I've been replaying Bravely Default on and off, and I really enjoy the closeness between the party members. It builds gradually, but the party really feel like friends by the end of the game. I can easily envision them remaining close friends long into the future ( Read more... )

At the end of 2021, I wrote up all the fic ideas I’d been scribbling down in my diaries over the years. I’m about to switch diaries again, so I found myself thinking about how to continue to archive these concepts in the future ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

I've finished Bravely Default II! Here's my rambling up to the end.

( Bravely Default II: spoilers up to the end of the game. )

I loved all the great discussion on my post about scary videogame moments! I'm still slowly working my way through the comments, so I apologise for all the late responses.

For now, here's some rambling about Bravely Default II! I'm in chapter... four, I think? I've just reached Holograd.

( Bravely Default II: spoilers up to reaching Holograd. )

I've just finished reading
( Read more... )

More Bravely Default II! I've reached Wiswald, but this is a non-spoilery post.

It's good to be reminded of how fascinating the Bravely Default battle system is. Mechanically, it's the most interesting RPG series I've ever played.

Which is just as well, because it throws you into a lot of long, involved battles. Boss battles in Final Fantasy XII ( Read more... )

Time to talk about the other new-to-me Square game I've been playing!

I loved the original Bravely Default but wasn't such a fan of Bravely Second. I was looking forward to Bravely Default II, but when it came out I was put off by reviews calling it a joyless grindfest.

Then
( Read more... )

Q: Riona, do you really have time to write mini-reviews of every game you've ever played?
A: I absolutely don't.
Q: And yet.
A: And yet!

Some of these are more just reminiscences than reviews, but I've said at least a line or two about every game. Possibly. I've almost certainly forgotten about some.

For the most part these are listed alphabetically, so ( Read more... )

At one point in Bravely Second, you fight an evil baker. Most of his moves involve quickly whipping up a poisoned cake and throwing it into your face ( Read more... )