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Axe of the Blood God: Our Most Anticipated RPGs of 2018
PODCAST | Valkyria Chronicles 4, Dragon Quest XI, Pillars of Eternity, and much more!
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Kat Bailey,
01/12/2018.
Axe of the Blood God is our weekly RPG podcast hosted by Kat Bailey and Nadia Oxford. You can find the previous episodes here.
In this week's episode of Axe of the Blood God (download link here), we sort through the most interesting RPGs that we know about for 2018 (so far).
At first blush it looks like a fairly weak year for RPGs: Some ports, some remake, some sequels to middle-tier franchises like Valkyria Chronicles and Ni No Kuni. Monster Hunter World might be the biggest thing going in 2018, but it's hard to even say whether it's really an RPG. But things can change in a hurry. Indeed, a single "beep" from CD Projekt Red was enough to set off a media whirlwind. In the meantime, there's still quite a lot to cover. Join us!
Also: We're in the process of choosing the next subject for our series of RPG Reports! Here are the candidates:
- Witcher 3
- Cosmic Star Heroine
- Fallout New Vegas
- Valkyrie Profile
We'll be keeping an eye on the comments here and also running polls on social media. We will announce our decision next week along with the first episode of the new Report!
Want to share your thoughts on RPGs? Email us at usgamer@usgamer.net. We may read your letter on the show! Keep those Perfect RPG Teams coming, folks!
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Show Description
Kat and Nadia dive into the upcoming RPGs of 2018 with previews of Valkyria Chronicles 4, Dragon Quest XI, Pillars of Eternity Deadfire, the World of WarCraft expansion, Monster Hunter World, and much more! Plus: Discussion of Dark Souls on the Switch, The Worlds With You: Final Remix, and Ys VIII.
Music from Axe of the Blood God is courtesy of Lena Chappelle, who has also contributed the themes to Active Time Babble and Roleplayers' Realm. I also use music from the RPG Music Pack over at rpgmaker.net. Check it out!
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So besides Yakuza 6 (still shocked by the art style), I concur with the assessments of Dragon Quest XI, and Octopath Traveler. I'm definitely getting DQXI on the 3ds day one, as I get through handhled RPGs much quicker as a highlight of the series is to grind while you can watch TV. POT looks very interesting and is a throwback while being something different, they should just reveal it as a FFVI sequel or remake.
Shin Megami Tensei V that's still too early right? Strange Journey Redux is making me regret not finishing the DS version. I haven't gotten through IV yet! Oh yeah the dancing games are supposed to come out this year?
Ni no Kuni, watched a sibling play for like 20 minutes but she got bored. Hopefully the sequel is zippier.
I am anticipating Super Robot Wars X as usual, as I'll take whatever English game comes out!
Get pumped for Trails of Cold Steel 3?
The bugs at launch made for a tough start, but once you moved beyond that, the game was fantastic. It reminded me of Phantasy Star in all the best ways.Edited January 2018 by Gamer-Law
Some would say it is a masterpiece, even...
also Kat, I love Strange Journey as well and FYI the SMT game "Soul Hackers" (for 3DS and originally Saturn) is the most similar, tonally and otherwise, imo,, you might really dig it. however I've never played the english version,, I imagine the dub must be bad
I would vote for Witcher 3 but I would advise to turn the difficulty down to the lowest setting since the combat isn't really fun (however better than 1 and 2 that's for sure).
It teaches one to plan, and to endure loss.
The Vortex World would have no less survive to give birth to their Reason!
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