Lina no Atelier = Fail

[Note, this is not my real opinion of Atelier Lina. This was published before I’d played the game properly, and my final conclusion can be found here, helpfully titled “Lina no Atelier is Awesome!” As for why this post appears out of order, I really don’t want to talk about it.] *sigh* I think Gust […]

Dragon Quest IV – Chapters of the Chosen

Everyone in the world must have played Dragon Quest IV by now, so I won’t bother writing too much about it. I killed both Psaro the Manslayer and the bonus boss yesterday and had a great time too. Take that, Pstupid Psaro! That’ll teach you to wipe out the heroine’s village! I was really quite annoyed […]

Stella Deus – The Gate of Eternity

Or The Catacombs of Eternity, as I came to call it. But we’ll get to that in a moment. Stella Deus is a strategy RPG released in 2004. Developed by Pinegrow (I feel like I’ve played another game by them but I can’t remember which) and published by Atlus. Many have heard of it, few […]

Lemuore no Renkinjutsushi review

Have you ever picked up a game you thought was poorly-designed, poorly-conceived and poorly-executed…and ended up playing it for 30 hours? The simplest games tend to be the most addictive, I don’t know why. The concept of this game is simple, the design is simple and the gameplay is simple too, maybe that’s why I […]

Sands of Destruction – Really glaring flaws

I’d been looking forward to playing Sands of Destruction since it first came out in Japan, but it’s only last week that I finally bought it and settled down to play. What stopped me from playing it earlier was an Amazon.co.jp review I read that said the game’s story was impossible to understand without watching […]