Fuurai no Shiren 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso – The most playable of the lot

I skipped playing Shiren 3 on the Wii, because somehow I can’t wrap my mind around playing a rogue-like on a console. The earlier games have spoiled me. Besides, it doesn’t matter which one I play or what I play it on, my play style is simple: go out there and die until I’m tired […]

Dekitate High School – Just because you did something ‘first’ doesn’t mean you did it well

When Dekitate High School came out on the SNES in 1995, it marketed itself as “the first high school simulation game on the SNES.” According to j-wiki, this wasn’t true because a game called Houkago in Beppin Jogakuin (After School in the Beautiful Girl’s Academy)  had come out a few months before. It was also […]

Shining Blade – Easily the worst RPG I’ve played this year

Sol Trigger made me rage and The Last Story had a really weak story (moar liek “The Last Story Left After All The Good Ones Had Been Taken” amirite?), but both games at least had good gameplay going for them. Shining Blade is just crap. Poop. Excrement in game form. It’s the most eloquent way […]