Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer

Baby’s first real rogue-like! I’ve played it for 4 hours total and gotten killed 14 times! That’s, uhh, my math is failing me right now… 3.5 times per hour! In the beginning getting killed was fun. I thought “Okay, I’ve figured it out, next time I’m gonna go for it!” and other encouraging thoughts along […]

Dragon Quest V – Hand of the Heavenly Bride review

Just finished Dragon Quest V after 34-ish hours. That includes lots of time spent playing T’n’T and an hour or two spent finishing Estark off in his labyrinth. I still haven’t managed to beat the final T’n’T board, but no matter what reward there is at the end I have no use for it so […]

Suikoden Tierkreis – Finished long ago

I remember mentioning long ago that I was playing Suikoden Tierkreis. I finished it way back in August/September thereabouts, but never posted about it. And now I can barely remember what it was about. Let’s see, something about the hero going on a mission with some of his friends, and then suddenly some ruins pop […]

Recettear – Finished!

Well, finished everything except for Crystal Nightmare, that is. Doing suicide runs with Louie is more stressful than fun, and the rewards aren’t that great anyway. I hate games with poor item drops, they just stress me out. But anyway, I spent quite a bit of the New Year playing Recettear – An Item Shop’s […]

Radiant Historia – Final thoughts (may contain spoilers)

After my last post, I went back and did the last two quests I was missing (Garland’s “Moon Bracelet” and Rainey’s “End of the Journey” quests) and got the best ending. I think Rainey’s was the one that did the trick. I also switched Ath out for Rainey for the final boss battle this time. […]