Features by Josh Torres

2B's Eight Year Journey to Becoming the Goddess of Collaboration Events
2B's Eight Year Journey to Becoming the Goddess of Collaboration Events

This is an extensive chronicle of how NieR: Automata's main character became the queen of game collaborations in almost a decade.

feature by Josh Torres on 27 February, 2024

Branching Path: Josh Torres’s Top 10 Games of 2023
Branching Path: Josh Torres’s Top 10 Games of 2023

A game of the year list on RPG Site that... doesn't have that much RPGs in it; I hope they don't fire me.

feature by Josh Torres on 28 December, 2023

Branching Path: Eternights misunderstands what makes Persona's game loop compelling
Branching Path: Eternights misunderstands what makes Persona's game loop compelling

Studio Sai's debut game is an ambitions dating sim action game that does some things right and a lot of things wrong.

feature by Josh Torres on 11 September, 2023

Branching Path: Armored Core VI is an Armored Core game that will make Armored Core fans happy
Branching Path: Armored Core VI is an Armored Core game that will make Armored Core fans happy

After a decade since its last installment, FromSoftware's iconic mech series makes its grand return and it's one of the best the series has to offer.

feature by Josh Torres on 23 August, 2023

Granblue Fantasy: Relink: new gameplay information and an extensive hands-on look for the long-awaited action RPG from Cygames
Granblue Fantasy: Relink: new gameplay information and an extensive hands-on look for the long-awaited action RPG from Cygames

Cygames flew us out to San Francisco, California to learn more about their upcoming action RPG.

feature by Josh Torres on 23 August, 2023

Fate/Grand Order's Avalon le Fae chapter is secretly one of the best stories in video games this year
Fate/Grand Order's Avalon le Fae chapter is secretly one of the best stories in video games this year

One of the strongest narratives in 2023 unfortunately has a high barrier-of-entry, but I still want to share what makes it so great; this is the story of a land that wasn't meant to exist.

feature by Josh Torres on 27 July, 2023

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis Closed Beta Test Impressions: an extensive deep dive into how everything works in FF7 Ever Crisis
Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis Closed Beta Test Impressions: an extensive deep dive into how everything works in FF7 Ever Crisis

One of us got into the closed beta for the upcoming mobile RPG that aims to bring the entire Compilation of FF7 under one single roof and it's pretty impressive.

feature by Josh Torres on 11 July, 2023

Street Fighter 6 World Tour Mode review: how does it stack up as an RPG?
Street Fighter 6 World Tour Mode review: how does it stack up as an RPG?

Capcom has transformed their legendary fighting game series into a full-fledged RPG in its single-player mode this time around and RPG Site has responded to the call.

feature by Josh Torres on 30 May, 2023

Branching Path: Josh Torres’s Top 10 Games of 2022
Branching Path: Josh Torres’s Top 10 Games of 2022

This entire article was written by an AI - even all the choices were generated by it.

feature by Josh Torres on 29 December, 2022

Kingdom Hearts 1, 2, and Birth By Sleep on PC get a wealth of new nonintrusive features and enhancements with the Re:Fixed Mod
Kingdom Hearts 1, 2, and Birth By Sleep on PC get a wealth of new nonintrusive features and enhancements with the Re:Fixed Mod

Cutscenes run at 60fps, skip the Roxas intro in KH2, rename finishers in BBS, dual-audio support for KH2 & BBS, and much more.

feature by Josh Torres on 14 June, 2022

All the PS1, PS2, PSP, and PS3 RPGs for PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe
All the PS1, PS2, PSP, and PS3 RPGs for PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe

Here is a list of all the RPGs available on the new PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe service that gives access to older PlayStation platforms on PS5.

feature by Josh Torres and Kite Stenbuck on 16 May, 2022

Branching Path: Type-Moon's Witch on the Holy Night getting an official English release is secretly one of the biggest announcements in gaming ever
Branching Path: Type-Moon's Witch on the Holy Night getting an official English release is secretly one of the biggest announcements in gaming ever

Amidst all the insane gaming news headlines in this year so far, this is the one that shocked me the most and I need you to understand why.

feature by Josh Torres on 14 April, 2022

Capcom, Bring Back These 10 Monsters to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Please!
Capcom, Bring Back These 10 Monsters to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Please!

