What I’m playing at the end of summer 2022

Summertime blues~ Let’s round up all the games I’m playing/want to play/should be playing right now. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – It came, I’m playing it and I’m taking my sweeeeet time about it. I’m supposed to be doing [important spoiler mission] right now, but it can wait while I explore vast areas of nothingness. If […]

Disliked Shining Resonance Refrain and Labyrinth of Refrain demos

Going 2 for 4 on Switch RPG demos now. The first batch was good, this second batch was a disappointment. Thank God for demos is all I can say, because Shining Resonance Refrain and Labyrinth of Refrain are the games I was more likely to shell out for sight-unseen, the former because I liked previous […]

Really liked the demos of Oninaki and Monark

I almost wish I hadn’t played the demos, because now I really want both full games but I don’t want to pay $49.99 (Oninaki) and $59.99 (Monark). They were nice but not that nice, and I’ll kick myself if they go on sale later. Oninaki – Dark and dreary game about Watchers who guide the […]

Glad I tried Dragalia Lost before it shut down, but it’s not very good.

Dragalia Lost is one of those games I’d always meant to play but never got round to it. It’s 90% because the game doesn’t run on emulators, and I’ve said ad nauseam that I don’t like gaming on my smartphone. Still, when I heard the game was ending service soon, I knew I had to […]

Genshin Impact – Skipping update 2.5 to wait for The Chasm

Some people play Genshin Impact for the waifus. Others play it for the great soundtrack. I play it to explore new terrain and open lots of treasure chests. I enjoy the combat too, though the enemies are becoming rather gimmicky these days. The lore doesn’t interest me much… or rather it would interest me but […]