Outerplane is one of the latest gacha game releases, coming out in May 2023. It is published by Smilegate, better known as the publishers of Epic Seven. It is for that reason mainly that I gave it a try for about a week, only to realize I’m better off sticking to Epic Seven. Story: A […]
100 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Climb every mountain, ford every stream (spoilers)
IIRC I finished Xenoblade Chronicles 2 around the 100-hour mark. I killed the boss, did some perfunctory extra exploration and that was it. There was a lot I didn’t like that about that game (and a lot I did), but the biggest was having the map filled in for me already so there were no […]
Another Eden: The Cat beyond Time and Space – Grindier than I’d thought
As I’d thought, there’s always a catch in these supposedly stamina-free mobile RPGs. Another Eden: The Cat beyond Time and Space bills itself as a JRPG that just happens to be on mobile platforms. But you’d be crazy to think you can just zoom from story point to story point freely. I mean you can, […]
Dropped Dragon Quest VII for real this time. I really mean it!
I didn’t mean to do a “No Game November” but it kind of ended up that way. Apart from my usual casual games and a ton of Mega Picross, I didn’t touch any games for the whole month. Since it wasn’t a deliberate abstinence, I did zero thinking or self-reflection about gaming, unlike last time. […]
Finally grinded enough to beat Cumulus Vex (DQVII)
I should probably say a few words about how sweet it feels to get revenge, but after all these months I didn’t feel anything. Fighting and training to get strong enough to beat your old nemesis is actually a boring pain in the neck. It’s much cooler in kungfu movies than in real life. And […]