Up until last year, there was a question if turn-based RPGs would ever be as popular as they once were. Final Fantasy has moved to real-time combat for its mainline games, as did the Tales of series.

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

These are not THE definitive turn-based RPGs of all time. They are, however, eight of the best turn-based RPGs around that every fan should play at some point in their lives. From the SNES era to the ...