Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan

Title: Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: 3DS
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 2/26/2013
Overview: The giant tree Yggdrasil is visible everywhere in the city of Tharsis, but its roots stretch far off into a land of the unknown. Undertake a heroic journey to uncover the secrets that lie at the roots of the legendary tree in this 3D RPG. Soar through the clouds in your upgradable skyskip in search of fame, fortune, battles, and glory. Map your progress, old-school-style, by using the bottom screen to draw a map of your course and note the enemies you’ve encountered. RPG newcomers can use the new Casual Play feature to explore longer in a version of the world filled with less challenging enemies and obstacles. Conquer 3D dungeons, swap cards and characters via StreetPass, and much more.

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Title: Fire Emblem: Awakening
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: 3DS
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 2/6/2013
Overview: An army of the undead threatens to destroy any empire that stands in its path. Rally your forces, lead your army, and change the course of history in this immersive fantasy saga. You and your fellow heroes are the last line of defense against the ruthless forces of darkness. Create your own personalized character and surround yourself with carefully-chosen allies before you embark on your quest. Your alliance will benefit you on the battlefield – your team will fight better as the bonds between you grow stronger. Swap team data on StreetPass, then choose to recruit or battle other players’ team members. Fight side-by-side with a friend in local multiplayer or use SpotPass to gain new maps, items, and characters.

Heroes of Ruin

Title: Heroes of Ruin
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: 3DS
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 7/16/2012
Overview: Four heroes come together to form a powerful alliance in this game that’s geared to bring players together in as many ways as possible. Heroes of Ruin uses the 3DS to help players connect in an ever-evolving world filled with menacing beasts and powerful foes. You can embark on your quest in single-player, but Heroes of Ruin thrives on connectivity. Buy and sell items you find in battle through an in-game Traders Network built with StreetPass. Earn rare items and receive exclusive challenges through SpotPass. Use the 3DS microphone to talk to allies in drop-in/drop-out multiplayer, forming new alliances and carving out strategies to carve up your enemies in real-time.

Tales of the Abyss

Title: Tales of the Abyss
Publisher: Namco
Platform: 3DS
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 2/13/2012
Overview: Seven years have passed since Luke fon Fabre was kidnapped. He returns home with no memory of his past, and his family keeps him safely inside their palace. Luke’s quiet life is shattered when he’s drawn into the Order of Lorelei and the Oracle Knights, keepers of a prophecy known as the Score. Explore a 3D world map as you journey through environments created in a stunning anime style. Fight real-time tactical battles as you evolve your characters into more powerful warriors. Unsure who is friend and who is foe, Luke must learn quickly, for his choices have the power to save the world, or destroy it!

Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns

Title: Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns
Publisher: Natsume
Platform: 3DS
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 11/8/2011
Overview: The Harvest Moon franchise is known for letting you put down roots and create a home to call your own. Harvest Moon: A Tale of Two Towns lets you choose where that happens. The villages of Konohana and Bluebell used to be friendly, until a rivalry got cooking…over cooking. Each town thought their food was the best and the competition tore them apart. Make your home in the farm-friendly, Eastern-style village of Konohana or choose the more European, animal-loving surroundings of Bluebell. Start a farm and build a beautiful life as you take part in festivals and try to end the culinary rivalry once and for all.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

Title: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: DS
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 2/27/2012
Overview: Surviving the next seven days will be the greatest challenge of your life in this demon-collecting strategy RPG. When Japan is struck by a devastating invasion from beyond, the country cries out for a hero. Are you the one? Recruit your party and begin your quest, developing bonds with the people you have chosen as allies. Once again, your choices will shape the story, and one wrong choice could spell permanent doom for one of those closest to you. Use a new Demon Compendium as you collect, customize, sell, and fuse demons to stop the invasion in a story with double the content of the original.

Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns

Title: Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns
Publisher: Natsume
Platform: DS
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 9/19/2011
Overview: The Harvest Moon franchise is known for letting you put down roots and create a home to call your own. Harvest Moon: A Tale of Two Towns lets you choose where that happens. The villages of Konohana and Bluebell used to be friendly, until a rivalry got cooking…over cooking. Each town thought their food was the best and the competition tore them apart. Make your home in the farm-friendly, Eastern-style village of Konohana or choose the more European, animal-loving surroundings of Bluebell. Start a farm and build a beautiful life as you take part in festivals and try to end the culinary rivalry once and for all.

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance

Title: Dungeon Hunter: Alliance
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: PS Vita
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 2/13/2012
Overview: After being murdered by his queen, a king is brought back to life. Now, he must take up arms to see his kingdom reborn in this combat-heavy dungeon crawler. Explore the RPG world of Gothicus, battling fierce creatures on a quest to restore peace to your chaotic realm. Pick up items with a tap of the touch screen, use the rear touch pad to trigger spells, and quickly counter harmful magic attacks with a shake of your PS Vita. As your party grows, so does the challenge. The game increases the difficulty level to match the number of players (up to three more) you take with you.

Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel

Title: Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
Publisher: Koei
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 3/17/2011
Overview:
The Ar Tonelico series concludes with this third installment that offers exciting new twists on RPG gameplay. Journey to the land of Sol Cluster, where humanoids hope to enslave mankind and seize control of the world. Fight back with a new combat system that plays out like an action game. The series continues its use of Song Magic, where the better you can tap out rhythms, the more powerful your spells become. You’ll go beyond the usual XP/weapon/accessory selections and shape your character’s personality and skills based on virtual interactions.

Dragon Age II

Title: Dragon Age II
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 3/8/2011
Overview:
Dragon Age II creates another epic world where you’ll have freedom to choose and opportunity to make your mark. A once-penniless refugee known as Hawke has made an improbable rise to power and become the most vital person in the land. Hawke is said to have survived the Blight and become a Champion of Kirkwall, but the rest of Hawke’s legend is veiled by myth and rumors. Chase that legend and forge one of your own in a saga that takes ten years to reach its conclusion. Already impressive Dragon Age gameplay has been enhanced with a revamped art style, a fully voiced main character, and vastly improved combat animations.

Venetica

Title: Venetica
Publisher: Atari
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 1/11/2011
Overview:
A woman with the powers of death may be the only one who can preserve life in this haunting action-RPG adventure. In Renaissance-era Venice the job of death – and the powers that come with it – are given to a human being chosen by a secret council. But the council’s latest choice, Victor, grows power hungry and begins to unleash horrifying creatures on the helpless city. The council turns to Scarlett, a descendant of Death itself and the one person who may possess the power to stop Victor. Walk between the worlds of the living and the dead as you harness Twilight Powers to restore balance to the world.

Mass Effect 2

Title: Mass Effect 2
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 1/17/2011
Overview:
There is only one kind of mission in Mass Effect: the kind that has no hope for survival. Mass Effect 2 challenges you to lead another impossible mission. On the fringes of space, entire colonies of humans are disappearing. Hand-pick your squad of mystics, geniuses, and convicts, then set out on a suicide mission to find out what’s been happening. Interact using an improved NPC conversation system that lets you interrupt or use force to get closer to the information you need. Fight with new weapons, target enemies with a new location-based damage system, and immerse yourself in hours of bonus content as the RPG franchise debuts on PS3.

Two Worlds II

Title: Two Worlds II
Publisher: South Peak Interactive
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 1/24/2011
Overview:
After being bested in the original Two Worlds, the hordes of orcs have returned stronger than ever in search of revenge. Return to an epic world that’s more dangerous than before, and fight a new battle in this RPG sequel. While the world of Two Worlds is still the realm of Antaloor, the entire experience has been redone. A new game engine means a completely redesigned experience, with eye-popping visuals, more compelling animations and dialogue sequences, improved physics, and smarter AI. Use a new combat system, wield new weapons, and visit corners of Antaloor you never thought were reachable. Sail across seas, go deep underground into caves and dungeons, and much more.

TRINITY: Souls of Zill O’ll

Title: TRINITY: Souls of Zill O’ll
Publisher: Koei
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 2/9/2011
Overview:
Three characters. Three distinct talents. One intertwined destiny. Lead a party of three powerful adventurers in this action-packed RPG. TRINITY: Souls of Zill O’ll is set in a massive world and built around team-based play. Explore dungeons, fields, and towns as you collect items, battle mythical beasts, and defeat an evil king. Alternate between characters in your party during battle, using the talents of a wizard, a warrior, and an assassin to defeat foes. The environment will play a large role throughout the game. Your attacks and spells can reshape your surroundings, altering the course of battles and revealing hidden paths that lead you deeper into the adventure.

Hyperdimension Neptunia

Title: Hyperdimension Neptunia
Publisher: Koei
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 2/16/2011
Overview:
This monster-filled RPG is set in a world where no RPG has gone before: your console! Hyperdimension Neptunia is a video game built around video games, starring four anime goddesses who are CPUs (Console Patron Units). In other words, they are game consoles personified. Play as Neptune, a goddess at war with other goddesses, who travels to Gamindustri, a world under attack by monsters. Battle to bring peace to two worlds at war as you summon classic video game characters or images stored on your PS3. Customize your experience by using your own pictures to round out Neptune’s look, develop your own combo attacks, and more.

Alpha Protocol

Title: Alpha Protocol
Publisher: Sega
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 6/1/2010
Overview:
In the world of espionage, loyalty comes at a premium. Agent Michael Thorton is about to find out how high the price is for remaining loyal to his country. As events speed toward an international disaster, Thornton’s carrying the one bit of intelligence that may be able to stop it. But to prevent tragedy, he’ll need to abandon everyone he’s sworn to protect. Stay underground as you travel from safehouse to safehouse to mine contacts for information. Learn lethal close-combat moves, refine your marksmanship skills, and use cutting-edge technology. Choose how to complete each mission and watch Thorton’s personality – and his destiny – evolve with every choice.