Agnol117
2023
A decently fun FE game. The story is serviceable but not great (outside of a few moments at the end, it was mostly just your standard FE fare, and is honestly largely forgettable), and the maps range from very fun to absolute shit, but overall the game was fun, the gameplay is great, and the Engage mechanic was fun to play with.
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This'll stick with me for a while. Must say it's the first time I've ever been sexually assaulted by a video game.
Meh. I cannot think of any other time a game's final act has soured me so completely on the whole thing. I'm in a weird place of finding this game to be generally fun but unsatisfying, and I'm hoping they can stick the landing in part three.
2015
A neat little follow up to Bell Park. Takes a hard left turn into being weird fic, but that's okay. Still quite enjoyable, and still leaves me interested in the rest of this author's games.
2022
To start with: Yes, the performance issues exist. Anything too far out from your character has incredibly choppy animation, and it's very noticeable. There's also a lot of slowdown in battle and obnoxiously long load times in the box screens.
That being said, I didn't really care about any of that. The game is, frankly, a lot of fun. It's exciting to be able to play in the same instance of the world as my wife. The new Pokémon are, generally speaking, well designed and fun. The game has an actual, honest to god story. Multiple stories, even! And for the most part, they're pretty good. There's a few missteps, but the writing is solid, and funny, and just in general fun. The only reason Legends is my favorite Pokémon game this year is because the gameplay was better, and even that's a close one. If the next mainline entry has Legends gameplay and this level of writing, it'll be fantastic.
That being said, I didn't really care about any of that. The game is, frankly, a lot of fun. It's exciting to be able to play in the same instance of the world as my wife. The new Pokémon are, generally speaking, well designed and fun. The game has an actual, honest to god story. Multiple stories, even! And for the most part, they're pretty good. There's a few missteps, but the writing is solid, and funny, and just in general fun. The only reason Legends is my favorite Pokémon game this year is because the gameplay was better, and even that's a close one. If the next mainline entry has Legends gameplay and this level of writing, it'll be fantastic.
I played this because "autistic magical girls" is like, exactly what I'm about. And then I got a bad ending. It's an interesting premise, but I've just got no real desire to try to a different ending.
Pretty thoroughly meh, to be honest. Controls slightly better than the NES game, for what that's worth, but otherwise still a bit of a chore.
My first SMT game, and it's made me a fan. Press Turn may be my favorite combat system ever, and I cannot wait, both to try more SMT games and to play DDS2.
2015
Fantastic game. Loved every minute of it. My queer little heart loved the overall message and themes.
This improves on the first game in basically every way. Combat's better, there's more Force powers, and they're more fun to play around with. Even better, you start with all of your abilities from the last game, with no bullshit of having to regain them (which is a definite plus, because I love any game that lets me doublejump from the start).
The biggest thing I can say against it is that the story feels kind of like it drags on. The last act is emotionally satisfying, but it still feels like a few hours should be cut from the middle somewhere.
The biggest thing I can say against it is that the story feels kind of like it drags on. The last act is emotionally satisfying, but it still feels like a few hours should be cut from the middle somewhere.
It's fine. It's not a bad game, but it's also not nearly as good as the trilogy. Apollo feels like a secondary character in the game named after him, and that's a bit of a bummer.
2017
This was fun. I went in blind, so the story went in ways I didn't really expect it to. The characters were well crafted, I think. I spent a lot of the game kind of hating Mae, but I'm pretty sure that's the intended reaction. She does eventually grow, and becomes understandable, if not completely likeable. Definitely a fun game, and well worth a playthrough if you're into this kind of adventure game.
2021
An interesting little visual novel about grief. I'd only recommend it if you have a strong stomach, though.
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I loved this. I loved the prose, I loved the themes, I loved the way it cycles around itself. I devoured this game, and I loved every second of it. I know that this kind of meta horror VN is quite popular now, but even so, this is a fantastic example of it, and it really resonated with me.
Really gotta hand it to Nintendo. It takes a certain kind of attitude to create a handheld that utilizes 3D where viewing angle is important and then make a game for that handheld that uses gyro controls. Seriously, this game needs a second stick.