What I asked for: A short, English RPG to act as a rest stop between UnchainBlades Rexx and Persona 2 What I got: Dragoneer’s Aria. Well, it’s in English all right. And it’s definitely an RPG. But at 89 hours and counting, it is hands down the longest RPG I’ve played this year. And it’s […]
Every once in a while, you should do something you don’t usually do, just to remind yourself why you don’t usually do it. I started Persona 2: Innocent Sin several days ago, and now I remember exactly why I don’t play games in a series too quickly after each other: it’s boring! Especially when they’re […]
See, I told you I’d heard the main theme of Trails in the Sky somewhere before. It’s a direct rip-off of the main theme of Laputa: The Castle in the Sky!! Not note-for-note, but close enough that someone like me who hasn’t watched Laputa in years could tell I knew that song from somewhere. I’ve […]
“Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned…” – William Congreve I’ve played a lot of RPGs in my life and I have never been so glad to put a game behind me as I was when the credits finally rolled on Snails in the Sky. The credits rolled, but the game didn’t exactly […]
Or, more accurately, The Legend of Heroes: Snails in the Sky. I’ve been playing this game for ages. Barely anything has happened and the game drags on like you wouldn’t believe. Won’t it ever end? Incidentally this is why I like to write posts at various stages of the playing process. If I’d written this […]