Same rules apply. I’ve cross referenced and double checked all the games on this list to confirm where and when they came out. North American release dates only and if I was unable to play the game, then I can’t count it. Again, I apologize if your favorite game didn’t make the top 5 and […]
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RPG of the Year – 2010
October 7th, 2013 
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Comments Off on RPG of the Year – 2010Games You Need To Play Before You Die – Episode 1
July 10th, 2012 gunsage Hello everybody, it’s your friendly(?), everyday Gun Sage here ready to throw a new series in your face hole. Recently I’ve been getting a few Virtual Console titles here and there for my daughter, trying to teach her how to play videogames. She’s okay at some and terrible at others, but it got me thinking…what […]
RPG of the Year – 2009
May 15th, 2012 gunsage It’s entirely possible that I missed some games, but I’ll say this…this list took me a good 4 hours to put together, therefore, if I missed anything, just let me know and I’ll fact check it just in case. I’m confident, however, in the top 5 and let me tell you, there are some FANTASTIC […]
Posted in Video Games Tags: 09, 2, abaddon, action, base, blade, demon, Devil, diablo, end, Front, game, gaming, goty, king, kuzunoha, less, light, mega, megami, muramasa, of, og, platform, play, raidou, Robot, role, RPG, saga, shin, smt, strategy, summon, super, survival, survive, survivor, tactic, taisen, ten, tensei, the, torch, turn, versus, vg, video, vs., year Comments Off on RPG of the Year – 2009Shin Megami Tensei – Devil Survivor
March 27th, 2012 gunsage General Overview It’s Shin Megami Tensei as an SRPG on a portable. If that doesn’t get you going, consider the fact that there’s an interesting time mechanic, it’s based around survival, and you can change peoples’ fates. Still not enough? How about the fact that it has excellent music, visuals, difficulty, demon auctions, and a […]
The Fantastic World of Japanese Games – Episode 2
January 24th, 2012 gunsage When playing Japanese SNES games on an emulator, often there are obvious and not so obvious reasons why a game may not have come out to America. The best way to think about it is was it an RPG, did it have suggestive themes, and did it have any sort of following here in America? […]
Posted in Video Games Tags: 2, 5, banka, brawl, clock, episode, fantastic, fantasy, fight, final, game, gaming, horror, Japan, koha, kouha, kunio, nekketsu, Nintendo, no, of, play, role, RPG, scary, shin, snes, super, survival, survive, tachi, the, tower, vg, video, world Comments Off on The Fantastic World of Japanese Games – Episode 2The Fantastic World of Japanese Games – Episode 1
January 23rd, 2012 gunsage People who understand emulation, even to a small degree, know all about the fantastic world of translated games that never left Japan. Most of the time it was for reasons like RPGs not selling well in America at the time, more mature content than they felt an American audience was ready for, or simply having […]
RPG of the Year – 2007
June 28th, 2011 gunsage Surprisingly, there weren’t as many games this year, but all the same this year was AWESOME. There are 39 games. This was actually a tough year as far as deciding #4 and #5, though the top 3 was obvious even from the get-go. Let’s do this!
Posted in Video Games Tags: 07, 2, 2k7, 3, 360, action, adventure, arc, base, box, custom, d, d'arc, effect, galaxy, game, gaming, jeanne, joan, mass, megami, microsoft, mythology, of, open, persona, play, portable, ps2, psp, radiant, rogue, role, RPG, shin, sony, srpg, station, strategy, tale, tensei, the, turn, video, world, x, year Comments Off on RPG of the Year – 2007RPG of the Year – 2005
June 21st, 2011 gunsage Now, at first glance, this seems like a huge year. After all, there are 50 games! This was certainly a strong year for RPGs in that there were a LOT, but not so much in terms of quality. I’m confident in my top 5, but the runner ups…oh, the runner ups. ANYWAY, let’s hop right […]
Posted in Video Games Tags: 05, 2k5, 8, ace, action, adventure, america, atelier, atlus, base, Bioware, cursed, Devil, digital, dragon, empire, enix, eternal, game, gaming, goty, ichi, iris, jade, journey, king, mana, megami, nippon, nis, of, play, quest, radiata, role, RPG, saga, shin, square, stories, system, tensei, the, tri, turn, video, year Comments Off on RPG of the Year – 2005RPG of the Year – 2004
June 16th, 2011 gunsage You think last year was a big year? Ha ha ha! This year, there are 49 games! Madness! Let’s do this thang!
Posted in Video Games Tags: 2004, 2k4, action, activision, adventure, apocalypse, aruze, atlus, base, bloodline, box, career, computer, covenant, demon, designs, Fable, first, FPS, game, gaming, generation, ghost, goty, Growlanser, heart, light, lionhead, masquerade, megami, microsoft, midway, nautilus, nocturne, of, pc, person, personal, perspective, play, post, real, role, RPG, shadow, shin, shoot, soft, srpg, strategy, studio, tensei, the, time, troika, turn, ubisoft, vampire, video, working, x, year Comments Off on RPG of the Year – 2004Brawler of the Year – 1994
April 28th, 2011 gunsage A lot of you might be skeptical about the pick this year, but trust me, it’s one you’ll want to totally get behind when you learn more about it. Yet again, this was a year with MANY console brawlers and not so many arcade brawlers. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it might be […]
