Shane Limbaugh is a Contributor at DualShockers who began covering games professionally in 2025. A longtime gamer with a Bachelor’s Degree in Game Design and Criticism, Shane brings a design-focused ...

If there ever existed a perfect example of a budget RPG, it would be Starbites. Elements of it aren’t terrible. The problem is it feels very basic and rudimentary. Even when it starts to get into ...

What if an RPG wasn’t an RPG at all, rather, something entirely different? That’s kind of what’s happening with Coin Drop Games’ awkwardly-titled The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time.

Fond of weirdly obscure titles since childhood, Ivanir has been captivated by many Japanese games over the years. Some of his most passionate topics are the Dept. Heaven series, Summon Night ...

It was time for “Monster Hunter Stories” to grow up. Capcom’s spinoff of its popular action role-playing game started as a “Pokémon”-like adventure, one in which players rode monsters instead of ...

While I adore role-playing games, the lengthy runtimes that often exceed 40 hours can make them feel like something you need to schedule your life around rather than a game you enjoy in your downtime.

People of Note was clearly made with lots of love, but it is also a deeply silly game. Conflicts are resolved between musicians flinging music at each other, a simple country-wide road trip transforms ...

It took a year, but PlayStation 5 owners can now enjoy Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios’ action role-playing game Avowed. Taking place in the same world as the Pillars of Eternity series, ...

Pints & Plunder is a beginner-friendly, single-session adventure perfect for newcomers, casual groups, or experienced adventurers wanting a short, self-contained quest. In Pints & Plunder, players ...