I tired to like The Silver but couldn't. I did not like Silver Case. So I wanna start off by saying I pre-ordered the Switch version. I was genuinely looking forward to trying it out. And I wanted to play some Suda51 games before No More Heroes 3 came out cause I'm hyped. But yeah...ended up kinda disappointed instead.

You know I originally wanted to go through this trilogy. But in all honesty. I cared so little for Silver Case that it pretty much wiped any interest I had in playing Flower, Sun and Rain and the 25th Ward.

I felt Silver Case started interestingly enough but the more it continued the more confused I started to get. And the more confused I started get the less engaged I was getting with the plot. And I also realized part way through that I wasn't caring all that much for cast of characters either. This game talks about solving riddles and such. Well this whole piece of writing is a riddle. I just felt like the more played and read the more it become unintelligible word vomit. And it reminded me of when I was in high school, forced to read a book and there would times where I'll read an entire page and had no idea what happened on that page. I just did not like it's way of writing at all. I also found parts of the dungeon crawling aspect pretty tedious. Like going to room 402 repeatedly in case 2. Or having to check every floor in case 5. Overall I had hard enjoying The Silver Case. I really wanted to. The aesthetic is really cool. The soundtrack is moody and atmospheric. I'll give it points for that. But the in the end I just felt both frustrated and confused. I don't mind a story being complicated. I enjoy stuff like 13 Sentinels and Xenogears after all. Heck I'd say there parts of those stories where I didn't fully understand or found it confusing. But there were still other aspects of them that I liked, that I look can look past that and enjoy them regardless. I just don't feel the same about The Silver Case. As much as I would want to like it. It just didn't do anything for me. And that kinda does bum me out. Perhaps I'm just too stupid to understand The Silver Case I can accept that. No, I wouldn't consider it "bad" but it's definitely not for me at all.

I'll probably still play 25th Ward at the very least since it was bundled on Switch but needless to say I'm not looking forward to it and when I do play it, it probably will only be after playing No More Heroes 3.

Absolutely an incredible game that was a joy to play from start to finish easily one of the best games I played all year. Easily top 5 at least, great graphics for the time, full voice acting, a fun unique take on the ATB system. Chill but good soundtrack great atmosphere too, just a great game all around. Story wise it is a little weak with it being a simple revenge story but I will give it points for it being coherent unlike the rail shooter games. I feel like the game was generation a head of it's time. It's game design feels more like gen 6 era JRPG then it does a gen 5 JRPG. It's kinda hard to explain but I'd say Panzer Dragoon Saga is the kinda experience I wished Final Fantasy gave me. Panzer Dragoon Saga gameplay wise is mostly "okay what if Final Fantasy but you ride a dragon?" and I dunno but I find that a fun enough twist. It's really cool to fly a dragon during dungeon exploration and during battles. Anyway overall it's just great game that sadly time has mostly forgotten. Worth "learning to emulate" to play it.

Tales of Arise? More like Tales of Arises to disappointment. This a good game but it wasn't as good as I hoping it to be. Tales of Arise is the best reviewed game on Metacritic since Symphonia. And since Symphonia is my favorite Tales game. Needless to say that got me excited but unfortunately the game kinda falls kinda flat to me.

On the positive side I think this game has the best combat in the entire series. It feels like a more modern version of the older games. While throwing away some of the trash idea's from Berseria's combat. It's really fun without feeling too button mashy or mindless. I also do feel like the dungeon design is a bit of improvement from Berseria, Zestiria, and the Xillia games. Graphically this game is really pretty with wonderful detailed environments. The game is also smooth. It just feels great move around in.

