Last word on that garbage Atelier Online game

You’ve got to know when to hold em, Know when to fold em, Know when to walk away, Know when to delete that useless Atelier Online game and run~🎵 My third and final post on the miserable experience known as Atelier Online: Alchemists of Braceir. I’ve mentioned before that the game likes to throw arbitrary […]

Update on Atelier Online – It’s growing on me, however…

As I said I would last time, I decided to move my Atelier Online: Alchemists of Braceir playing to an emulator to free up my smartphone for better uses. A reader suggested the Nox emulator, which I hadn’t heard of before. It didn’t take long to set up and hasn’t given me any trouble yet. […]

I tried Atelier Online: Alchemists of Braceir but it’s not for me (an unfair review)

Disclaimer: this review is going to be rather unfair to Atelier Online: Alchemists of Braceir. That’s because I’m not supposed to be playing the game but I insisted on doing it anyway. Google Play told me the app wasn’t compatible with any of my devices, most likely because of a region lock, but possibly also […]

Done with Atelier Firis (a review of sorts)

Atelier Firis logo

I meant to come back to Atelier Firis after I’d played some other things, but I fired it up again last night and realized I’d done everything I wanted to do. The areas I haven’t explored and the bosses I haven’t beaten all require more grinding and synthesis than I’m prepared to do, and more […]

La Corda d’Oro replay + thoughts on restarting a musical instrument

I’m suffering from “choice paralysis” right now. I have so many games I’d like to play that I’m running away and not playing any of them. Instead I’m retreading old ground with La Corda d’Oro, a musical otome game I first played in 2014. You can read my initial thoughts on the gameplay and all […]