Atelier Sophie – I quit. I’ve had enough

I’ve already said my piece on Atelier Sophie last time, i.e. it’s unenjoyable trash. Nevertheless, being the closet masochist that I am, I decided to soldier on for another 20 hours or so in case the game suddenly got more fun. There were moments when it seemed like it could possibly get interesting, but it […]

Atelier Sophie – Garbage.

I’ve been playing a lot of Atelier games this year whereas I used to space them out more in the past. That’s because in the past I found them quite satisfying and enjoyable, so one game could tide me over for a long time. Since Atelier Ayesha, however, I haven’t been enjoying myself. That’s why […]

Atelier Shallie Plus – Lousy to the end (spoilers)

I apologize for the long delay between posts. It’s because Atelier Shallie Plus was so boring I couldn’t bring myself to play it, but at the same time I was too busy to start something new. Finally I just sat in front of the TV and forced myself to finish it, marveling that the day […]

Dungeon Shoujo – Finished. Not that exciting

Dungeon Shoujo / Dungeon Girl,  is yet another game from Japanese indie developer inutoneko. It was released before both Soul Smith of the Kingdom and Witch Ring Meister, but I skipped it earlier because mentally I couldn’t reconcile the dungeon exploration setting with the puzzle gameplay. If it’s a dungeon crawler then I want to […]

Little progress in Atelier Shallie Plus (sizeable spoilers)

It’s been a while since I last touched Atelier Shallie Plus. At least two weeks, maybe more. I’m a bit baffled by that because usually I blaze through Atelier games no matter how busy I am. In fact they’re my favorite procrastination tools. It just happens that I’ve hit a really boring patch where I […]