The problem for me when it comes to this game is the story, characters, and music. Motoi Sakuraba comes back again yet again doing yet another bland and forgettable OST...Go Shiina where did you go :(

The cast sucks. The only character I like is Rinwell. The rest I find bland and boring. There just not interesting. I feel like they lack the humorous bantering and bickering of past Tales games. Lacking in fun chemistry. The cast falls apart when compared to past Tales games. Like I may like Rinwell but she's literally just worse Rita. Shionne I find to be a pretty boring main girl especially coming off of Berseria which had Velvet. But even in comparison other Tales main girls like say Colette, Chloe, Milla, Mint, or Tear...she just sucks. I don't see how Kisara is any more interesting than other "mother" like Tales character like Raine. Law being voice Bryce Papenbrook you can exactly guess what kinda character he is. So annoying. Tales games don't usually have a good track record of great main characters but like Alphen is even more bland and more boring than usual. Again compared to main characters like Lloyd, Luke, or Yuri. And he's just not as interesting. And Dohalim is just there. I honestly can't think of much to say about him. I also just don't care much of the character design of the cast.
Kousuke Fujishima where did you go... :( Anyway the point is I find the cast to be easily one the weakest in the entire series. I honestly like Zestiria cast more than this game. Tales of Arise has great voice acting though Probably some the best in the series.

The story is probably the weakest part for me. I just think it takes itself way to seriously lacking much in lighthearted moments. Not only that but plot itself just isn't all that interesting. It's like a worse version of Eternia. Ok so you take that plot line from Eternia where theirs Celestia and Inferia and they kinda hate each with years of resentment. And then crank up the seriousness for some reason and also make it the only plot point. Then add a dumb twist at the end that comes outta no where in a boring exposition dump fashion. The plot is "fine" at best and no where near as good as past entries like Symphonia or Abyss.

I want to be clear. I actually like the game. I still had a lot of fun playing it. But when I'm given the expectation this is one the best entries in the series...you know I want to like it as much the other best entries in the series. It's a good game on it's own. But I don't see it as one of the best Tales games in the series. It's game play sure. But it's story and cast drag it way down for me. Because of that I can't in good conscious give this game a higher rating than like a 7.5. rating.

This game is pretty underrated and has no reviews on this site. Which is a shame cause I think it's worth checking out. So I guess I'll be the first.

I found it to be a pleasant surprised. As someone whose inexperienced with RTS, Pikmin aside I liked it more than thought I would. In some ways I like more than other vanillaware titles such as Odin Sphere and Muramasa. I think story the is better. I like characters better. The art is really nice but that's expected for vanillaware. Story it's basically about girl Lillet whose training to be witch and learning how to control the Grimoire. She goes to a school were you got teachers like half demon and a Lion man. Early on she discovers she in a time loop caused by the philosopher stone so naturally the plot is about her trying to escape it. And I find that really neat. Music was also nice even though the soundtrack is very small. I also really liked the voice acting with Wendlee Lee specifically it was nice hearing in a main role and I like Litllet she was cute. What I like about the voice acting especially in comparison to Muramasa and Odin Sphere is that Grim Grimoire for goes the theatrical style of voice acting from those games instead having a more natural form a speech. Which in my opinion makes this dub really great and better than those other games. Gameplay wise I honestly don't even mind the RTS gameplay. I wasn't sure about it at first. And I'm not very good at it. But I managed by. And it could be satisfying at times. I'm unsure how this game compares to other RTS games but I thought was good. The wikipedia page says the game took inspiration from Harry Potter for the plot and Star Craft for the gameplay and yeah that sounds about right. If that sounds interesting to you then I'd say check it out. Overall I found the game to be a pleasant experience. I was never to frustrated. And the game wasn't as confusing as I was fearing to be. So I recommend it.

Is Neptunia x Senran Kagura a good game? It depends...but I like it. Depending from what you want from both series it can be perceived as "bad".

So this game a Neptunia game first and a Senran Kagura game second. Which what I was kinda expecting anyway. That being said. I really wished the game instead had 2 campaigns with one side being Senran Kagura and the other being Neptunia. But instead it feels like a Neptunia game and Senran Kagura characters so happen to be there.

The game is whole lot of missed potential but instead of being salty of what could have been I enjoy it for what it is. Senran Kagura spin offs are have track record of being...not good. This easily the best one.
Neptunia spin offs also have a spotty track record but I think this one of the better ones.

I feel like this held back due to the T rating. The fan service is very tame even compared Neptunia U. Neptunia U had clothes ripping and that was T also. So here we go...theres no...clothes ripping, no dressing room/costumes, certainly no intimacy mode, no transformations, not even a 3D model viewer mode with poses Also there are only 4 Senran Kagura characters. And only 10 playable characters 2 of which are originals to this game. Considering both series have a mountain characters to choose from that's pretty underwhelming.

