Finding the right time for a major reveal is never easy. Too soon and it lacks impact. Too late and no one notices because they’ve all gone away. In an ideal world, game writers would get the timing right every single time, but if they must err, I believe they should err on the side […]
EarthBound, Suikoden: Hyakunen and some other stuff
Short updates on four games, since I haven’t done that much gaming this weekend. EarthBound: I’ve kind of lost the plot, so I’m just plodding on from town to town seeing the sights. I just got to Fourside after the lengthy Threed saga. Now I think I have to go back to the desert and […]
Suikoden: Hyakunen – So far, so-so (slight spoilers)
The full title is Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki, which has something to do with time spun over a hundred years or something like that. Sounds more impressive than it really is, seriously. If I hadn’t played Shining Blade already, this would be my blah-est game of the year. I’ve had a pretty good […]
EarthBound, the early days
The game doesn’t keep an hour count, but my MC (Ness?) has reached level 20 and I’ve just gotten my second party member, so this is as good a time as any to write something about EarthBound. Except I don’t know what to write, because it’s more Earth-Bland than anything else right now. I’m liking […]
Fuurai no Shiren 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso – The most playable of the lot
I skipped playing Shiren 3 on the Wii, because somehow I can’t wrap my mind around playing a rogue-like on a console. The earlier games have spoiled me. Besides, it doesn’t matter which one I play or what I play it on, my play style is simple: go out there and die until I’m tired […]