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 […]
Ring ☆ Dream is shutting down
A couple of years ago, I posted about Ring ☆ Dream (リング☆ドリーム 女子プロレス大戦), a rather mindless browser game from Success Corp that I was playing at the time. I used to play it avidly every day, but dropped it and switched to very intermittent play after they disappointed me. I’ll explain more about that incident […]
La Corda d’Oro 4 tips + final review
I’ve played La Corda d’Oro 4 nine good times, and I’m not ruling out any further playthroughs. According to gamer logic, this qualifies me to give some tips for anyone considering playing it. Now that otome games are picking up popularity in the West and Koei has shown interest in bringing Ruby Party games over, […]
La Corda d’Oro 4 – Kyoya, Myoga, Amamiya, Togane and Nanami GET!
Time to finally put La Corda d’Oro 4 away, but only after playing the heck out of it on Hard mode. I had such a good time I’m thinking of diving into one of Neoromance’s other games next, maybe one of the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de games. Those are always good for a playthrough… […]
La Corda d’Oro 4 – Yagisawa and Ritsu GET!
Man, I suffered to get Yagisawa Yukihiro. Even after starting afresh, I didn’t take his timeline seriously enough, so I cut it really close with the event where you hold a concert for his mother. You should be careful not to date Ritsu on the same route, because Ritsu also has post-concert events that take […]