First 13 hours of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – I like it but I want to explore more

What it said in the title. The downside of playing a story-heavy RPG like Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is that you’re limited in where you can go and what you can do for much of the game. It isn’t a true “open world” for now, though I know for sure the whole world will open up […]

Preparing for Switch life after Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Dunno who needs to know this, but Square-Enix is having a sale on most of their games in the Switch e-shop until August 4th. It seems they have sales several times a year, so there’s no panic if you miss one. It’s mostly of interest to RPG lovers who bought a Switch for Xenoblade Chronicles […]

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 […]