Infinity Retro

Sega Dreamcast RPGs were few, but they were mighty. This is simply because the console wasn’t on the market very long. Sega’s past mistakes caught up with them and the Dreamcast met an untimely death before hitting its prime. Developers simply didn’t have enough time to create massive adventures on the console, and instead were focusing on the Sony PlayStation 2. The console’...

The 16-bit era brought us many things. One of these was the fighting genre. Sure, these games existed prior to this era. They weren’t pretty though, nor did they play particularly well. It was Street Fighter II that created the basic foundation for the genre. For a time the only place to play it on home console was the Super Nintendo. At this point fighters started popping up...

Fighter’s Destiny may have since been forgotten, but it had a lot of hype driving its release. This was a 3D fighting game, and the Nintendo 64 was severely lacking in this department. Fighter’s Destiny was also an original title that made use of some unique mechanics. It was panned a bit by critics, but ultimately the consensus was that it was one of the better fighting game...

Today I have an overwhelming urge to talk about the best strategy RPGs of all time. It’s one of my favorite subjects after all. Who doesn’t love a good strategy and tactics based role playing game? They were once a rarity in the West with a treasure trove of excellent games left in Japan. Now the floodgates have opened, and these titles are regularly released worldwide. There...

At one point in time Cosmic Fantasy was a popular RPG series. You wouldn’t know that if you’re living in North America like me. For the longest time the franchise was left untranslated in Japan. There was one installment that made its way west. Working Designs, best known for being one of the most interesting publishers of their time, took a chance on the second installment. ...