MC level 31, play time 44 hours and 20 minutes, two weapons mastered, 174 quests fulfilled and at least another 100 to go. My left finger, wrist and elbow hurt from constantly pressing L to run. It really should be press L once to run and L again to turn it off, but game developers […]
Frontier Gate Boost+ – Monster Hunter for the fainthearted
Frontier Gate Boost+ is a turn-based questing RPG by Konami. It seems to be aimed at gamers who find the idea of Monster Hunter interesting but are too intimidated to actually play it. The idea was good so I don’t want to come down too hard on them, but making it turn-based makes Frontier Gate […]
Finished Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki
I’m not in the habit of giving numbered ratings, but if I did for Hyakunen no Toki, it would be: first half, 2/10, second half, 7/10, Total score 5.5/10 (yes, I know the math doesn’t add up, that’s why I don’t do number scores). I must apologize for the long delay between posts. I was […]
Suikoden: Hyakunen – The story is really good, but the game itself…
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 […]
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 […]