Spirit of Justice Episode 4 confirmed for WORST case ever (spoilers)

aa6_promotional_artTurnabout Storyteller is so stupid I’m going to spoil it. Wait, no. Wait yes, I’m going to spoil. I want to spoil. I have to spoil to get it off my chest. Whoddunit: it was Geiru Toneido (obviously, srsly). Whatdunnit: A lump of udon dough over the face. Yah rly. Motive: Because he wouldn’t give her the title she wanted. And she fed the leftover dough to her dog. And, and, Uendo really does have a 4th personality called Owen who just shows up for a few minutes after half the case is devoted to getting him out there even though we all knew he existed and just wanted Athena to GET ON WITH IT ALREADY. Split personalities? Seriously?

It’s all too maddening for words. Like, WHY??? Why must you waste my time with this stupid irrelevant case when there are so many interesting things happening in Khura’in right now? I thought for sure Episode 4 was somehow going to be a set up the final episode but it turned out to be nothing more than an amateur filler trial.

Do please go on, this is most interesting →

Back on track with Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice

phoenix_wright_ace_attorney_spirit_of_justiceTurns out all my 3DS needed was a brand new charger. Now we’re back in business. I already finished the 3rd case and am now well into the 4th. Maybe it’s the long break, or maybe the second half of the 3rd case was just that crappy, either way my Spirit of Justice fever has broken and now it’s becoming a bit of a slog. Actually it’s mostly because the 4th case of SoJ focuses on Athena Cykes. I like the bits with Phoenix Wright himself in charge and rather dislike the rest of the game. More Phoenix, please! Do please go on, this is most interesting →

Was having a great time with Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice when the 3DS suddenly stopped charging

ace-attorney-spirit-of-justice*sigh* The title says it all, doesn’t it? I’m sure you’re all as sick of hearing of my 3DS troubles as I am of writing about it, so I won’t bother elaborating. That handheld is cursed, cursed I tell you. To think it would fail me at such a crucial moment in the third case, arrrrgh!!! So anyway, Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice and Rune Factory 4 and all those other games I was so looking forward to are on hold AGAIN while I attempt to sort this issue out.

*sigh* And I was having such a good time too. Spirit of Justice wisely pries Phoenix Wright away from his annoying charges Apollo, Athena and Trucy, leaving him free to be his usual goofy, loveable (but slightly more competent and confident with age) self. That dull, stuffy, responsible “Mr. Wright” of Dual Destinies only shows up in phone calls with Apollo, which is just the way I like it. And as a bonus I get to see Maya again. I didn’t like her very much in the early games but now I’ve had a chance to look at the alternatives and seen how much they suck I appreciate her so much more. Do please go on, this is most interesting →

Ray Gigant – For dungeon-crawler newbies

ray-gigant-opening-screenOr for anyone who likes easy games. If you liked the bland, straightforward, unchallenging dungeons in games like Conception I & II or Mind=Zero, Ray Gigant will be right up your alley. If you’re looking for the tougher, less-forgiving dungeon RPGs that Experience Inc. is known for – especially if you’re just coming off Stranger of Sword City – this really isn’t the same sort of game.

Too many careless errors in the text.

Spot the careless error, one of hundreds in the game.

I should clear up a little misconception though. I was a little reluctant to start Ray Gigant because I read in a few places that it had a lot of text and reading in it. They made it sound like some kind of Tokyo Majin-like game, i.e. 90% anime high school visual novel with some monsters and brief battles thrown in. It’s nowhere near that bad and not even as talkative as narrative-heavy RPGs like Xenosaga. Every chapter has a brief skit or two, then a dungeon, then another brief skit, then the monster of the day, and on and on till the end of the chapter. As at the 7-hour mark I’d say it’s 20% talking to 80% exploring, but that might change towards the end of the game. In any case if you’re worried you’ll be forced to read when you just want to go out and fight, worry no more. Do please go on, this is most interesting →

Recovered the 3DS!

nintendo 3dsYay! The 3DS is back in my hands! Happy days are here again! A big thank you to all those who encouraged me not to lose heart!

But… you’ll notice I said I “recovered” the Nintendo 3DS, not “found” it. That’s because as I had begun to suspect, it had in fact been stolen from me. I’d rather not say any more than that because of certain… family… circumstances… but rest assured the right fingers have been pointed, the necessary uncomfortable conversations have been had and we’re all ready to put this incident behind us.

And I’m all ready to jump back into 3DS gaming too, but unfortunately I was only able to recover the handheld itself. The games and the SD card have all been lost forever. So for the time being my gaming schedule will remain the same. As I’d thought I don’t have time to start Ray Gigant this weekend, but maybe during the week. Preferably once I set up my nice new desktop and figure out a way to replace yucky Windows 8 with Windows 7. I just don’t like that OS. It’ll probably be late September or early October before I get round to buying Stella Glow and 7th Dragon III and all the other things I was looking forward to.

Still it’s nice to have closure on this little matter. I’m only exaggerating a bit when I say it was eating me up inside for the past couple of months. I knew I wasn’t crazy. I knew I wasn’t that careless with stuff. All’s well that ends well. The end.