I played the PSP port of Sega’s Sakura Taisen right around this time in 2012 and had a great time. I was looking forward to Sakura Taisen 2, which I hoped would fix a few tiny issues I had with the first game: 1. Add a fast-forward/scene skip option. 2. Add a quick-save/quick-load option. 3. […]
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer redux – Aha, now I remember why I quit
I said I’d give Shiren the Wanderer another try now that I have more roguelikes under my belt so, here we are. And here we’ll be for a while, because I’m not going to run away so easily this time. Even though I really want to <_< >_> because it’s boring. I’ve been doing the same […]
Dramatic Dungeon Sakura Taisen – A roguelike for people who don’t like roguelikes
Of which I am not one, mind you. But the reason why I’ve tried many rogue-likes and finished none is that I quickly get tired of starting over from level 1 every time I die or warp out. Despite that, I’d always accepted that as a standard feature of the genre and never really considered […]
7th Dragon 2020 review – Didn’t live up to my expectations (spoilers)
All my worst fears from the last post came true, and I just got more and more bored and more and more frustrated until it was all I could do to finish 7th Dragon 2020 at the 34-hour mark. That’s the last boss over there on the right. He wasn’t so tough. Spamming EX-attacks is totally […]
7th Dragon 2020 – This is why dungeon crawlers don’t need stories
They always get carried away and mess it up. Just give me a Mario-style motivation and leave me be. I’m in the situation now where I want to go out and kill dragons, but the NPCs are holding me up with meeting after meeting after speech after speech about how we need to kill those […]