Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 are leading a turn-based renaissance, and it's leaving games like Pokemon Legends: Z-A far behind

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Pokemon Legends Z-A tests my 25 years of Pokemon experience in all the wrong ways, and I'm begging Game Freak to ease up on the tutorials

Z-A was that it would repeat my experience of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. After more than 20 years as a Pokemon fan, the Gen ...
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Playtesting for Steam's cutest "Pokémon-inspired creature collector game" is now open, and it's threatening to ruin my productivity

RPGs I've always thought the Pokemon Nuzlocke formula would make a great standalone roguelike - now an indie dev's made almost exactly that and it's off to a flying start on Steam RPGs Some Chinese ...
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Serial World is Pokemon meets Slay the Spire, meaning another roguelike deckbuilder JRPG is already vying for my heart

RPGs This quirky roguelike JRPG brings some deck building to the Pokemon formula I didn't know I needed until now RPGs I've always thought the Pokemon Nuzlocke formula would make a great standalone ...