Back when I'd first gotten a SNES, video rental places were still on every corner and my third actual RPG for the system (after Mystic Quest and FF2) was a relatively early title called Lufia & The Fortress of Doom. It was the purest essence of Early SNES JRPG - attempted to have a shoestring plot with a Chosen One and a tragic love interest, but ( Read more... )

I don't know whether to gush about this or bitch about it ( Read more... )

So, I have no excuse for owning this except "I wanted to own it". I saw a TieTuesday running it on his streams, was instantly drawn in to the concept, and tapped into my credit to get it. Even though it's in Early Access, even though it's $16 ( Read more... )

Whoooooof. This sure is a SaGa game.

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Akioshi Kawazu, a developer who is equal parts criminally insane and a magificent auteur. He's the one responsible for FF2, the SaGa series, and a lot of the more bullshit pieces of FF12's frankensteined gameplay, and you can just sort of tell. All of his games have ( Read more... )

So. TheWhiteDragon finished the Vagrant Story LP recently, and I'm catching up on it now that it's complete. In the ending sequence, he has the following to say, something that I was TRYING to touch on in an earlier post.

( Quoted from TWD's Vagrant Story LP, cut for obvious and not so obvious spoilers )

That's it? Six stages and a boss segment and...

well, this IS a Dimps game, there's probably an extra boss after I get all seven chaos emeralds and...

...that's it? Four hits and it's over? YOU ARE THE WORST SUPER SONIC TRUE FINAL BOSS EVER ( Read more... )

Because I thought it warranted it, more rundowns of games I've played as of late. (Sorry, Chibi, I don't think Ragnarok DS is going to get one. There's only so many ways I can say "the system is a decent conversion from the MMO, but the generic JRPG-style plot and characterization is turning me off but hard")

( Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - Final Impressions )

I know, Chibi, I still owe you a pocket review of Ragnarok DS, but I got kind of distracted by FFTA2 (again), then Pokemon (again), and now this. Now that I've played through both the basic game and NG+ (which only adds a few scenes and a new ending) I've basically done everything except the hardcore-you're-best-at-this-game-ever bonus stuff. (Fuck ( Read more... )

DAY 25: The Most Hilarious Game You've Ever Played
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DAY 23: Favorite Racing Game
( SAKURAAAAAAAIIIIIIII )