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Join the RPGFan crew as they play through and discuss classic RPGs and adventure games!

RPGFan's Retro Encounter RPGFan

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    • 4.8 • 4 Ratings

Join the RPGFan crew as they play through and discuss classic RPGs and adventure games!

    408 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Spoilercast

    408 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Spoilercast

    The real Infinite Wealth was the friends we made along the way. 

    Ichiban Kasuga returns in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku 8 in Japanese), teaming up with former Like a Dragon protagonist Kazuma Kiryu in a wild turn-based open-world RPG set in both Japan and Hawaii. Four RPGFan staff, all of whom highly anticipated Infinite Wealth prior to its release in January, are ready to bring all of their thoughts and feelings into the Sujimon Arena, from the worst marriage proposal of all time to our heroes trading final battles. No need to hold back - step forward if you want to listen! 

    Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Gio Castillo, Jonathan Logan, Tin Manuel; Edited by Michael Sollosi

    Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri
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    • 2 hrs 5 min
    407 - Dragon Age II

    407 - Dragon Age II

    Can you SMELL what the Hawke is cooking? 

    Dragon Age II had a mixed critical reception back in March of 2011, so we’re giving it a fresh perspective in March of 2024. Today’s Retro Encounter panel makes an exodus to Kirkwall to determine how they feel about DA2’s excellent characters and dialogue juxtaposed with DA2’s one-city setting and rigid timeframe? Listen and find out! 

    Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Audra Bowling, Aleks Franiczek, Wes Iliff; Edited by Michael Sollosi

    Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri
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    • 1 hr 32 min
    406 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Part II

    406 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Part II

    If I could turn back time / If I could find a way

    Four RPGFan staff played through Dragon Quest XI this month, and it left them full of feelings. But were those feelings satisfying or wanting? How did they find DQ11’s notorious third act? Spoiler alert: this is a wonderful video game, despite what other RPGFan podcast hosts might say. 

    Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Gio Castillo, Wes Iliff, Tin Manuel; Edited by Michael Sollosi

    Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri
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    • 1 hr 17 min
    405 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Part I

    405 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Part I

    I love it when villagers rhyme / it makes me as glad as a slime

    Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age was hailed as an instant classic when it launched worldwide in 2018, and with more than five years of perspective our panel agrees. They discuss Dragon Quest XI's charming characters, rock-solid mechanics, and (unfortunately) repetitive music in today's episode of Retro Encounter, in which Jade kicks some fools and Rab remembers things past. 

    Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Gio Castillo, Wes Iliff, Tin Manuel; Edited by Michael Sollosi

    Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri
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    • 1 hr 5 min
    404 - The Dragon of Dojima

    404 - The Dragon of Dojima

    Rock the Dragon

    Kazuma Kiryu starred in at least a dozen video games in the last eighteen years and experienced a remarkable fictional life. In today’s podcast, two of RPGFan’s most enthusiastic Like a Dragon advocates examine the life and times of the Dragon of Dojima, as part of Retro Encounter’s Year of the Dragon celebrations.  

    Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Jonathan Logan; Edited by Michael Sollosi

    Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri
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    • 1 hr 7 min
    403 - Unpopular RPG Opinions

    403 - Unpopular RPG Opinions

    Opinions are like cats. The internet is full of them. 

    We mostly fall into conventional wisdom here on Retro Encounter when it comes to what games deserve celebration and which games do not (there will not be an episode on Beyond the Beyond anytime soon), but we don’t always go with the grain. Five panelists each share two of their more offbeat, uncommon RPG beliefs, ranging from a certain series needing to reboot to several games being just too damn long. 

    Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Audra Bowling, Paul Dennis, Aleks Franiczek, Stephanie Sybydlo; Edited by Paul Dennis

    Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri
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    • 1 hr 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

Victor Nissen ,

Inverse

Like the other RPG Fan podcasts this one has bad sound and is a tad unstructured.
Despite that, this is still my videogame podcast of choice. The commentary is interesting and there's a good dynamic in the group. The greatest praise I can give this, is that it makes want to play games, whichi is all a gaming podcast should really do.

- Victor

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