Ore ga Omae wo Mamoru – Metroidvania for girls

The first release in Idea Factory’s now abandoned Otomate Forte series of games. The idea was to produce regular games with a ‘girl-friendly’ coating to make them more appealing to female gamers. The second game was Date ni Gametsui wake ja nai, which was a remake of Master of the Monster Lair with added bishies. […]

Sol Trigger – Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!

Welcome back. Today I continue to explain why Sol Trigger is such a stupid game. I covered the problems specific to Part 2 of the story last time, but the rest of the story was plenty bad enough to begin with. Obligatory spoiler warning, but you’re better off being spoiled and avoiding this game for […]

Sol Trigger – Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.

And another 1000 stupids for good measure. What a stupid game. And what a stupid gamer I am for seeing it through to the end. I hate Imageepoch so much right now, but I hate myself even more. *deep breath* Okay. Let’s do this. But first I must warn you that there’ll be pleeeenty of […]

Zettai Hero Project – Unending Game VS Uninterested Gamer

A pig in lipstick is still a pig. And a rogue-like in lipstick is still a rogue-like. And I play rogue-likes not to finish them but to see how many times I die before I lose interest. So I played Zettai Hero Project for a while, lost interest and quit. End of report. You: “That’s it?! […]

Rune Factory Frontier – Progress Report 2

Finished the main game! I killed the last boss at level 70, around the 70-hour mark. It was a pitifully easy affair, so I was probably supposed to take him down about 10 levels earlier. Bye-bye baddie, welcome back Mist, roll credits, back to my farm to continue daily life. In Rune Factory 1 and […]