But I came pretty close just now when I got wiped out by a boss named Gracos. I thought I might have to grind to get past him and right now I’m in the frame of mind where I’d rather drop a hundred games than grind for even an hour. Luckily it didn’t come to […]
Finished Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Curry God, a cute-for-nothing game
Next time I drop a game near the end and I’m tempted to back and give it a last try, I’ll tell myself “Remember Sorcery Saga?” and then I’ll shudder and move on with my life. I am way past the point where I’m content just to finish a game. Now I ask myself what […]
Dragon Quest VII – A JRPGish JRPG for when you just want to play a JRPG
I’d been wanting to play Dragon Quest VII since 2013, but people kept talking me out of it. They said it was slow, they said it was repetitive, they said nothing happened in the game for the first 40 hours. They were right. But they were warning me from the perspective of someone who thinks […]
Played nothing but Picross for a while, but I’m ready to play other stuff now
I played loads of Picross! Played as much of e through e6 as I could, saving e7 and e8 for a nice long weekend. Instead my focus has turned to Picross 3D Round 2, which is smoother to play than the original in many ways, but also quite frustrating because you have to juggle two […]
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl – As annoying as I’d always suspected
I dropped Conception II. At some point I didn’t feel like playing it any more, so that was that. It’s in accordance with my motto for 2018: “It’s enough to play just a little bit of a game.” In Conception II‘s case I played a lot and enjoyed it a fair bit, saw most of […]