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Retro Encounter 202: RPG Villains: Luca Blight
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - August 23, 2019 02:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLuca Blight, the mad dog of a bad prince from Suikoden II, is one of the most memorable villains of Japanese RPGs, and Retro Encounter is bringing back the RPG Villains format to celebrate, analyze, and reproach him. What was Luca's most horrible act? Could Luca have joined the heroes in differ...
Retro Encounter 201: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - August 16, 2019 03:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsIn their second exploration of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, a panel gets deep into Erebonian politics, giant robots, and school dances. Plot twists, connections to other Trails titles, and more take center stage at the Thors Military Academy festival. Featuring: Michael Sollosi,...
Retro Encounter 200: The Retro Encounter Awards
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - August 13, 2019 02:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter celebrates 200 episodes with its very own awards show! Five panelists discuss more than twenty awards subjects, except they aren't beholden to particular years, specific genres, or common sense. The categories, winners, and panelists follow no rules at all except "Must either be...
Retro Encounter 199: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - August 07, 2019 02:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter braves their second Falcom journey of 2019 with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, an epic tale of generations of war, an economic class divide, and questionable school field trips. Four panelists of Trails veterans and newcomers tackle the fan-favorite RPG with enthusia...
Retro Encounter 198: Trials of Mana Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 26, 2019 02:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsFour Retro Encounter panelists each finished Trials of Mana (maybe more than once) and there is plenty to discuss. The game hits its non-linear middle chapter and choice-determined finale, and everything from elemental weaknesses to class changes to endgame loot hunting comes up. Featuring: M...
Retro Encounter 197: Summer Nights
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 22, 2019 03:51 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThree RPGFan panelists spend a warm July evening reminiscing about the games of summer. Games played durring summer break from school, games that have a summery feeling, or even games tied to specific middle-of-the-year-in-the-northern-hemisphere memories. This episode covers an enormous range ...
Retro Encounter 196: Trials of Mana Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 12, 2019 02:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsSeiken Densetsu III spent more than two decades on lists of "great Japanese RPGs that never left Japan," until June 2019. It was added to the Retro Encounter schedule minutes after the announcement during E3 2019. A month after that fateful Nintendo Direct, four Retro Encounter panelists have p...
Retro Encounter 195: Worst in Show
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 05, 2019 03:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsIt's fun to talk about what you love, but almost as much fun to wallow in shared disdain. For this episode of Retro Encounter, four panelists discuss their LEAST favorite games in a few of their favorite series, from Kingdom Hearts Re:Remakes to flawed first or second games of legendary JRPG ser...
Retro Encounter 194: Until Dawn
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 01, 2019 01:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter gets spooky in June as two panelists discuss Until Dawn, the 2015 horror-narrative game where everyone can live, everyone can die, and everyone will definitely get chased around a resort cabin by psychopaths and wendigos. It's a cool game about cold weather in the hot summer for ...
Retro Encounter 193: Mythology and Folklore in RPGs
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - June 21, 2019 03:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsMythology, including everything from fairy tales to foundational beliefs of ancient peoples, has influenced storytelling, literature, and human civilization for thousands of years. RPGs are heavily influenced by myths, and on today's Retro Encounter three folklore enthusiasts talk about mytholog...
Retro Encounter 192: Honor thy Mother and thy Father
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - June 18, 2019 10:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRPGFan recently celebrated Mother's Day and Father's Day with separate features dedicate to the moms and dads of RPGs, and Retro Encounter is here to piggyback on those pieces like they're a dad at a swimming pool. Three panelists discuss the best moms and dads of RPGs, from hands-off mothers su...
Retro Encounter 191: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Revisited
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - June 07, 2019 06:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter did an episode about Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in late 2015, but back then Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night wasn't on the horizon and Timespinner didn't exist in a playable state. With the benefit of hindsight, two longtime Castlevania fans revisit the PS1 nonlinear sid...
Retro Encounter 190: Ask Me Another: An RPGFan Quiz Show!
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - May 31, 2019 02:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsIn our third and final episode of Retro Encounter's Podcast Tribute series, our hosts emulate Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton for an RPGFan episode of Ask Me Another. Four contestants tackle sixty RPG trivia questions for the chance to win nothing but a good time. Because Retro Encounter i...
Retro Encounter 189: Chrono Cross Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - May 24, 2019 02:29 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe dream is not over yet. Retro Encounter's journey through Chrono Cross continues, with a discussion of the latter half of the game. From the Dead Sea to Chronopolis, the depths of the ocean to the heights of Terra Tower, to beyond the darkness of time itself... there's a lot to unpack here. We...
Retro Encounter 188: How Did This Get Made: Pokemon: Detective Pikachu
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - May 17, 2019 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsMaybe art is subjective? Retro Encounter emulates How Did This Get Made for an episode all about Pokemon: Detective Pikachu. The panelists break down the movie's plot, themes, and style in our most cinematic episode since the Final Fantasy Film Festival. And we may learn some Second Opinions. ...
