Thanks to a successful PR offensive and positive word of mouth, Genshin Impact is one of the hottest and most successful gacha games of the year. I mentioned that I was going to try it once the version 1.1 patch hit on November 11th, and indeed I did. An hour here, and hour there. I […]
After writing my “10th Anniversary” post, I scrolled through my list of posts and noticed a couple of Japanese games I really enjoyed but that still aren’t available in English (AFAIK). With the advent of Kickstarter and Steam and other similar platforms, I thought for sure that more old games would have been licensed and […]
Psst, did you know that November 1st, 2020 was the official 10th anniversary of My RPG Blog? Neither did I, which is why I’m posting this on November 9th. TBH I don’t acknowledge Nov. 1st 2010 as the start of this blog, because it actually started about a year and a half earlier. The Nov. […]
To briefly recap my history with Falcom, developers of the Ys series, I think their turn-based RPGs like the Trails games are too slow and plodding but I really like their action RPGs. Or at least, I absolutely loved Nayuta no Kiseki, and I seriously enjoy the combat in the Tokyo Xanadu eX+. Somehow I […]
Continuing the One Hour Review series. Just a few more titles to go. Yesterday I tried an hour of Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition on the Switch. It was just the right length of time to meet the two main characters, get into plenty of trouble, fight a number of battles, escape the first city […]