Preparing for Switch life after Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Dunno who needs to know this, but Square-Enix is having a sale on most of their games in the Switch e-shop until August 4th. It seems they have sales several times a year, so there’s no panic if you miss one. It’s mostly of interest to RPG lovers who bought a Switch for Xenoblade Chronicles […]

Princess Connect! Re: Dive – What do I see in this game?

I just finished my second “tour” of Princess Connect! Re: Dive. By that I mean I downloaded it in the past, played for a while, uninstalled it, downloaded it again recently, played a little more and uninstalled it again. In that sense, it has a lot in common with Epic Seven. But while Epic Seven […]

The Caligula Effect: Overdose – Too slow, couldn’t play

It is enough to play a little bit of The Caligula Effect: Overdose. It’s another game that would have ended up as “the one that got away” in my mind if I hadn’t tried it. The ideas are great, I love the publisher (Furyu) and I usually enjoy high school RPG shenanigans, but the battle […]

Disliked Shining Resonance Refrain and Labyrinth of Refrain demos

Going 2 for 4 on Switch RPG demos now. The first batch was good, this second batch was a disappointment. Thank God for demos is all I can say, because Shining Resonance Refrain and Labyrinth of Refrain are the games I was more likely to shell out for sight-unseen, the former because I liked previous […]

Really liked the demos of Oninaki and Monark

I almost wish I hadn’t played the demos, because now I really want both full games but I don’t want to pay $49.99 (Oninaki) and $59.99 (Monark). They were nice but not that nice, and I’ll kick myself if they go on sale later. Oninaki – Dark and dreary game about Watchers who guide the […]