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 […]

Another Eden: The Cat beyond Time and Space – Grindier than I’d thought

As I’d thought, there’s always a catch in these supposedly stamina-free mobile RPGs. Another Eden: The Cat beyond Time and Space bills itself as a JRPG that just happens to be on mobile platforms. But you’d be crazy to think you can just zoom from story point to story point freely. I mean you can, […]

Dropped Dragon Quest VII for real this time. I really mean it!

I didn’t mean to do a “No Game November” but it kind of ended up that way. Apart from my usual casual games and a ton of Mega Picross, I didn’t touch any games for the whole month. Since it wasn’t a deliberate abstinence, I did zero thinking or self-reflection about gaming, unlike last time. […]

Finally grinded enough to beat Cumulus Vex (DQVII)

I should probably say a few words about how sweet it feels to get revenge, but after all these months I didn’t feel anything. Fighting and training to get strong enough to beat your old nemesis is actually a boring pain in the neck. It’s much cooler in kungfu movies than in real life. And […]