All I want for Sunbreak-mas is you, you, you, you, you...

feature by Josh Torres on 18 February, 2022

Branching Path: If the rumors are true and FromSoftware is making another Armored Core, I hope it maintains its identity instead of borrowing too much from the Soulsborne games
Branching Path: If the rumors are true and FromSoftware is making another Armored Core, I hope it maintains its identity instead of borrowing too much from the Soulsborne games

FromSoftware might be working on a new entry for their long-running mech series thanks to a leaked consumer survey, but it's implying that it might play more like Dark Souls; can Armored Core remain Armored Core if it's a Soulsborne?

feature by Josh Torres on 16 January, 2022

Branching Path: Josh Torres’s Top 10 Games of 2021
Branching Path: Josh Torres’s Top 10 Games of 2021

If you add up all the digits in 2021, it comes out to a 5. Multiply that by 2, and that's how many games are on this list. Funny how that works.

feature by Josh Torres on 31 December, 2021

Babylon's Fall is on track to be Square Enix's next GaaS blunder
Babylon's Fall is on track to be Square Enix's next GaaS blunder

We got hands-on with Phase 3 of this Square Enix and PlatinumGames joint and this upcoming games-as-a-service title is not looking hot at the moment.

feature by Josh Torres on 17 November, 2021

These 15 Things Should Show Up in Super Robot Wars Soon, Please
These 15 Things Should Show Up in Super Robot Wars Soon, Please

Super Robot Wars 30 is only a few days away and to celebrate the series's 30th anniversary, these are some games and shows that should finally debut or return to the long-running strategy RPG franchise.

feature by Josh Torres on 24 October, 2021

Branching Path: Josh Torres’s Top 10+1 Games of 2020
Branching Path: Josh Torres’s Top 10+1 Games of 2020

What's old is new again and you know what they say - old good, new bad.

feature by Josh Torres on 01 January, 2021

Genshin Impact: Encapsulating the Phenomenon One Month Later
Genshin Impact: Encapsulating the Phenomenon One Month Later

It’s already been a month since miHoYo’s latest title launched and Genshin Impact has made a bigger splash than anticipated. We take a look back at how the stars aligned for it.

feature by Josh Torres on 26 October, 2020

Sakura Wars - Linking the Past to the Present
Sakura Wars - Linking the Past to the Present

We take a look back at the immense legacy of the mainline Sakura Wars games and the enhancements the series has gone through in anticipation of the newest entry releasing in the west soon.

feature by Josh Torres on 14 April, 2020

Genshin Impact Closed Beta Test Impressions
Genshin Impact Closed Beta Test Impressions

Honkai Impact 3rd is to Bayonetta as Genshin Impact is to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We go hands-on with miHoYo's next big game.

feature by Josh Torres on 29 March, 2020

Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Worth Getting Just for RPG Mode?
Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Worth Getting Just for RPG Mode?

Everything you can expect to see in this upcoming fighting game's robust single player mode.

feature by Josh Torres on 14 February, 2020

The Final Decade Memoir: Josh Torres - Dragon's Dogma
The Final Decade Memoir: Josh Torres - Dragon's Dogma

Our final chapter to the Decade Memoirs explores a unique perspective that reflects back on Capcom's revered open-world action RPG.

feature by Josh Torres on 31 December, 2019

Branching Path: MAN, GOD, MACHINE - A Love Letter to Daemon X Machina
Branching Path: MAN, GOD, MACHINE - A Love Letter to Daemon X Machina

The legacy of Armored Core lives on and it's important to highlight why Daemon X Machina is so important to a very niche crowd of the gaming community.

feature by Josh Torres on 22 September, 2019

Cygames and Granblue Fantasy: Anime Expo 2019 Interview with the Producer and Director
Cygames and Granblue Fantasy: Anime Expo 2019 Interview with the Producer and Director

With a brand-new console RPG and a fighting game developed by Arc System Works, we learn more about Cygames's current and upcoming Granblue projects.

feature by Josh Torres on 06 July, 2019

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