Conception – I like the characters, but the gameplay needs work

Also the story and some of the dialogue is really vulgar. Not that I expected a game subtitled “Please Bear My Child” to not be vulgar, but I’m surprised how low they sunk. Way beyond innuendo and well into ‘rubbing your face in it’ territory. If you thought Ar Tonelico was too subtle and you […]

Happy New Year! And resolutions for 2014

It’s a little late, but Happy New Year! Now, straight to business. What am I playing this year? Last year’s resolutions were a bit of a disaster. I packed the list with games I’d “always wanted to try,” little realizing that the real reason I’d never actually tried the games I’d “always wanted to try” […]

Kamiyo Gakuen: Makouroku Kurunugia – A terrible rip-off of a terrible rip-off

Not content with merely dreaming up bad ideas, Idea Factory now resorts to stealing them. Far from being shocked or upset, I’m rather pleased to see this side of Idea Factory. Up till now I’d heard the tales of their horribleness, but I’d never personally experienced it for myself. The games I played were either […]

Devil Survivor 2 – “Finished!”

Say hello to my new method of finishing games: making it to the last boss and then watching the ending on Youtube. Except without the actual “watching the ending on Youtube” bit, because I can’t be bothered. With a party between levels 59 and 62, I think I might be very slightly underlevelled against Polaris, […]