I keep meaning to do a proper post on all these games, but that would cut into my gaming time, so take this mass post for now.
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi: The only “proper,” non-gacha game I’m playing. Made good progress, too. Just finished the Dying Light Forest, for anyone who has played it. The premise is that we’re adventurers trapped in a dungeon and trying to find their way out, but… why would I want to get out? Let me explore some more! More! They make it seem dire like we’re going to run out of supplies, but… what supplies? My supervisors are hoarding them all, it seems. Besides, there’s plenty of water and those pig-women do look kinda tasty….
Epic Seven: Grinding, grinding, grinding. I got stuck in the story (Episode 2 Chapter 10-1) so I’m strengthening my parties. They gave some free pulls for Lunar New Year but I can’t remember if I got anything good from it. One or two new artifacts, I think? Pretty-looking game, lovely bright art and I enjoy the main story for once, but there’s so much grinding for catalysts and good gear… I’m at the point where I want to just enhance everything I currently have to +15 and call it a day, but then I won’t be able to make much more progress in the story, so what’s the point? I think I’m going to do that and see how far it takes me.
Love Nikki: (Some) paying players are going on a recharge boycott this month to protest a lack of updates compared to the Chinese server. Joke’s on them, I already stopped recharging long ago. Not out of principle but because all the recent monthly recharge suits aren’t worth it. Also I have more star coins than I know what to do with and the one event I was looking forward to (Mucha collab) is happening this week, so I don’t need any diamonds either. More power to the boycotters, though. Show those publishers who is boss!
The publishers do need to buck up and update the game, but I can’t help feeling… Love Nikki has run its course? Like even if the stuff people want is released, that ennui that has set in won’t go away so easily. And the longer they drag new updates out, the worse it will get.
Romancing Saga Re;Universe: I did say I wasn’t going to start any new gacha games, but then I remembered I’d always wanted to try this, so I’m giving it a quick spin. It’s unlikely I’ll stick with it for a variety for reasons, chief among which is tooooo many characters and waaaay too many different things to grind. It’s not enough to just grind levels, you also have to grind up individual stats like HP and DEX. Grinding 1500 HP one point at a time, battle by battle, isn’t that crazy? But I’ll talk about all that another time.
I will say, though, that rumors of RSR;U being insanely generous are 100% true. I just started and they gave me so much stuff my head is spinning. Every time you log in there are like 10 login bonus screens just plying you with more stuff. Then there are daily missions, weekly missions, event missions, stuff stuff stuff. Jewels and summon tickets pour out of the sky like rain. And the stamina system might as well not exist because I got like 1000 stamina potions on day one and two (not even joking). If I didn’t know better I’d say the game was going out of business, but no, it’s still doing pretty well in Japan, I hear.
Guardian Tales: I manage to get it to load on Nox emulator like 1 out of 10 tries. Eventually I caved and installed it on my phone, but I perform much better on emulator with a PS4 controller. Something about sitting back and getting a wider perspective makes it easier for me to move around and dodge. I have mixed feelings about Guardian Tales because the mood is rather dark (don’t let the cute art fool you) and the stage gimmicks can be very annoying. On the other hand I really enjoy the action gameplay and exploring to find hidden pieces. That’s another game that needs an in-depth post one of these days (she lies through her teeth).
Another Eden: It was their anniversary recently, so they gave away some Chronos stones and a few free pulls. Another Eden is not a very generous game, so I couldn’t miss out on the rare free stuff. Of course I got nothing good from the pulls, but I have good parties now (Pizzica rawks!) so I don’t need it. Besides, I’m not in the mood for a lot of reading these days, so I’m not really playing much. I just need to figure out how to safely uninstall it so I can pick it up again when I’m ready and then I’m done.
Genshin Impact: Logged in, grabbed Zhongli, logged out. Game is on hold until the next big map release. I don’t want to end up hating it, so this is the best method for me.
And that’s all I’ve been doing this month. Playing a LOT of games, maybe too many, because they’re all so time-consuming they don’t leave much time for writing. Hopefully see you before the end of February with more detailed posts, but well, we’ll see how things turn out.
Thank god I found out how to block this cesspool from search results. Searching for niche JP games only to land in some sociopath using narcissistic jargon to blog for years is just annoying.
You dont play games. You talk shit about them.