Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to yet another special edition of the RPG Reload. In this weekly feature, we usually take a look at a game from the App Store's past, but due to the New Year's holiday, we're doing something a little different this week. That's right, it's time for the second annual listing of the RPG Reload's favorite RPGs of the year. I thought it might be cool to come up with a catchy name for these prizes, but since I couldn't come up with anything good, I've settled on calling them the Golden Pancho Awards, in honor of the frequently-seen Kemco monster. No actual trophies yet, unfortunately, but 'Golden Pancho' sounds a lot better than trying to spell out the whole article name, right? To repeat myself a little bit from last year's awards, I know we already did some Best Of articles here at TouchArcade, but RPGs are what the Reload is all about, so I want to give them some special attention. There were tons of cool RPGs again this year, so paring that list down was as difficult as ever. Like before, I've separated games into ports and originals in the interests of fairness, and included a third category for more under-the-radar releases. The rules are the same as last year. Three lists, each with five entries. We've got Best RPG Ports, Best Original RPGs, and Best Sleepers. Each series is allowed only one spot to keep certain genre elephants from trampling everything else. The lists are not ranked, but simply presented in alphabetical order. The Best Ports prize is not solely or even substantially based on the quality of the port itself, but rather how good the overall package is. These lists are nothing more than my own opinions, and by no means have I listed every excellent RPG that came out this year because that, my friends, would be bananas. Without further ado, let's check out the RPG Reload Golden Pancho Award winners for 2015! The 2015 RPG Reload Golden Panchos For Ported RPGs
The 2015 RPG Reload Golden Panchos For Original RPGs
The 2015 RPG Reload Golden Panchos For "Sleeper" RPGs
Congratulations to the games that made the list. It was another tough competition this year, and the final cuts to bring the lists down to five each were not made lightly. Congratulations are also in order to any developer, big or small, who put in the hard work and effort to release an RPG this year. Even if your game isn't appearing on year-end lists, simply getting such a big endeavor completed is worthy of praise. Thank you once more for giving players like me so many exciting quests to tackle. It has been my absolute pleasure to cover the mobile RPG beat for another year, and I'm looking forward to seeing what 2016 will bring. I have a hunch we'll be seeing more of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy from Square Enix, and perhaps the Sword Of Mana remake, as well. The new Baldur's Gate: Siege Of Dragonspear, Ys Chronicles 2, and Avadon 3 might be on the horizon. Kemco will surely be there with more of their RPGs, and Titan Quest, 9th Dawn 2, and the new Adventure To Fate game should all arrive early in the next year. Who knows, maybe this will be the year for Sword Of Fargoal 2 and the new Solomon game? Only time will tell. As my final sign-off for the year 2015, I'd like to thank each and every one of you yet again, gentle readers. The RPG Reload feature has been going on strong this year, and your generous support both as readers and Patreon backers has made it possible for the feature to stretch its legs a little. It couldn't happen without all of you. Thank you for sharing in my adventures with me, and I look forward to another 50 or so in the next year to come. Now, with that said, it's time to let me know what your favorite RPGs of 2015 were. You can do that by commenting below, posting in the Official RPG Reload Club thread, or by sending out a tweet to me at @RPGReload. As for me, I'll be back next week with the next part of our History Of Handheld RPGs monthly feature. Have a happy and safe New Year, friends, and as always, thanks for reading! Next Week's Reload: The History Of Handheld RPGs, Part Five #Repost @alainmoussi First poster for #streetFighterResurection to close 2015!!! #streetFighter #streetFighterV #capcom #machinima #ストリートファイター #streetfighter5 #streetfighterv #art #artwork #streetfighter #streetfighter2 #streetfighter3 #streetfighter4 #streetfighter5 #streetfighterV #riseup #ps4 #playstation #amiibo #nintendo Thank you to everyone for following this year!!! 18.5k followers in a year is amazing!!! I hope you all have an awesome 2016 #streetfighterlegacy #ryu #kenmasters #chunli #streetfighter #ストリートファイター #streetfighter5 #streetfighterv #art #artwork #streetfighter #streetfighter2 #streetfighter3 #streetfighter4 #streetfighter5 #streetfighterV #riseup #ps4 #playstation #amiibo #nintendo #guile #dhalsim #vega #akuma #happynewyear #newyear2016 |