Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...
Watch the reveal trailer for Octopath Traveler 0, the next installment in the HD 2D turn-based tactical RPG franchise developed by Square Enix. Players will traverse the world as its sole hope of ...
Octopath Traveler 0 is another stellar entry in Square Enix's HD-2D series that rivals some of the best 2D turn-based RPGs ...
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When Square Enix showed up at today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase with an unannounced action RPG packing HD-2D graphics, fairy friends, magic crystal customization, familiar sprites and character ...
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Dragon Quest Dragon Quest creator hints he hasn't forgotten about the Zenithian Trilogy: "There are various projects in motion, it's just that 7 happened to get completed first" Dragon Quest Dragon ...
For a lot of Final Fantasy fans, the move away from turn-based combat was a bit of a disappointment. Recent rumblings suggest that old-school combat might be returning to the franchise. But until then ...
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Best 2D Turn-Based RPGs

Turn-based RPGs technically started in 2D, but that was due to console limitations. Classics like Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy 6 aren’t quite 2D RPGs the same way Super Mario World is a 2D ...