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. […]
Summon Night 4 – A paean to the joys of slave ownership (spoilers)
As promised here are a few words about how much I enjoyed playing Summon Night 4 and how much it scratched my strategy RPG itch so that I won’t be playing another one for a while. Unless I feel like it. Unfortunately with the benefit of hindsight, I’m starting to realize I didn’t enjoy SN4 […]
Real Rode Portable – Somari GET!
Just typing up loose ends in Real Rode Portable. Somari is a character who wasn’t in the original ‘game’ Nina played. He shows up out of nowhere with no memory of his past. What dark, dire secret could he possibly be hiding? I was a little curious so I went ahead and did his route. […]
Real Rode Portable – Alvand and Naoya GET! (spoilers)
Real Rode Portable is an RPG/otome game about an RPG/otome game fan named Nina who gets sucked into her favorite game “Rode”. In that fantasy world she gets to meet and squee over all her favorite bishies while helping them take down the evil demon king threatening the land. The first playthrough takes about 20 […]
Finished Real Rode Portable but…
I’ve been meaning to write about Real Rode Portable for the past couple of days, but then I kept feeling like I was near the end. “Since I’m almost done I’ll just finish up and write a review” I kept thinking, and the days just flew by. Well now I have finished the game and […]