit either. The world and characters are colorful and detailed. Cinema scenes feature full voice-overs; this doesn't seem to be the case for all areas of the game.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 10:19:44 Square's first game for a Nintendo console since the days of the Super NES takes the lush fantasy world from the Final Fantasy franchise and adds-in Gauntlet-style four-player action. The game does away with traditional experience points and instead focuses on action-oriented combat with a unique co-op slant. Up to three friends can join in on the quest, by using Game Boy Advance units connected to the GameCube as controllers. While all the main action takes place on the screen, the GBAs enable the players to access menus, organize their spell spheres, and perform upgrades without slowing down the action.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 09:55:23 This is another addition to the treasured Final Fantasy RPG series from Square. Released in the US as Final Fantasy III, this SNES title is actually the sixth FF game -- the previous Japanese titles did not make it across the sea, and to keep continuity on the series, the game was renamed to part 3. Whatever you call it, however, this is one of the most engrossing RPGs of its era, Final Fantasy III stands up well to the test of time and still intrigues RPG fans to this day. Known for its intriguing storylines, the Final Fantasy series has always been filled with imaginative plots and twisting storylines. In Final Fantasy III, magical beings called The Espers return from centuries past to destroy the rational and mechanized new world.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 06:52:15 Two thousand years ago the Sartan split the world into five realms, with one race in each realm. Your character, Haplo, happens to be of Patryn who were banished to the deadly Labyrinth.

In Death Gate you are tasked by Lord Xar to retrieve the pieces of the World Seal. Xar wants to use the pieces to undo the split of the five realsm and have revenge on the Sartan.

]]> 10 Feb 2007 06:38:23 Published by:Agetec, Inc.
Developed by:FromSoftware, Inc.
Released:Mar 26, 2002

Genre:RPG
Perspective:1st-Person

]]> 10 Feb 2007 04:03:48 The first King's Field was an excellent game,
and its like-minded sequel is even better.

Published by:ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc.
Developed by:FromSoftware, Inc.
Released:Nov 20, 1996

ESRB Rating:Teen
Genre:Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)
Perspective:1st-Person Perspective
Genre:Medieval / Fantasy, Real-Time

]]> 10 Feb 2007 03:47:43 Genre: Fantasy Role-playing (PSX)
Publisher: ASCII
Developer: ASCII
Release Date: January 1, 1996

]]> 10 Feb 2007 03:32:57 You play as Jack Russell a young man who only gets into the Radiata Knights because his father was famous. Jack is certainly not the sharpest sword in the armory, but he is willing to do anything to help his friends. The story is pretty simple but is still lots of fun. This game never takes itself too seriously and is very humorous to play. Plus it has lots of replay value with over 175 playable characters you can recruit and the choice between siding with the Humans or the Fairies in the coming war.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 11:53:27 The all time classic, Kid Icarus.

In Kid Icarus players take on the role of Pit, who is on an epic, Metroid inspired, quest to save Angel Land from the evil Medusa and, in a Zelda style, save the goddess of light, Palutena.

Kid Icarus was one of the first games to feature multiple endings based upon how it was completed.

Kid Icarus has been re-released for download on the Wii as of 2/12/207.

]]> 07 Feb 2007 05:15:08 Otogi was a great action game for the Xbox that sold rather poorly. Its unfortunate, as the game was quite entertaining.

]]> 07 Feb 2007 04:48:53 Final Fantasy IX (ファイナルファンタジーIX, Fainaru Fantajī Nain?) is a console role-playing game developed by Square Co., Ltd. in 2000. It was published in Japan by Square, in North America by Square Electronic Arts, in continental Europe by Infogrames, and in the United Kingdom and Australasia by Square Europe. It was the last original game in the Final Fantasy series to be produced for the PlayStation. The game was developed alongside Final Fantasy VIII, but took a completely different path in line with fans' requests to return to the series roots via castles and other allusions to games in the series. Final Fantasy IX introduced new features to the series, such as the Active Time Event, Mognet, and a revamped equipment and skill system.

Set in the fantasy world Gaia, Final Fantasy IX's plot centers on a war between two nations, sparked by an ambitious queen. Players follow a young thief named Zidane, who joins with the others to defeat the Queen. Soon after embarking on their quest, they discover that the queen's campaign is a cover up for a greater plot involving a parallel world and Zidane's past.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 10:00:58 From legendary game developer Rare comes Kameo: Elements of Power, a larger-than-life journey full of intense combat, magnificent exploration, and innovative morph-into-monster action.

The future of the world depends on Kameo, who must master her new ability to transform into various warriors and harness their elemental powers to save her family from Thorn, the evil troll king.