Retro Encounter 187: Chrono Cross Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - May 10, 2019 01:39 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsOn this episode of Retro Encounter, we take a look back at one of the most divisive sequels in gaming history. When you're following up on what many consider to be the greatest RPG ever made, it would be easy to stick to the tried-and-true, but Chrono Cross does anything but. The Yang to Chrono T...
Retro Encounter 186: RPG Villains: Kefka Palazzo
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - May 03, 2019 02:11 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter's producer takes inspiration from another of his favorite podcasts in today's episode all about the sorceror clown of Final Fantasy VI, Kefka. Three panelists examine Kefka's deeds, motivations, and impact with questions like "is there any good in Kefka?" and "why does Cid dress ...
Retro Encounter 185: Missing Classics
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - April 26, 2019 01:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsClassic Editions! Nintendo and Sony recently created three bespoke boxes full of classic video games, but none of them have enough RPGs. Today's Retro Encounter episode is wishful thinking about the three high-profile mini consoles and theorycrafting some that may not exist yet. Sadly, this ep...
Retro Encounter 184: Ys: The Oath in Felghana Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - April 19, 2019 03:46 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsAdol Christin and three panelists conclude their visit to the hometown of Dogi the Wall Crusher in a new Retro Encounter episode on Ys: The Oath in Felghana. Is this the greatest Ys game? Is The Oath in Felghana too short? Is Chester a mean jerk? All of these questions answered, and more. (M...
Retro Encounter 183: Ys: The Oath in Felghana Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - April 12, 2019 02:26 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsYs is a decades-old series centered on the travels of the adventurer Adol Christin as he explores derelict civilizations, clashes with ambitious imperialists, and battles ancient evils. Ys: The Oath in Felghana is a remake of the third Ys game, in which Adol goes on a vacation with his best pal ...
Retro Encounter 182: Job Search Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - April 05, 2019 01:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsCharacter classes! Job systems! From Wizardry to Final Fantasy to World of Warcraft to Octopath Traveler, many RPG characters are defined by player-selected classes and jobs. In today's episode we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of job systems in RPGs, mostly concentrating on Japanese RPGs...
Retro Encounter 181: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - March 29, 2019 02:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLufia II is a timeless classic and continues to capture the hearts of gamers to this very day so let's bring our Lufia love to its bittersweet conclusion in this weeks episode. Whether you're travelling to work by boat, submarine or paraglider pop in those headphones and find out just how tricky ...
Retro Encounter 180: Kingdom Hearts III Spoilercast
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - March 23, 2019 20:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter jumps into 2019 and, following on from January's Kingdom Hearts discussion, decided to spoil the hell out of the long await conclusion to the Xehanort Saga, Kingdom Hearts III! Three huge Kingdom Hearts get together to discuss the awesome Disney worlds, gorgeous action, and baffli...
Retro Encounter 179: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - March 17, 2019 08:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals is a bonfide classic on the SNES, with an epic story, great characters, fiendish puzzles, and tons of superlative side content including raising pet monsters and challenging a 100-floor dungeon. But don't take only my word for it! Three Retro Encounter panelists...
Retro Encounter 178: Dances with Wolf Team
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - March 08, 2019 03:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWolf Team, a small Japanese developer active in the 1990s, has a surprising legacy of RPG creators lasting to the present day. Tri-Ace, Namco Tales Studio, and several others have their roots in Wolf Team, which splintered aftering finishing the Super Famicom classic Tales of Phantasia. We explor...
Retro Encounter 177: Tales of Vesperia Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - February 28, 2019 21:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRunning a podcast is just like running a guild sometimes, and all jobs must come to an end at some point, just like our game journals! This week, our panelists talk about the conclusion of Tales of Vesperia. We make our way to the end by going through a huge dungeon gauntlet, by being betrayed, b...
Retro Encounter 176: Tales of Vesperia Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - February 23, 2019 00:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWe're still celebrating Tales of month here at Retro Encounter, and what better time is there to form a guild? Nearly two years after our last Tales of game journal, Tales of Vesperia is on the docket, and the same three panelists return from the Tales of the Abyss episodes! In a dense first half...
Retro Encounter 175: A Thirst for Battle Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - February 15, 2019 05:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLights! Microphones! Action! Our panel of RPG battle maniacs reconvenes for a discussion on RPG combat in real time, focusing on series that fight in real-time, or at least mostly in real-time. Hearts, Souls, Mana, and Ends of the World all make appearances in today's action-packed episode of...
Retro Encounter 174: Tales of Favourites
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - February 10, 2019 15:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter celebrates Namco's long-running action RPG series all February in a special Month of Tales! We kick off Tales Of month with an episode discussing the entire series, from Abyss to Zestiria, eventually picking an official Retro Encounter's Favorite Tales Of Game. Spoiler alert: it...
Retro Encounter 173: Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - February 01, 2019 08:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter had so much fun playing 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors last year that the same four codenamed panelists reunited for the sequel! Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward has more friendly robots, more diabolical puzzles, and more artificially intelligent rabbits than its pred...
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