The core gameplay is Senran Kagura. Just not as good. The partner system from Senran Kagura 2 returns. There are still ninja arts. The game graphically looks really nice and is a locked 60 fps. I also feel like the game probably has some of the better map design from either Senran Kagura or the Neptunia hack n slashes. Though baffled by the choice to not have a heavy attack and make it triangle throwing ninja stars instead. I don't think the combat is as good as Senran Kagura or even Valkyire Drive but it's similar enough to be fun.

Since is a Neptunia game first and Senran Kagura game second. It has a Neptunia story and writing. I did find the plot a little amusing Neptunia and Senran Kagura characters team up to stop "Steem Legion" from taking over. It's nothing special but it's entertaining.

Overall I like the game. It took me about 22 hours to get the platinum trophy for the game and it was fun all the way through. But as a crossover it could have been so much more. I enjoyed it for what it is and I may like the game but I wouldn't be surprised if some coomer would like "no anime titties?! or fan service 1/10". But for me. I'd say it was pretty alright and I'd give it a 7/10

I'm thirsty from some Aqua and wanna cum inside her so hard that she gains a personality. Degeneracy aside Aqua's character design is probably one of the few things in the series I really like, and not only that but she has the best game play in the series .

Also Command Deck > Command Menu I love spamming magic attacks with triangle

This is also the best Kingdom Hearts game overall in my opinion.

I'm surprised how people said this remake is disappointment in comparison to the original game. It's perfectly fine and possible hot take but I'd say it's a little better than the orignal. Maybe all it's issues has been ironed out in patches I dunno. Or maybe it's because I played Xbox One version rather than the Switch version. I also didn't really notice any performance issues. The game has issues but the problems of the game are really the same problems of the original. It's a short game and the gameplay feels too vanilla in comparison to 2 and Orta. I thought graphical update looked great, while the original graphics have a retro charm to them the modern graphics is pretty nice to look at. I also noticed this remake has a couple minor changes that make it slightly less archaic. Easy mode actually lets you finish the game. In the original you can only play the first 4 levels. Each mode also gives more continues to actually finish the game the original was way more stingy with them. Aside from the game is pretty much a one to one faithful remake. And it's fun, Panzer Dragoon is fun, it also hurts my thumb but it's also pretty fun. I ended up doing like 5 playthroughs for easy, normal, and hard and 2 extra to get some missing achievements minus the 100 hour one. Anyway overall I recommend if it's on sale. It's a cool game that wont take much of your time. If you ever get the chance play 2 or Orta though those games are better.

One of my favorite games I played in 2020. If you love 90's anime. Then this is something that might be your alley. Great graphics that's incredibly immersive making it feel like an actual playable anime. Very charming and easily likable cast of characters that get proper screen time to flushed out. Great OST. The tactical game play is just fun. And the gameplay loop is pretty similar to a modern Persona game. And what makes this game so impressive and goes to show how ahead of it's time it is, is that this was done back in 1996. Sakura Wars is a great and endearing game. And also a very short game so I urge anyone to it a chance. The game deserved more love

I figured that this game might of been a JRPG hidden gem that was stuck on Xbox, sadly that was wrong. This game is painfully mediocre at best. Awkward voice acting, dated facial animations, annoying real teal time menu and combat can feel a bit clunky at times as well. The story while has an interesting premise it is bogged down by poor writing making it not enjoyable as it could be.

I wouldn't say I hated playing it, it doesn't do anything outright bad however the game also doesn't do anything great to stand out among JRPGs. It's quite unfortunate really but to me this game feels it just exists so Microsoft can say that Xbox has JRPGs. Maybe a game like this is why the Xbox player base don't care for JRPGs much. Overall I'd say my experience with the game ranged from 4 to a 6 out of 10 but overall I'd say it's more of a 4. I wouldn't consider my time with game all that enjoyable. But at least it was short...only took like 20ish hours to finish it. If your a Xbox fan or new to Xbox starved for JRPGs I'd just say give this game a pass or buy it on a sale if your really curious.