A major problem for RPG fans is that the Games:RPG section of the iTunes App Store is absolutely crammed with absolute rubbish, which drowns out decent games and pushes them off the page.

Crap, non-RPGs

Just a glance at today shows the following:

- game guides/utilities (not games)
- a shooting game (not an RPG)
- “Big Sean Fans” and “Curren$y - Jet Life!” (not even games)
- several games clearly marked as Strategy games
- “Russian Doll” (no description, clearly not an RPG though)
- “UAngelHanna” (pathetic Japanese dating/sex type game)
- “Fun Flirt!” (ffs)
- “Camera Girl” (pathetic Japanese sex game)
- “Mystery of statue” (billed as an Arcade game)

What’s Not Hot

I’m not even impressed by the staff picks “What’s hot” selection or “New and Noteworthy”. For example it currently includes some game called “Great Little War Game” - click on it, and it says: “GLWG is the hit 3D turn-based strategy game” so what the hell is it doing in the RPG section when there’s already a Strategy section?

And “Baseball Superstars” - isn’t there a Sports section that should go in?

And “CosPlay” - some Japanese manga dress-up app.

No description/info

Another irk is games that have no description or info as to what they’re about. Often these are games (often at absurdly high prices - $40+) targeted to the Asian market, but there’s still no info. Then there are some games that may even be decent, but who the hell would know with no text and sometimes a single screenshot to recommend them?

Meanwhile, decent RPGs, lovingly crafted by hard-working and talented developers, get lost and buried. That’s bad for gamers and it’s bad for the genre.