What to play, what to play… It’s not that these games are bad or anything but I want something more exciting! Something faster-paced and slashier with a high enemy density. Something like… an action RPG. Tokyo Xanadu is calling me. Phantasy Star Nova is calling me.
But what do I do with these games I’ve already started? I know myself. If I stop now, I will never come back to them in a million years. And if I start dropping games left and right in February, the rest of 2018 is in danger. Therefore I must control myself and either finish what I’m working on or play enough to know I don’t want to continue.
All right, then. A progress report.
Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Curry God – A rogue-like about a girl named Pupuru who is exploring a series of dungeons to find ingredients for he ultimate curry. The game itself is fine, just normal roguelike stuff, but the “humorous” skits and events leave me cold. They’re not cute, they’re not funny, they’re just repetitive and energy-sapping. Roguelikes don’t need stories!
I’m on my second dungeon (Volcano thingy), just fought my second boss. Haven’t died yet, but I’ve cut it close before. Those Warp scrolls really come in handy. Apart from that there’s nothing much to report. I’ll write a proper post about it when I’ve finished… hmm, let’s say 4 dungeons. Or died 10 times, whichever one comes first.
Atelier Totori Plus – Cutesy alchemist wants to be an adventurer. This is super petty of me, but I can’t stand the way Totori runs. Who runs like that? Is she even trying? It’s not a deal breaker though. I’m more bothered by the loading times that seem a tad long to me. Especially right before a battle, when I compare it to Rorona it feels so slow. I barely started this and haven’t been motivated to continue. But I’m sure it will be fine once it opens up a little bit and I can visit places beyond Alanya Village.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Haven’t forgotten about this one, but the Switch is currently out of my hands. I miss it. A console you can take to bed with you is just too handy.
Legend of Legacy – I started this… last year? Eh, two years ago?! I liked it but my 3DS was acting up. It’s working fine now, but maybe I should rush through all the 3DS RPGs I want to play like this one and Etrian Odyssey Untold and SMTIV Apocalypse before it starts its nonsense again.
“He who chases two rabbits catches neither.”
“You can’t look into a bottle with both eyes at the same time.”
The ancients were full of wisdom when it comes to the order in which video games should be played.Try to play everything at the same time and you’ll burn out and drop them all. So I’m going to impose some discipline on my myself. Sorcery Saga + Legend of Legacy right now, no touching other games. (Waaahhh… But I must…) Then sandwich an ARPG in there real quick. Then Atelier Totori and Xenoblade 2.
Funny that you mention Totori’s way of running, because it also struck me defavourably when I played the game, shall we say. I felt revulsed and fascinated at once, and I just couldn’t get my eyes off Totori when she ran. Pretty weird experience. 😛
The worst part is, she doesn’t move very fast at all. The snails in my garden could overtake her if they got really serious. My only hope is that the rest of the game will make up for the silly running and the long loading times.
Is the Totori run the super girly one where they flail their arms like idiots? One of those thinks Japanese Idols think make them look cute but looks just super stupid? I remember Yuna in Final Fantasy X-2 running like that.
Yeah that one. The one you always see dumb girls doing in anime. And in FFX-2.
Ugh, that and “Pigeon Toes”. I’ll never understand why Japanese think girls that look like they can’t run or even stand like a human being are cute.
I don’t think girls acting “cute” and “helpless” is a thing exclusive to the Japanese. Otherwise damsels in distress wouldn’t be a thing at all. They do polish it to an art form though. And that’s not what I play Atelier games for.
Anyway, I’ve played a little further. Totori still runs like an idiot, but she’s getting to do proper alchemist and adventurer stuff now so she doesn’t look so dumb.
Oh that’s not really what I was insinuating. It’s simply that form of
walking/standing I see done predorminantly by Japanese Girls.
I was actually thinking about giving the Ateliers another try now that I have a PS4 and the first two on there are rather cheap. Only ever tried Atelier Annie and didn’t quite click with it. Well and the Atelier Iris, but they are vastly different games from the main series anyways.
I loved the Atelier Iris games. If you haven’t played all three, do those first!
After that… the PS3 games… Rorona was okay, Totori is okay so far, but they’re all just “okay.”
They don’t give me the kick and the rush I got from the Salburg games, especially Marie and Elie.
But it depends on what you want from the games. If you just want to craft, Salburg. If you want more character interaction and tougher battles, the Arland games are good.
I have played through the second and third Iris all the way back in the day and enjoyed them quite a bit. Didn’t like the first one much tho, never finished it.
I didn’t finish the first one either but can’t remember why. I’ve been meaning to go back and replay it but muh backlog…