Hinano finished up her RenAi Blogger game today, and I downloaded a copy to give it a try. While it was rather short, I was pretty impressed by the overall feel of the game, and the storylines were very cute. Read on, but there may be spoilers.
Like DigiKerot, I have a substantial RPG backlog that I’ve been slowly whittling down. I’ve narrowed down the possible choices to 5 games that I haven’t played yet, and all of them are fairly acclaimed according to their GameRankings average score, so I need some help deciding which one to play next! [...]
Hephador (who I have to resist referring to as “The Hef“) recently asked about my favorite RPGs, but I had never really given much consideration as to ranking my favorites MAL-style. After a prolonged period of deep thought, during which I resembled a constipated old man squatting upon the porcelain throne, I concluded that [...]
Despite being a moderate Atlus fanboy, I have to admit that they’ve made some pretty questionable imports over the years. Their latest release, Baroque (PS/Wii), is likely to go down in the books as either too artsy to be accepted by the general populace, or just plain bad, joining its comrade Unlimited [...]
Gust is going back to its roots with an alchemy school theme for the latest Atelier game. You play as Vayne, a young amateur alchemist who was handpicked to attend the Al-Revis academy due to his incredible potential. You’ll go to classes, participate in school events, pursue little sidestories, accept oddjobs for [...]
I’m actually kind of surprised that no one in the anime blogosphere has mentioned Audiosurf, an uber-cool game that takes media player visualizations to the next level.
For those who haven’t heard of it, Audiosurf is an independent-developer game that combines rhythm sensibilities (reminiscent of Amplitude/Frequency) with puzzle game mechanics (Kirby’s Avalanche, Puzzle Fighter) and [...]
With the new Persona anime looking up this season, I thought it would be a good time to give props to Persona 3, the game that loosely provides the setting for the show. I’m actually glad that the anime has very little relevance to the game, since VG adaptations tend to chafe at [...]
First things first - I can’t believe the numbnuts at NIS America decided to ditch the ethereal cover art of the JP version and go with a much more cartoony NA cover. What a waste. Maybe it was an American ‘Nice Boat’ effect, what with the piles of dead bodies and [...]
Star Ocean EX, Shining Tears x Wind, Tales of Eternia, Xenosaga…the list goes on. Game-to-anime adaptations have a history of major suckage, which was why the anime version of Gungrave was a odd exception. Bateszi’s review reminded me how awesome that show was…[cries manly tears].
The original game’s storyline ends differently [...]
Gather ’round kiddos, as it’s time for a flashback scene into Kabitzin’s mysterious past. Once upon a time, our mutual friend Velius and I invited Kabitzin to join us in a round of Warlords Battlecry II, an excellent real-time strategy game which we had been enjoying. Kabitzin warned us that this would be [...]
After playing Atelier Iris 3, I started looking into the origins of the Atelier series, since most of the games were never ported over to the west. The gameplay philosophy in the Iris trilogy has shifted away from the the earlier series (Atelier Marie/Elie/Lilie/etc. and their sequels/spinoffs/sidestories), which are more like hybrid RPG/life simulation [...]
Inspired by Jeff’s recent acquisition of a PS2 and positive first impression of Atelier Iris 3, I decided to give it a whirl as well, since Grim Grimoire isn’t readily available yet.
Though reviews are extremely mixed, I have to say that I am actually enjoying AI3 quite a bit. Being rather sick [...]
Phantom of Inferno is a non-H visual novel (choose your own adventure) released in the US by Hirameki Intl. The American release is a DVD-game, in that it can be popped into a DVD player and you select choices at junctures with the DVD remote. I think the original version was a PC [...]
