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A List of Great Indie RPGs Worth Your Attention

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:07:59 +0000

It seems lately that a lot of people have been complaining about the sheer lack of RPGs on store shelves today. Not only that, but it seems that even big publishers have a hard time being convinced that it's a genre worth investing in localization efforts anymore for the Western market (I'm looking at you, Nintendo and Namco Bandai). It doesn't help that game budgets are growing exponentially larger while the "mainstream consumer" feels far more granular than it has ever been. The days when the ...

Get Recettear for Only 5 Dollars

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:45:15 +0000

Back when I reviewed Recettear when it launched, I called it "a well-made item-crafting, store-running, dungeon-crawling mashup with plenty of charm and humor, fan appeal, and high replayability". If you haven't made the jump to buy one of the best games of 2010, even after the smattering of fantastic deals, you are in for a treat. ...

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale Review

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:28:02 +0000

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has already made its mark by being the first Japanese indie title to appear on Valve's Steam software. Because of this, it has been getting a good amount of coverage, being featured on its front page, and even receiving a pre-order discount for those willing to give the relatively unknown title a try. Seeing as how these past couple of months have been pretty dry in terms of RPG releases, I felt compelled to give the game a try. After a good experience with the dem...