In true Rare fashion, the world is wondrous and immense, the puzzles and challenges are brilliant, and the creature-oriented combat and exploration is innovative and unique.

]]> 04 Feb 2007 02:56:24 ABOUT THE GAME/STORY:
Join Wonderboy in his third(of four) installment of the series. Wonderboy, after critically wounding Meka Dragon is cursed, and is turned into a hideous lizard! Take Wonderboy on a quest to return him to human form with the holy Salamander Cross.

THE PLAYER:
In the game, Wonderboy has 6 forms:

Hu Man - Used only for a short while at the beginning of the game, is the most powerful. Can be attained by entering WE5T 0NE 0000 000 on the password screen.

Lizard Man - Hideous lizard monster. spits fireballs, has no shield.

Mouse Man - Tiny creature, capable of walking up certain walls.

Piranha Man - Fish creature capable of swimming.

Lion Man - With his immense might, he can swing the sword in a full arc, and is capable of destroying blocks below him.

Hawk Man - Capable of flying, but is harmed if he goes in water.

GAMEPLAY ELEMENTS:
Not much really to say, but it is a standard platform with basic RPG elements such as equippable items, and special weapons to aid wonderboy in his quest.

WHY IT IS GOOD:
With it's colourful graphics, well pixeled sprites, many varying locales and lots of different enemies, it's a fun game for everyone to play without getting bored at all.

]]> 03 Feb 2007 09:37:55 STORY:
A realtime RPG about a man named Ashley Riot, an elite agent sent to discover the secrets of the city of Evil, Lea Monde.

WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE
It's a realtime RPG system, with combo moves, powerful magic spells and Break Arts(techniques using the player's HP to cause large amounts of damage).
The fantastic item crafting system is unique, with being able to dismantle just about any weapon or item you get, to make more powerful weapons and better defensive items.
The enemies are varied and bold, with massive and detailed bosses and lots of unique skills of their own.

Released on the Playstation around 2000, and was one of the few games that was awarded a perfect score(40/40) in the Famitsu magazine.

]]> 03 Feb 2007 01:57:27 Savage 2: A Tortured Soul is a fast paced strategy shooter that takes team based game play to another level. Each match is a war for dominance where two teams of 5 to 32 players attempt to destroy each other. It will take more than guns to finish the job. Assume your position as a fighter, armed with swords, guns, and magic; or take the field as a support character that builds, heals, and resurrects fallen comrades. Feel like bringing out the big stick? Become a siege unit like the Behemoth (a huge animal biped descendant of elephants that takes down buildings using an uprooted tree) or the battering ram to destroy enemy buildings. Always thought you were a natural born leader? Take control as the leader of the action, the commander, who builds, researches, expands, and tactically strategizes your team's efforts.

Savage 2 is unique and delivers a roller coaster ride of excitement that very few games can. Once you play, you'll never turn back. Consider all your other games obsolete and join those who felt the sensational impact of Savage 1 in an all improved sequel.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 02:39:42 Magisteral is a traditional-style RPG that puts a big twist on the classic "save the crystals!" storyline. It follows six special Magisterals, or magic-users, who possess a power called the Illuminance. They'll face the perils of their world and a revived evil as they attempt to save their world from dying. The gameplay is similar to that of NES and SNES era Final Fantasy games, with similar difficulty, and will be enjoyed the most by people familiar with those games.

]]> 31 Jan 2007 07:28:22 -From Bungie

Building on the excellent plot and gameplay featured in Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth II: Soulblighter also upped the ante by incorporating destructible environments as well as new game modes. The near-infinite gameplay permutations that ensued, ensured that Myth fans had lots of new toys to play with in the game world. Myth II also enjoyed a comprehensive update in the shape of the the Myth II expansion pack: Chimera.

]]> 31 Jan 2007 03:59:09 If you're familiar with the early NES and SNES Final Fantasy games, Wingedmene plays and feels like those. Like those, it has a high level of difficulty; it's designed for people very familiar with 2D console RPGs, and if you've never played any of those you should probably leave this game alone.

The game is incomplete, but it's more than a quarter finished, and has about 15 hours of gameplay.

]]> 31 Jan 2007 05:29:38 From the Developer's web site:

Exerpts from the FAQ:

The Settlers: Heritage of Kings still is very much about building up an economy. Affectionately made animations and a living environment have consequently been a part of the series. The player still can just sit back during the game and watch the busy little settlers doing their work.

It was important to us that the Settlers Saga evolves further. Therefore there have been several changes since The Settlers 3 and 4 including the new graphics style, the 3D environment, a storyline and the heroes.

That is also the reason why we do not speak of The Settlers 5 but of the Heritage of Kings.

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