15 hours of gameplay should be enough for an initial post. Though it’s more like 5 hours of the dungeon and 10 hours of visual novel hijinks, but the dungeon was really boring so I’m cool not having too much of it. I’ve finished the first, overly-long Kamoshida arc, now I’m into the second, also […] Related posts: Persona 2 – This is taking forever~ (spoilers) Persona 2 – On hold again (spoilers) Shin Megami Tensei V – Finally picking up after 12 hours (early story spoilers ..read more

I’m pretty busy, but if I can squeeze some gacha games into the day, then I can squeeze proper games in as well. Here’s a few things I’ve been trying lately. Epic Seven & Love Nikki: Go without saying, but I just put them up here to proclaim my continued love. Love Nikki is the […] Related posts: Epic Seven – Regretfully dropped + newbie tips (spoilers) What I’m playing at the end of summer 2022 Gacha gaming update 2023 – Epic Seven ..read more

Fun, but not memorable. I would have passed it by without a final word if I hadn’t heard recently that Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance was coming out. I thought it would be a spin-off like SMTIV: Apocalypse, but no, they just added more content and re-released it. Which is like RRGGGH, I just bought […] Related posts: Shin Megami Tensei IV – Neutral Route! (spoilers) Finished Shin Megami Tensei IV (slight spoilers) Shin Megami Tensei V – Finally picking up after 12 hours (early story spoilers ..read more

Just completed a 130-day login streak, where I got down and dirty with Romancing Saga Re;Universe and explored all its nooks and crannies, doing all the story chapters and events that later went away in the 3.0 overhaul, doing plenty of Spiral Corridor (180) and Remembrance Battles as well as catching up to the latest […] Related posts: January 2022 gaming roundup Romancing SaGa Re;Universe – Dropping it before I get in too deep Gacha gaming update 2023 – Dissidia: Final Fantasy – Opera Omnia ..read more

I haven’t played any Atelier games in a while (last proper game was Firis in 2020 IIRC), but I still have a lot of love for the series. A lot of good memories, lots of fun times spent crafting and adventuring, good times. The more recent entries have just left me cold because the focus […] Related posts: I tried Atelier Online: Alchemists of Braceir but it’s not for me (an unfair review) Update on Atelier Online – It’s growing on me, however… Last word on that garbage Atelier Online game ..read more

In AI arena, of course, not Real-Time Arena. Smilegate actually scared me for a while when they announced a Lion Heart Cermia RTA skin, because the two Cermias are some of my favorite characters, but luckily they walked it back shortly afterwards. I like Briar Witch Isera too, but I don’t use her nearly enough […] Related posts: Epic Seven – Regretfully dropped + newbie tips (spoilers) What I’m playing at the end of summer 2022 Gacha gaming update 2023 – Epic Seven ..read more

Genshin Impact almost qualified for the “Games I dropped in 2023” list, but was spared because I uninstalled it on a whim on January 1st instead. I’ve taken many breaks from GI in the past, but this is the first time I went so far as to uninstall it. I thought I would have second […] Related posts: Genshin Impact at AR43 – Not much to do until next update Genshin Impact – Skipping update 2.5 to wait for The Chasm Gacha gaming update 2023 – Genshin Impact Patch 3.7 ..read more

The latest in a series of “games that sucked too much to play” posts I’ve been doing since… 2013? No, 2011. This is where I collect all the games I played too briefly to bother reviewing in depth. There were very few of them in 2023, though, because I didn’t focus much on gaming for […] Related posts: Dropped Luminous Arc Infinity and started Chaos Rings III Princess Connect! Re: Dive – What do I see in this game? Gacha gaming update 2023 – Dissidia: Final Fantasy – Opera Omnia ..read more

I’m quite enjoying Shin Megami Tensei V now, even though I just spent the past 10 hours wandering around Tokyo trying to shut down Ishtar’s devices (doesn’t really spoil anything). The maps are horrendous because you can only climb in very specific spots, so a device might be right there in front of you, but […] Related posts: Playing Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV – Neutral Route! (spoilers) Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Reads like a kid’s self-insert fanfic ..read more

I’ve heard of slow starts, but Shin Megami Tensei V was ridiculous. 10+ hours wandering in a boring wasteland with a bad map before you’re finally given some semblance of a story is just too much. The setting is that you’re an ordinary (you’re never ordinary but let’s not go there) high school student in […] Related posts: Shin Megami Tensei IV – Neutral Route! (spoilers) Finished Shin Megami Tensei IV (slight spoilers) Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Reads like a kid’s self-insert fanfic ..read more