I.. don’t know where you heard that, Comrade.
I’m interested in exactly three games tonight. There’s Phantom Rift, the latest offering from Block Fortress makers Foursaken Media, the most productive all-sibling development team this side of the Trese Brothers. There’s Squeenix’s iOS port of Dragon Quest I (aka Dragon Warrior), the three-decade-old NES game that is essentially the ur-JRPG. And there’s Kapsula, which is the sort of game we’d not usually cover on PT but I have two very good reasons for making the exception.
Those reasons (along with trailers and chat) after the jump.
Phantom Rift is described by the Jackson Brothers as having been inspired by Mega Man Battle Network. I am, I suspect, about 10 years too old for that allusion to mean anything at all to me, but I like the cut of this game’s jib, which promises turn-based magical duels, wizard avatar customisation (what modern game is complete without an array of hats?), and lots and lots of single-player content. The Jacksons get more accomplished with every game release, so I expect this to be their finest offering yet.
Phantom Rift is iOS Universal and out tonight at midnight wherever you are (or 11pm Eastern if you’re in the USA) for three bucks.
I have pretty low expectations for how much fun Dragon Quest I will be, but that’s almost besides the point. This game original came out in 1986 for the NES and I suspect it’s just tedious to play today. But if you’re a student of gaming history then this ought to be in your collection — this is arguably the first JRPG — it took Japan by storm and for better or worse they’ve been cranking out designs that follow DQ’s lines ever since.
Dragon Quest I is three dollars and iOS Universal with no IAPs. Squeenix recommends bringing nothing older than an iPhone 4 to this party.
Kapsula is an arcade racer that we normally wouldn’t look at twice, but it’s the product of Argentine* studio Beavl who made the beautifully designed Russian roulette curiosity Faif earlier this year. Also (and this is the really good bit) Kapsula is an arcade racer set on a Soviet moon colony where everyone is a clone of Lenin. It’s a delight to look at and listen to, just as Faif was. I can’t get enough of Beavl’s aesthetic.
Kapsula is two dollars for an iOS Universal app later tonight. Delightful. You can play it for free in your web browser, too, just like every Beavl game. If you like the soundtrack as much as I do, here’s the composer’s SoundCloud.
*A previous version of this post referred to Beavl as being from Uruguay, the nation of noted football cannibal Luis Suarez. The developers are in fact from Argentina, the enlightened home of Facundo Cabral. Pocket Tactics regrets the error.
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