I’m supposed to be playing Phantasy Star Portable right around now. But I still hadn’t had enough item synthesis after Atelier Elie last week, so I played Atelier Annie instead. This is actually my third or fourth playthrough of Annie. I played it quite thoroughly when it first came out in Japanese, but I didn’t […]
Atelier Elie = Fantastic!
Atelier Elie was sooooo much fun. It’s exactly what I was looking for. I wanted to synthesize different items for 20 hours straight, and that’s exactly what I got to do. That’s why Marie, Elie and M, E & Anis (the Salburg games) are the best Atelier games in the series, period. All the other […]
The Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars – Not my kind of game
Just finished Hidaka Ai’s route. Meh. Just glad it’s over, that’s all. The Idolm@ster Dearly Stars disappointed me in nearly every aspect I could think of: As a raising/life sim There are only three stats to manage, plus tiredness. All of them are very easy to raise and keep high. You’d expect that as a […]
The Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars – Hmm…
I wanted something with absolutely no random battles in it, and I haven’t started a new raising sim in a while so… here we are. The Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars has you playing as a wannabe idol singer who grows from a complete nobody into a famous id0l. I picked Hidaka Ai, the one in the middle, […]
Virtual Villagers DS – Meh
Since Konami won’t release another Lost in Blue game, I’ve been forced to look for acceptable substitutes. Candidate number one: Virtual Villagers: A New Home for the Nintendo DS. A group of villagers from an island destroyed by a volcano settle on a new island. It’s up to you to make sure they can survive. […]