Quintet would go on to hone Soul Blazer‘s best ideas in several other games (including Terranigma, another fantastic action RPG that sadly never made its way to North America). Taking some inspiration from Actraiser, another beloved Quintet game, your goal in this action RPG is to clear out various lairs, rescue various souls (that could take the form of plants, animals, or other humans), and free the land from the evil Deathtoll. Arriving early in the lifecycle of the SNES, the graphics and music aren’t quite up to par with the best games of its era, but the gameplay makes it a worthy addition to this list. Admittedly, it’s a little rough around the edges. Soul BlazerĮven today, Soul Blazer is a title that not many gamers have heard of. Even the Shadowrun franchise itself finally got its due with a trilogy of successful PC RPGs released over the last decade. While it didn’t get that much attention when it was released, games like Cyberpunk 2077 and The Ascent proudly carry on its legacy to this day. Shadowrun was truly ahead of its time in almost every way. However, those who stuck with Shadowrun found one of the best and grittiest stories of the 16-bit era, as well as some surprisingly innovative conversation and hacking systems.
So, no one really knew what to make of a cyberpunk game with real-time combat set in a dystopian Seattle. In the early 1990s, console RPGs were synonymous with turn-based combat and medieval settings full of knights, sorcerers, and dragons. That combination of experimentation and all-time great creative voices eventually resulted in some of the most beloved role-playing games ever made.Īs we celebrate the 30 th anniversary of the SNES in North America, now feels like a great time to look back at 15 of the best RPGs on the SNES. While the console RPG scene was still finding its footing at the time of the Super Nintendo’s release, many developers were more than willing to dip their toes into the genre to see what kind of experiences they could craft.
In short, the SNES was almost perfectly set up to be the home for RPGs. And while 4 MB wasn’t even a ton of storage even space back then, it was still more than enough to fit an impressive script for a 40-hour story. New advances in technology also meant that games could take their first real steps toward becoming the kinds of cinematic experiences we arguably take for granted today. SNES developers could create massive worlds with detailed sprites that actually looked like what they were intended to represent. SNES games might not be much to look at now, but in many ways, they were a massive improvement over any console games that came before.
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