Danpire
2006
if you played this game growing up you are actually certified cool
2021
i don't have enough friends to make miis out of so i made a guy named craig and pretended he was my friend to anyone who asked
2022
i probably had fun less than 10% of the time i was playing this, and even then "fun" is a pretty strong word for it
I’ve heard that this game gets better towards the end, but the first few hours felt so incredibly tedious and none of the characters really attracted me in a way that made me want to keep going. Don’t think i’ll get back to this one anytime soon.
The only flaw this game has is that its combat mode leaves a little something to be desired and might not be engaging for some players. Everything about the main attraction of this game, the overall story, is one of the most incredibly crafted narratives gaming has ever had to offer.
2017
Mario has never and will never be fun, even at it’s apparent “best”.
Pretty easily the least compelling entry Spike Chunsoft has in their catalogue of generally great mystery titles. After completing ToTK, I needed another game to fill the space between then and the release of SC’s newest mystery game, Rain Code. I had played this game previously but dropped it about halfway through, and replaying it I quickly realized why.
The story in this game can be compelling at times, but the characters are littered with overused tropes, even by Spike standards, and the main character’s constant horniness and general lack of personality made it so I didn’t really care for him as a protagonist. Almost all of the somnium segments of the game felt incredibly tedious and boring to me, with most of them either being extremely simple or having you result to trial and error to find the right path you’re supposed to take in order to get to the end in under 6 minutes. By the end I was so done with them I ended up using walkthroughs to find the right path through so I could continue with the story. I'm not even going to get into how unpolished the whole "erm you can somehow retain your memories from other timelines a little bit kinda because PARALLEL WORLDS EXIST!!! but that's literally all we're gonna say about that and hope that it flies" because DAMN.
There were definitely some positives though. The reveal of what the Psync machine was capable occurred genuinely fried my brain, and I had to pause the game for a solid 5 minutes as I ran through all of the possibilities this could have for the plot. However when it was revealed what this function was really used for, I felt slightly disappointed, as I believe this mystery could have used that twist to far greater proportions. The ending twist was fun, but I pretty much saw it coming. The first 10-15 hours of the game are really engaging, but by the end, the tedium really starts to kick in and the plot didn’t ramp up in the way I had envisioned which left me with a feeling of indifference toward the game.
After hearing that the sequel has been received even less positively than this game, I’m likely going to skip out on that one and just hope that Rain Code is able to give me that fulfilling feeling I was looking for.
The story in this game can be compelling at times, but the characters are littered with overused tropes, even by Spike standards, and the main character’s constant horniness and general lack of personality made it so I didn’t really care for him as a protagonist. Almost all of the somnium segments of the game felt incredibly tedious and boring to me, with most of them either being extremely simple or having you result to trial and error to find the right path you’re supposed to take in order to get to the end in under 6 minutes. By the end I was so done with them I ended up using walkthroughs to find the right path through so I could continue with the story. I'm not even going to get into how unpolished the whole "erm you can somehow retain your memories from other timelines a little bit kinda because PARALLEL WORLDS EXIST!!! but that's literally all we're gonna say about that and hope that it flies" because DAMN.
There were definitely some positives though. The reveal of what the Psync machine was capable occurred genuinely fried my brain, and I had to pause the game for a solid 5 minutes as I ran through all of the possibilities this could have for the plot. However when it was revealed what this function was really used for, I felt slightly disappointed, as I believe this mystery could have used that twist to far greater proportions. The ending twist was fun, but I pretty much saw it coming. The first 10-15 hours of the game are really engaging, but by the end, the tedium really starts to kick in and the plot didn’t ramp up in the way I had envisioned which left me with a feeling of indifference toward the game.
After hearing that the sequel has been received even less positively than this game, I’m likely going to skip out on that one and just hope that Rain Code is able to give me that fulfilling feeling I was looking for.
As someone who loves JRPGs, I can say wholeheartedly this is easily one of the worst I have ever played.
2023
i beat it? i think?
2018
they're just little guys! look at them go!
2021
how can a game that looks so pretty be SO bad
2022
yeah i don't see what all the hype was about. felt very gimmicky and boring.
lol guys the name is like a butthole joke lol do you get it guys
2021
who put game in my drugs
2012
devastating.