Kitaria Fables – Why is “Easy Mode” not actually easy?

I’ve been having a really hard time getting into RPGs lately, but this weekend I pulled myself together and tore myself away from the World Cup games long enough to start Kitaria Fables. No reason for this in particular, it just looked cute and easy and I heard there was a minor farming sim component […]

Spent way too many hours playing Kaiyou Hotel Uminekotei (indie simulation game)

It’s been a while since I played a game from InutoNeko, my favorite indie developer. They make insanely addictive idle games all set in the world of Ishwald and featuring the same cast of characters. The inutoneko tag shows all the games I’ve played from them over the years, including some I dropped quickly but […]

Dropped Harvestella. Just wasn’t feeling it any more (late game spoilers)

Somehow I had a feeling from day one that I wouldn’t finish Harvestella, but I thought it would be the combat that would do me in. It turned out to be the story instead, once they did their big reveal of the mystery behind the world we were on. Late story spoiler: turns out mankind […]

Harvestella: An ordinary JRPG with a not-very-robust farming minigame tacked on

Yo! I’m back to report on my progress with Harvestella. One of the reasons why I write several posts on a single game instead of waiting to finish it first is that my opinions and attitudes towards a game can changed drastically as I keep playing, and I want this blog to reflect that. The […]