Throne of Darkness
Throne of Darkness is an Action Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game released by Click Entertainment in 2001. In the game, your control up to four characters simultaneously. The game features three different modes in Multiplayer campaign, which supports up to thirty-five players from around the globe. It takes place in the Yamato, a fictional land of Japan controlled by the shogun named as Tsunayoshi. To become the king, the antagonist turns himself into a demon, the dark warlord, who releases his army of darkness to conquer the fictional Japan. The force of the antagonist spread across the world at one night, capturing the clans. There are different character classes, and the player must choose one of them to jump into the world where he must fight against dark force and take down them to restore the peace in his land. It has a variety of quests, and each quest is completed by killing the specific amount of enemies. Throne of Darkness is the best game to play and enjoy.
#1 Skulls of the Shogun
Skulls of the Shogun by Microsoft Studios is an amazing Turn-based Strategy and Tactics video game that lets you set up yourself into the character of General Akamoto who gets stabbed to death on the day of becoming a Shogun. In the land of Dead he realizes that he’ll have to wait for centuries in order to go to the afterlife and becomes frustrated. He battles his way to the afterlife only to find out that his killer Lieutenant Karakawa has stolen his identity and is living in the afterlife as General Akamoto. Karakowa teams up with the protectors and a whole new series of battles starts up between the two sides. Your task is to defeat all the demonic forces, reach to the Karakowa and kill him in order to get back your identity and to enter in the afterlife. Skulls of the Shogun provides with a different touch but same mechanics and game-play as all the other games of the similar type and it’ll definitely make you enjoy and entertain yourself to the limits.
#2 Resonance of Fate
Resonance of Fate, developed by a Japanese gaming company Tri-Ace and published by Sega is an Action-Adventure and Role Playing Game developed for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The game takes place in an apocalyptic era in which the earth is almost destroyed by an unknown phenomena. The phenomenon created layers of poisonous gasses in the upper atmosphere of earth and the population started to vanish due to cancer caused by the gasses. With the help of “Basel” (An environment purifying System) a great number of humans survived but the others mutated and started roaming in the lands prying and killing who ever crosses the Basel controlled area. The protagonist goes on a number of adventures and quests to save humans and kill the mutant monsters and while on missions, combats with the creatures with the weapons and other techniques. Resonance of Fate is an amazingly engaging and quite addictive game that bases on a really great storyline and a number of characters with unique and new abilities. Try Resonance of Fate if you want to experience an amazing amalgamation of action-adventure and MMORPG elements. You’ll like it for sure.
#3 Tales of Vesperia
Tales of Vesperia by Namco Tales Studio and Namco Bandai Games, is a wonderful blend of Action-Adventure, MMORPG and Strategy elements and it is available to play on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The game’s story follows the Protagonist Yuri Lowell who along with a noble entity named as Estellise journeys to find his friend Flynn. As the journey starts, the protagonist and a group of fellows characters goes on different missions to find protagonists friend and a creatures named Entelexia. The protagonist while in control of the player, goes on different quests and adventures and engages in battles and combats with enemies in real-time by the use of specially made weapons and battling techniques. Boosting up the Xp level by defeating enemies and pacing further, the protagonist finally reaches to his friend and frees him. Tales of Vesperia offers a well written storyline along with an engaging game-play and a variety of different characters.
#4 Eternal Sonata
Eternal Sonata is an Action, Role-playing, Co-op, and Single video game created by Tri-Crescendo and published by Namco Bandai Games. The game takes place in the fictional world, and the story revolves around the composer named Chopin who died at the age of Thirty-nine. In the last hour of his life, Chopin experiences a wonderful dream where you meet with a young girl who is suffering from a terrible destiny and a boy who will fight to rescue the young girl. In his dream, the Chopin discovers a light shines in the tale of evil and good. The game lets you get into the game world where you must lead over twelve characters team to explore the fantastic world, interact with its inhabitants, purchase and sell items at the market, and fight against monsters using swords and other tools to earn experience points. Customization, New Playable Characters, Sound Effects, Battles and Events, Strategic, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you a lot.
#5 Record of Agarest War
Record of Agarest War is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Idea Factory and published by Compile Heart. The storyline of the game advances through different points plotted on the huge map. By exploring each point, the player has to fight against the creatures, accomplish a variety of quests, explore the town or interact with non-player characters to advance through the plot and unlock more storylines. The game introduces the fighting style similar to Strategy Role-playing games where each character has a set of the move, but by moving each character to the grid-based map, the player can chain characters simultaneously and pull off combos. The game mixes the Tactical RPG and Dating Simulation elements using the Soul Breed system, in which the player is capable of creating a new character by pursuing the relationship with a female avatar. There are a number of levels, and each level has a set of quests that the player needs to complete at any cost. Record of Agarest War includes prominent features such as Isometric Perspective, Exploration, Interaction, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#6 Record of Agarest War Zero
Record of Agarest War Zero is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game, serving as the prequel to the 2007’s game Record of Agarest War. The game comes with new content, modes, and improved gameplay. There is an extra mode available for both versions of the game where the player can return to the worlds from the previous installments and can unlock characters via the Xbox Live Marketplace or PlayStation Store. Like the previous games, the game contains the same battles, maps, and the Soul Breed System. Two new systems are also included such as the Free Intention and the Feel Link System. In the Feel Link System, the dialogue and costume of the character depending on the relationship level and in Free Intention system, the player can create a relationship with heroines, resulting in new costumes, items, and CGs. There are over fifteen playable characters available, nine of which are from the first generation and six from the second. Characters from the first installment can be unlocked via the Extra mode and Downloadable Content Pack.