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Yet another JRPG behemoth is making me confront my mortality as Octopath Traveler 0 reveals 100-hour main story with 30-40% new content compared to the prequel it's remaking
News Here we go again
Final Fantasy Tactics devs originally considered making a famously powerful character weaker when he levels up because that's how getting old works: "His strength actually becomes lower"
News Hey, leave Cid alone!
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "going very smoothly" and the "announcement timing has been decided," Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura says, and Kingdom Hearts 4 is also "progressing well"
News A very welcome update for the RPG fan in your life
"A lot of RPGs have adopted more action gameplay elements," says Dragon Quest remake producer, making old-school turn-based JRPGs "actually rare nowadays" and "considered fresh again"
News And it all started with Dragon Quest
After modernizing the first three Dragon Quest games, remake producer says if the HD-2D games are "really well regarded," then "that would definitely create a movement within the company to want to do more remakes"
News Say it with me now... Chrono Trigger.
I'm finally playing Persona 4 after 17 years, and I can already see where the JRPG's remake should step in with improvements
Opinion Now Playing | Misty Persona 4 Golden looks like it's set in Silent Hill, but the adorable character models make it feel more cutesy than creepy
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake producer says "getting the balance right" is crucial when modernizing a classic, so you don't have fans complaining, "'We've got the original one, we don't need the new game'"
News Equally, you don't want fans feeling like "'that's not the same game anymore, we don't want that'"
39 years after the legendary JRPG series began, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake includes a "new twist" that'll be a "really big surprise" for veteran fans
News The remake devs have "really added a lot more to the story"
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake reminded me why I love turn-based battles, but after 40 minutes with the game, I'm desperate to know what "really big surprise" the devs are hiding
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | "There was never any thought" for Square Enix to potentially move away from turn-based combat for the Dragon Quest remakes, and I'm glad
