I’ve put off this post for a long time because it’s slightly embarrassing for me to admit it, but… I don’t like that much strategy in my SRPGs. They should be more like (s)RPGs than Srpgs in my book. The reason this has never come up before is that I tend to avoid games that […]
The Last Story I ever wanted to play (spoilers)
I was told The Last Story was a 30-40 hour game, but I fast forwarded a lot of scenes because they were hella cheesy and finished in 28 hours and 40 minutes. I finished it in January so I don’t remember too many of the details now. General experiences and impressions follow. First, the battles. […]
Rune Factory Frontier – Progress Report 2
Finished the main game! I killed the last boss at level 70, around the 70-hour mark. It was a pitifully easy affair, so I was probably supposed to take him down about 10 levels earlier. Bye-bye baddie, welcome back Mist, roll credits, back to my farm to continue daily life. In Rune Factory 1 and […]
Lunar Silver Star Harmony – It’s okay, I guess
A couple of days ago I had a horrible nightmare. I dreamt I finally started my beloved Phantasy Star Portable 2 and it sucked. When I woke up drenched with sweat a few minutes later, I was still depressed. I tried to recall what made the game so bad and it hit me: it had […]
Rune Factory Frontier – Progress Report 1
When I started writing this post on March 6th, I’d reached level 35-ish, around 36 hours sunk in, roaming Lava Ruins B4, where I seemed to be stuck. I wasn’t having too much fun and was even thinking of quitting. Then I decided to play a little more before continuing to blog and here I […]