Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl – As annoying as I’d always suspected

I dropped Conception II. At some point I didn’t feel like playing it any more, so that was that. It’s in accordance with my motto for 2018: “It’s enough to play just a little bit of a game.” In Conception II‘s case I played a lot and enjoyed it a fair bit, saw most of […]

Conception II progress update – Had to grind to beat the Wrath boss

20 hours in. Just hit chapter 6. Conception II was easy-peasy all the way through… until suddenly it wasn’t. Damn you, Satanael. For the first time since I started, I had to think about my party composition (mainly ditching weaklings and switching Torri for Feene) and run around the 12th floor looking for Mabusagitta enemies […]

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Almost finished but ran out of steam (endgame spoilers)

All through the game I was coached to go fight against Krishna and the Divine Powers. So I killed them. Vishnu-Flynn was tough, but manageable. Watching Krishna’s final meltdown was glorious. I was ready to watch my ending sequence and call it a day. Then some dude shows up, “No wait, you have to fight […]

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Longer than I’d thought (spoilers)

40 hours in. Chapter 4 out of 8 (?). Just finished yet another battle against a certain repeating boss who refuses to stay dead. Eh, I guess I could spoil a little bit. The boss is a giant snake called Shesha, annoying like all repetitive bosses tend to be but luckily not very strong. Actually […]