So you’re wandering around the map, minding your own business, just trying to get to the next town. You know, the place with the mystical coconut which you can bring to the king who will build you an ...

Some of us may remember the random encounters that have lasted a while in the earlier Enix Dragon Quest (aka Dragon Warrior) days. Ever since the merger with Squaresoft, they’ve stuck to visible ...

Listen we all love a good traditional, classic JRPG, but it’s not always sunshine and rainbows. We love that Octopath Traveler is going for an old-school JRPG vibe that takes us back to the glory days ...

Ben is a writer for Game Rant. He has a passion for gaming and has been playing video games since he was 6. Ben has always been a fan of open-world games, having gotten into them back when RuneScape ...

Random encounters are some of the most frequently employed features in recent video games. These encounters — which occur at arbitrary points when exploring the game world — have their roots in early ...

It wouldn’t be a proper Bethesda game without funny random encounters with NPCs, and Starfield doesn’t disappoint. The silly little moments which crop up as you travel through the star systems are a ...

Among its Main Story and Daily Quests for the grind aspect, Fallout 76 has many Misc. Quests. Our Fallout 76 Random Encounters and Misc. Quests Guide will help you access and complete these missions ...

I’m not a fan of random encounters in RPGs anymore. As someone who had adult responsibilities on top of reviewing video games, I find my time to be much more valuable than when I was 13 years old. I ...

In Level 5’s soccer RPG soccer matches can occur anywhere. Kids from other sport clubs challenge Mamoru Endou’s,team to bite sized battles while you’re peacefully walking on the map. There are two ...

Among the many exciting additions to Pokémon X&Y - like the ability to walk diagonally, worr - are aerial battles and encounters with hordes of wild pokémon. Gamefreak revealed the new systems at a ...