Review: Breath of Death VII

Rating: N/A Genre: RPG indie Publisher: Steam and XBLA Developer: Zeboyd Games Release Date: July 13, 2011 Zeboyd game’s first title was “Breath of Death VII.” A parody of RPG games, with a retro style and various fun elements and humor. Breath of Death VII starts with an atomic weapon detonating in a desperate attempt to end the war, causing all life to be wiped out across the world.  But not all was lost, as an undead civilization began to prosper evil in their midst and it was up to four brave heroes to rid the land of evil. The game starts in a dungeon where quickly you learn how to move your character.  Yet Zeboyd games were clever in the introduction of the controls, as they flash a photo of an Xbox controller showing you that is available for the Xbox Live indie Arcade. To be fair, Breath of

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Review: BPAL RPG Scents

I am perfectly happy to admit that I was, and occasionally still am, a table-top role player. I spent many a pre-teen and teen afternoon and evening in the company of rogues, thieves, wizards, orcs, and elves. My preferred character was a half-elf Witch/Duellist, and we played by the AD&D first gen rules, thank you very much, often supplemented by whatever the Dungeon Master had read in Dragon that month. So when I heard that Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab was putting out a line of perfumes based on classic role playing, I knew I had to get my hands on a set. I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to smell like damp concrete, leather jackets, old paper and Jolt cola, mind you, but I figured it was well worth a try. The RPG line consists of three categories — Race, Class, Alignment — with a variety of scents in each

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Review: Two Worlds II (PS3)

Rating: M (for Mature) Genre: Role Playing Publisher: South Peak Games Developer: Topware Interactive Release Date: January 25, 2011 RENT Unexpectedly Two Worlds was an engaging and enjoyable RPG. Even though you could not play as a female avatar, it did well enough for what it was. As RPG’s go many people have distinct favorites. This game isn’t going to be replacing any mega hit JRPG’s anytime soon. But like that secondary anime that you watch in between episodes of your favorite, this game’s few flaws aren’t bad enough to prevent you from wasting some time on it. With a Gandalf clone named Gandahar as the villain, although it seems very LOTR-esque in some ways, the story does have a female at the center of the plot. The main character’s sister has been abducted and an evil sorcerer who held your character captive as well, is extracting her magical mana

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E3 First Look – Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

The game that surprised me the most this year at E3 was Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning from 38 Studios. I’d only heard very little about the game before going to the event and wasn’t expecting to see much from it there. But we got the opportunity to see the demo presentation while at the EA booth and I was impressed by what we saw. Reckoning is an open world single player RPG set in a high fantasy world created by famous author R.A. Salvatore with art design by Todd McFarlane. The big names involved with the project don’t end there though. Lead designer on the game is Ken Rolston, creator of Morrowind and Oblivion. In a year full of sequels it was nice to see an original, new IP for once at E3. The core game has four very customizable player races and three class trees that each have 22

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E3 First Look: Mass Effect 3

Shepard is back and everything is just as we left it at the end of Mass Effect 2.  The designs of the levels are faithful to the previous games and it gives it a sense that we had never left.  The graphics at the time of this demo are similar to what we’ve seen before – not a lot of improvement.  It makes me wonder if this was this an artistic choice, a fact that is a demo, or that we where viewing it on a huge TV that allowed us to see every defect up close?  That’s yet to be determined.  We saw breaks in the skin mapping that caused back lighting to come through the character as well as jagged edges and pixilation.  I know I’m being picky about the graphics, but Mass Effect is one of those games that we expect to look as polished as possible, so

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Review – Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy (PSP)

Technically a prequel for the first game, we discover that the ever raging war between Cosmos and Chaos has occurred 12 times during the time frame of 012; and our roster of new characters are the ones who enabled the 13th cycle of the war to occur.

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Discover the Legend of Fae

Endless Fluff introduces their first commercial game with a clever blend of RPG, puzzle, and adventure, Legend of Fae, which takes players on a journey with Claudia as she searches for her missing uncle with only a note and an unfamiliar artifact as clues. Meet Claudia as she sorts through the mystery amidst a newly troubled island crawling with strange and mischievous creatures called Fae, calling upon elementals to guide her. Legend of Fae features * more than 50 levels * 30 upgradeable elemental skills * fast and dangerous combat * two modes for customizable fun Try a free demo today. Meet you behind the Faery Gate! .

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Slash info: Etu, Brute?

Welcome back to another edition of /info, where you can get almost any news from games that start with MMO. The Ides of March is upon us and the festivities for the God Mars (Ares for the Greeks) are gearing up…..if we were in ancient Greece/Rome ¬_¬. Still, there is no reason to not celebrate the God of War by playing MMO’s and killing our enemies! Huzzah!! But let’s get on with the news…. Reel Deal LIVE! Phantom EFC the guys behind PC based casino and card game titles, announced that they are bringing a ton of updates to their MMO Reel Deal LIVE!  The updates will be live on March which will include a level cap increase, new adventure quests and more, will follow on the heels of last September’s major batch of updates, which included the all new Egyptian-themed floor featuring games and slots from 2010’s Reel Deal Slots:

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Radiant Historia Makes it’s North American Debut

With a throwback to old 16-bit RPG games, Radiant Historia is a combination of hand drawn artwork, a soundtrack that’ll make you a bit nostalgic, and a unique position-based battle system (where you can push your enemies around the battle field to gain the upper hand in a fight) . The game is out in stores today and each launch copy of the game is a premium boxed set with a free music CD complete with artwork chosen by the fans. In Radiant Historia, you’ll be able to travel through time as Special Intelligence Agent Stocke to rewrite history in a sort of steampunky RPG adventure set to Yoko Shimomura’s soundtrack. Stocke manages to find out how to travel to the intersection of time, called: Historia. Stocke has to use his new found ability to travel to key events throughout time to fix the flow of time and figure out

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Review: Stacking

Rating: E10+ Players: 1 Genre: RPG/Puzzle Developer: Double Fine Publisher: THQ Release Date: February 09, 2011 BUY I doubt that Russian Nesting Dolls are going to sweep the gaming nation any time soon, but Double Fine has definitely made them worth paying attention to in their newest Xbox Live Arcade game: Stacking. In Stacking, you take on the role of the smallest of the dolls in the Blackmore Family, Charlie. His father gets a job and disappears and all his older siblings are taken away from their mother to be put into indentured service. The Baron, a mean old industrialist has things in an uproar, using children as labor in all of his business ventures. One night, a letter from one of Charlie’s brothers arrives with news that he’s been forced to work shoveling coal for the trains while the labor union is on strike. Charlie sets out to save

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