Tsukumonogatari – I like it so far

tsukumonogatari front coverAnd 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!

rezel cross hyper rezel rouletteI 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

Magical Houshin impressions

magical houshin gba coverI won’t say “review” because I dropped it after about 3 hours. Magical Houshin is a Japanese GBA game very loosely based on Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi (Houshin Engi in Japanese).

The game tells the story of a young boy named Sora who goes up a mountain to study to become a hermit. On his very first day, he and his friends break the seal leading into a cave with a magical item that allows people to make super-weapons known as ‘paopei’. When the chief hermit finds out, he asks them to go defeat the demons currently rampaging through the lower world and off they go. Do please go on, this is most interesting

Tanbi Musou Meine Liebe – Love your frenemies

tanbi musou meine liebe coverBad game was bad. I didn’t enjoy it at all. I see what Konami tried to do there (create a girl’s version of Tokimeki Memorial, which they eventually managed with the Girl’s Side series), but Meine Liebe just sucks.

You play a girl in a high-school in the fictional country of Kuchen around 1937. The time setting is pointless because you don’t do anything you wouldn’t do in a game set in 2015. Same with the pseudo-European setting. Do please go on, this is most interesting

Oujisama Platonic Keikaku+ – Not bad for a free indie game

oujisama platonic keikaku start screenI downloaded several free Japanese otome games and demos while doing research for my otome game list, and now I want that hard drive space back so everything must go. First on the chopping block, Oujisama Platonic Keikaku+ (王子様プラトニック計画+), a free indie game made by someone from a doujin otome game creation circle known as half who calls himself/herself Harusuke (はる助). They have a lot of free games available on their website, but the one we’re concerned about today is Oujisama Platonic Keikaku+, which you can download by clicking on the “download” link on this site. It’s only about 25mb big. Do please go on, this is most interesting