100 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Climb every mountain, ford every stream (spoilers)

IIRC I finished Xenoblade Chronicles 2 around the 100-hour mark. I killed the boss, did some perfunctory extra exploration and that was it. There was a lot I didn’t like that about that game (and a lot I did), but the biggest was having the map filled in for me already so there were no […]

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 […]

La Corda d’Oro replay + thoughts on restarting a musical instrument

I’m suffering from “choice paralysis” right now. I have so many games I’d like to play that I’m running away and not playing any of them. Instead I’m retreading old ground with La Corda d’Oro, a musical otome game I first played in 2014. You can read my initial thoughts on the gameplay and all […]

La Corda d’Oro 4 tips + final review

I’ve played La Corda d’Oro 4 nine good times, and I’m not ruling out any further playthroughs. According to gamer logic, this qualifies me to give some tips for anyone considering playing it. Now that otome games are picking up popularity in the West and Koei has shown interest in bringing Ruby Party games over, […]

La Corda d’Oro 4 – Kyoya, Myoga, Amamiya, Togane and Nanami GET!

Time to finally put La Corda d’Oro 4 away, but only after playing the heck out of it on Hard mode. I had such a good time I’m thinking of diving into one of Neoromance’s other games next, maybe one of the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de games. Those are always good for a playthrough… […]