“Call no game good which has not ended well,” a wise man once said. Or should have said, anyway. In my last post on Tsukumonogatari, I forgot to mention one more feature of Majin-likes: the true ending is the only one worth getting. The so-so ending I got left a number of questions unanswered, a character I liked was killed off, the last boss came out of nowhere and then the game just kind of stopped. Like seriously? Do please go on, this is most interesting
Dragon Shadow Spell – Very ordinary so far
Dragon Shadow Spell is a strategy RPG from Flight Plan, better known as the developers of the Summon Night games until they went bankrupt in 2010. Dragon Shadow Spell was their first attempt at self-publishing a game, and I have long wanted to see what else Flight Plan could come up with apart from Summon Night. Now I’ve seen it and I’m quite underwhelmed, to tell the truth (disclaimer: I’ve only played 9 hours so far). Do please go on, this is most interesting
Happy New Year! And 2016 gaming resolutions!!
Happy New Year, everyone! I ate a lot! And drank a lot! And played a lot of videogames! And now it’s time for another round of Video Game Resolutions I Will Totally Not Keep!
Actually I did pretty well last year and tried almost all the games on my list. But there have been years where I didn’t play even 50%, and then there’s that time I said I would quit gaming by the end of 2014… Whatever happened to that resolution, huh? :-p So just take these with a pinch of salt and don’t expect too much. Do please go on, this is most interesting
Tsukumonogatari – I like it so far
And of course, saying I like it when I’ve only played 5 hours means I’ve probably jinxed the game. Just like I jinxed Tokyo Majin Gakuen, a game Tsukumonogatari bears more than a passing resemblance to. In fact I have created a “Majin-like” genre in my mind that encompasses games such as these.
To qualify as a Majin-like, a game must have a ratio of 90% visual novel : 10% gameplay, its story must have a heavy supernatural/occult component and majority of the cast must be high school students who spend their days engaging in typical ‘wacky anime high school hijinks.’ Btw, although Persona/Shin Megami Tensei may have inspired Tokyo Majin, it doesn’t qualify under this criteria because for all their other flaws the SMT/Persona games do have a lot of gameplay. Do please go on, this is most interesting
Alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic!
I haven’t gone anywhere. The end of the year just happens to be an extremely busy time for me, so blogging often gets the short end of the stick. That said, “too busy to blog” and “too busy to play video games” are two completely different status effects, so I did make the time to start two new PSP games recently. Do please go on, this is most interesting