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356 - Tokyo Game Show 2026 Breakdown (opens the original)
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On this episode of Random Encounter, we're talking about one of the biggest gaming shows of the year! Every year, RPGFan covers the biggest RPGs and adventure games to come out of the Tokyo Game Show , but this year, we had a reporter on the floor! Matt Wardell was there to check out every booth he could, play every game they’d let him, and now he is here to give us the lowdown about his full experience at TGS 2026! From Final Fantasy VII Revelation to Stranger Than Heaven , he got to play them
355 - Dawnwalker and Skywalker (opens the original)
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On this episode of Random Encounter , we're talking about two of the biggest games out this fall. First up, The Blood of Dawnwalker is a long-awaited title from a new studio made up of many of the creators behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt . And while that CD Projekt Red DNA is all over this project, it does a ton of new things that push forward the genre of open-world RPGs. Zek absolutely loved it, thinking that, in many ways, it was even better than The Witcher 3 ! Then, Bob is here to talk abou
354 - Critically Acclaimed MMORPGs Called Final Fantasy XIV (opens the original)
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On this episode of Random Encounter , we’re talking about the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV , with an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn … Yeah, we’re sure that you’ve heard the marketing meme before, but here at RPGFan, FFXIV is one of the most beloved RPGs of all time (At least, the 2.0 version. 1.0 was a notorious disaster). And now that it has been released on the Switch 2, we figured this was the perfect time to take a deep dive int
353 - Under the Sea (opens the original)
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On this episode of Random Encounter , we're taking a figurative deep dive into some DLC and a remake of a classic game! First, Ben is following up on his glowing Pokémon Pokopia review with a look at the game's new DLC, Bubbly Basin . Just like in the base game, you play as a Ditto rebuilding society, but this time you're doing it under the sea! With a wealth of quality-of-life features, a new town, and a ton of new Pokémon, is this DLC worth buying? Then, Hagen is making his first appearance on
352 - Legally Distinct Princess of Twilight (opens the original)
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On this episode of Random Encounter , we poke Nintendo's lawyers with a stick. They don't notice. First up, we are exploring the latest entry in a long-running series of RPG-esque board games, Culdcept Begins ! This soft reboot of the series features a new graphical style and streamlined gameplay. But does its Monopoly -meets- Magic: The Gathering -style gameplay hit the board game nostalgic spot for Ben? Then, Aleks is here to chat about Dusklight , a native PC port of The Legend of Zelda: Twil
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