TheHannieCorner
I finally dusted this one off the backlog because I wanted to play the sequel. Is this my favorite game of all time? No, absolutely not. The clients were way too rigid for me to have a whole lot of fun with the actual art creation part (which I'm sure may be a deliberate choice for the sake of telling a story with the gameplay, but that still didn't make it very fun). Still, nothing beats scribbling on a canvas for 5 minutes and making several thousand dollars.
2008
2022
2021
I'm really sad that I didn't enjoy this. I picked it up as part of a larger bundle because it looked really interesting, but it plays more like a minigame that happens to feature dating, as opposed to a full dating simulator. It also only takes 20-30 minutes to go through a route, which isn't long enough to really get to know the various relationships. It just wasn't very fun in the end.
2018
This is barely a game. It's more like a 5 minute animated slideshow that showcases some cute art and an abstract, yet touching, story. It was interesting enough to inspire me to try picking up other work from the developers, but I wouldn't say it is much on its own. It is free, though, so it's worth giving a try.
1999
I have mixed feelings on this. The music is phenomenal and the whole game just oozes a sense of unique style that is unlike anything I've ever played before. It's also an incredibly frustrating mess to play from a modern standpoint and hasn't aged particularly well. I'm glad I experienced it, but also never want to play it again.
I'm so glad this franchise finally game to main consoles so I could play it, as someone who gets headaches playing on handheld devices. Final Fantasy is my favorite series of all time, so of course Theatrhythm would be the perfect celebration of everything I love. In fact, I probably enjoy this more than some of the mainline entries.
2004
2023
2018
This was a short and reasonably fun puzzle/adventure title. I did spend a fair amount of time aimlessly wandering with no plan, which made the constant death loop mechanic a little frustrating at times. Still, I beat it 4 times in a row and earned the platinum, so I clearly must have found something to enjoy.
2019
I didn’t personally have quite as good of a time with the sequel as I did with the original. This probably stems from this being intended more as a co-op title, and the AI companion you get if you aren’t playing with someone else can make the game either way easier or way harder than it needs to be, depending on the circumstance. It was still puntastic and had me laughing the whole way through, so I really hope more of these are made
2021