Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG Reviews on 21. Mar, 2010 | 4 Comments
The draconic head of the Darkspawn is dead, the world is saved and there are warm, fuzzy feelings aplenty. But did everyone live happily ever after? Of course not. If so, how would BioWare be able to roll out new gigantic expansions. Shortly after the events in Dragon Age: Origins you head off for the [...]
Torchlight by Runic games is a great action role-playing game played in dungeon crawl style. There are 3 types of characters to choose from: The Destroyer – a melee combat type character, The Vanquisher – an archer/rogue character, and the Alchemist who is similar to a mage.
The game is set in the Mining town of [...]
Instead of creating another set of successful Dungeons & Dragons or Star Wars game, BioWare has moved on to create a fantasy and a sci-fi universe all by themselves, and done so successfully no less.
BioWare is leading the RPG genre today, which isn’t such a bad thing considering everything they touch turns to gold. With Mass Effect and Dragon Age: Origins respectively, BioWare has taken a detour from the beaten track of licensed games. Although their games in the Forgotten Realms and Star Wars settings are great too, so [...]
Another Fallout game is on the way; this one is neither the much talked-about MMO Project 13 or (yet) another piece of downloadable content. It’s being developed by Obsidian for release by Bethesda.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 03. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Fans of the post-apocalyptic RPG genre will be thrilled to know that a Fallout MMO may still come about.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 25. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
According to EA and BioWare, the highly anticipated space RPG follow-up Mass Effect 2 won’t be available until early next year.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 13. Oct, 2009 | 4 Comments
Square Enix’ long-awaited sequel to its popular but aging MMORPG Final Fantasy XI – Final Fantasy XIV – is closing in on its 2010 release. Some of the character classes and other details about the game world were recently uncovered on the game’s official homepage.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG Reviews on 22. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
After a couple of hours with Drakensang: The Dark Eye, I realize that it’s like reliving an old classic, but with great visuals in high definition.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 31. Aug, 2009 | 1 Comment
Some more details about the upcoming MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic has trickled out to eager fans. This time, BioWare has lifted the curtain off the Sith Warrior Class.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG Reviews on 27. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
The new MMO Champions Online from the creators of City of Heroes/Villains is almost finished. Soon every place between the equator and the poles will be crawling with superheroes. Here’s what we thought of the beta experience. (Obviously it’s no review of the final version, but from what we’ve seen so far it’s shaping up [...]
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 17. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
Unfortunately, the release of BioWare’s next big thing, Dragon Age, has been pushed back to November instead of the early 2009 release that was initially scheduled. It’s been in development for at least five years (it was officially announced in 2004).
All of us BioWare fan-geeks have been repeatedly hit by a +5 Staff of Ritual [...]
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 16. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
Surprisingly, Bethesda says that they are NOT planning a sequel to Oblivion – one of the most successful RPGs in the past decade.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 02. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
The eagerly awaited role-playing title Risen from Piranha Bytes is almost finished due for release on October 2nd.
Piranha Bytes is the developer responsible for the popular Gothic series of role-playing games for the PC. Risen is a single-player fantasy RPG set on a Caribbean-like island, and from the screenshots it looks like a cross between [...]
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG Reviews on 24. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
The forth piece of downloadable content for the lovely post-apocalyptic role-playing game Fallout 3 for the PC following Operation Anchorage, The Pitt and Broken Steel takes you to the swamps of Maryland.
