Dark Cloud 2 – Great, but slightly grindy

I’m so glad I cleared my schedule just to spend time on Dark Cloud 2. In addition to the five-ish hours I’d played already, I also got about 10 hours of playing done yesterday and today. Right now I’m almost done (I think?) with chapter 3, with around 15 hours played. I’ve done as much […]

Angelique Trois Aizouhen – The beginning of the end for the series

Approximately three years ago, I played Neo Angelique Special and was shocked not only by how terrible it was, but also by how great a departure it was from the early days of the series. It was called “Neo,” to be sure, but to me it seemed the game was Angelique in name only. If […]

Final Fantasy Type-0 – One hot mess

I’ve played 3 hours and 54 hours of Final Fantasy Type-0, clearing the prologue and the first story mission. After very little thought and very little agonizing, I’ve decided to shelve this for a while. It’s not because I don’t like it, though that’s true, or that I’m finding it difficult, though that’s also true. […]

Devil Survivor 2 – “Finished!”

Say hello to my new method of finishing games: making it to the last boss and then watching the ending on Youtube. Except without the actual “watching the ending on Youtube” bit, because I can’t be bothered. With a party between levels 59 and 62, I think I might be very slightly underlevelled against Polaris, […]