65 hours into UnchainBlades EXXiV + Arc Rise Fantasia update

I’m trying to play both games slowly to avoid burnout, but it’s not really working. I’m not very good at this fancy new-age “self-control” stuff. So I thought, if moderation won’t work then it’s time to go the other route: play the hell out of both games. That I can do nicely. UnchainBlades EXXiV: 65 […]

After 45 hours of UnchainBlades EXXiV (spoilers)

I had a nice stretch of free time this week and basically marathoned my way through UnchainBlades EXXiV. I’m on the 5th dungeon, a nice beautiful sunny change from all the underground doom and gloom. I’m a little sad though, because they added some anime harem pick-a-girl crap after chapter 4, and I went and […]

20 hours into UnchainBlades EXXiV

Cleared the first two Titans (Hilda plus main character guy whose name I don’t remember), just reactivated the core in Arctus with Sophie. UnchainBlades EXXiV is not a particularly impressive game and not much has happened so far, so I’m not really motivated to write much about it. I’ll just jot down a few notes about […]

Sakura Note – A study in parental selfishness (spoilers for a game no one has played)

Sakura Note is a short game, only about 4 or 5 hours long, so I finished it quickly once I put my mind to it. I had some harsh words for it last time, but the story improved dramatically in the last two chapters and the ending was very sweet, so I feel a lot […]

Sakura Note: Ima ni Tsunagaru Mirai – Deservedly unknown

Games like Sakura Note give the slice of life genre a bad name. There’s no point making a game about ordinary life with a mystic twist if the result is going to be less interesting than real life. Heck, there’s no point making any game that’s less interesting than real life. After two mediocre chapters […]