sanaeclair
2012
This was one of the first games that introduced me to rpgmaker horror as a kid. I played the free version of this game years ago and can tell that it's still nice today. The game depicts a chilling world that lets you explore a lot of spooky places, making you anxious yet excited to solve its mysteries and discover more about why certain things are this way. Ib, Garry, and Mary provide a lot of depth to the plot, making every encounter significant and each puzzle solving session enjoyable. Despite the complexities of the puzzles, they achieve a solid mix between interesting but not too difficult, resulting in an enjoyable gameplay experience. I recommend this game to anyone who's new to this genre and want to get into it!
2011
TBD
2011
From what I've remembered they've fixed so many issues that the previous game had just for the story to be weaker along with the characters, I dont mind it though as the pacing was now better than before and the combat was just as fun! The game offers you a ton of various areas to explore, tons of side content, and the best was the crystalium system improved a ton imo! However, the time travel mechanic was one of the issues I've kept seeing that bothered me a little. I would understand them a bit but I feel like most of them didn't truly play through XIII-1 lmao, time travel will always have holes in it, it can be confusing but it really isn't that hard to grasp if you just read.
2021
If you like the Pikmin series, this cute walking game would definitely get you hooked for a few weeks with walking with your little pikmin friends, yet at some point the game gets boring. Don't get me wrong, while I do use this app every time I need to walk, it doesn't provide as much excitement as it should. The seasonal and holiday events they do aren't as bad, but you basically have to force your pikmins to battle big mushrooms nearby, pick up their items and flowers, and then flower your path to find more pikmin to join your party and repeat until you get a pikmin in a costume from the event. This cycle repeats without the events too. If you have friends added to the game, it's not as bad since they can invite you to help fight the mushrooms with them, but I wish there were more fun activities instead of having to do the same old stuff everyday.
2015
This review contains spoilers
This game is AMAZING; it has a good story and it doesn't rush you at all because the game offers a wide variety of enjoyable minigames and sidestories. Even after enjoying yourself at karaoke and disco, you come back to the depressed and messed up story of a yakuza. One of Y0's charms is how ridiculously goofy it is. The gameplay is fun and amazing, some playstyles are just so enjoyable and broken, its funny!
Majima's story left a huge impact on me and I still think about it till this day. Yakuza 0 gave him so much incredible emotional depth and complexity. This game turned him into an actual character with personality, his character growth throughout the game is some of the most engaging storytelling I've ever seen in gaming. There's a lot of people who mischaracterize him for only being batshit insane after Y0 but if you took more consideration to his story, Majima was so torn between wanting to do the right thing and wanting to be a seen as a legitimate Yakuza who had to follow orders from people, and after dealing with it for so long PLUS having to run a cabaret club 24/7 to be in the Tojo Clan again, it broke him. Especially with what happened to his oath brother Saejima and loss of the woman he loved dearly, of course his persona did a 180 and became a completely different person not only to cope from everything but to finally break free after being chained down in a corrupt city he couldn't even leave for so long. I'd say he's more unhinged than insane if anything. Many of his scenes left me very emotional, especially towards the end of the game. He truly is one of the best characters in the series. I wouldn't mind playing this game so many times because the story would still make me emotional just like the first time.
At the end of the game, the story leaves an absolute big impact, and it left me empty for WEEKS! I would definitely recommend this game to everyone, especially if they're new to beat-em-up games!
Majima's story left a huge impact on me and I still think about it till this day. Yakuza 0 gave him so much incredible emotional depth and complexity. This game turned him into an actual character with personality, his character growth throughout the game is some of the most engaging storytelling I've ever seen in gaming. There's a lot of people who mischaracterize him for only being batshit insane after Y0 but if you took more consideration to his story, Majima was so torn between wanting to do the right thing and wanting to be a seen as a legitimate Yakuza who had to follow orders from people, and after dealing with it for so long PLUS having to run a cabaret club 24/7 to be in the Tojo Clan again, it broke him. Especially with what happened to his oath brother Saejima and loss of the woman he loved dearly, of course his persona did a 180 and became a completely different person not only to cope from everything but to finally break free after being chained down in a corrupt city he couldn't even leave for so long. I'd say he's more unhinged than insane if anything. Many of his scenes left me very emotional, especially towards the end of the game. He truly is one of the best characters in the series. I wouldn't mind playing this game so many times because the story would still make me emotional just like the first time.
At the end of the game, the story leaves an absolute big impact, and it left me empty for WEEKS! I would definitely recommend this game to everyone, especially if they're new to beat-em-up games!
2001
I couldn't stop playing this rhythm game since I thought its mechanics were so great and it was way more enjoyable than Touhou Lost World! I thought it was cool that you could actually battle some of the characters while playing one of the songs in a rhythm game, much as in the other Touhou games. They've done some really great collabs; I remember feeling devastated not being able to get one of the cool cards lmao. I'm still sad this one is gone but there's a new one available on steam, it doesn't look the same but go check it out!