When Dekitate High School came out on the SNES in 1995, it marketed itself as “the first high school simulation game on the SNES.” According to j-wiki, this wasn’t true because a game called Houkago in Beppin Jogakuin (After School in the Beautiful Girl’s Academy) had come out a few months before. It was also […]
Finished Arc Rise Fantasia. It was pretty good! (ending spoilers)
It only took about 65 hours, more if you include all the times I got wiped out and had to redo a boss fight. I had a good run, all things considered. Arc Rise Fantasia is the sort of game that makes me want to go back and start afresh with all the knowledge I’ve […]
Shining Blade – Easily the worst RPG I’ve played this year
Sol Trigger made me rage and The Last Story had a really weak story (moar liek “The Last Story Left After All The Good Ones Had Been Taken” amirite?), but both games at least had good gameplay going for them. Shining Blade is just crap. Poop. Excrement in game form. It’s the most eloquent way […]
Stuck in a rut
Can’t go back, don’t want to move forward. It’s my own fault I’m stuck, so don’t feel sorry for me. Arc Rise Fantasia – I don’t wanna finish it. You can’t make me! Nooo! I’ve finished Verct Skywalk (darned Dynos battle), the game has dropped its final twist, now I just have to finish the […]
Shining Blade – Confusing for Shining Hearts fans (spoilers)
It’s a bit of a stretch to call myself a Shining Hearts fan after all the things I said about it, but I didn’t exactly hate the game either. The bread-baking gimmick was great, so much so that I was inspired to bake my own. The result was more b-r-i-c-k than b-r-e-a-d, but the process […]