Kaiyou Resutoran Uminekotei – A “Sit on your butt and do nothing” sim

kaiyouWhee, my first free weekend in forever! I’m so happy! >_< Ahem! Let’s get on with it.

Kaiyou Resutoran Uminekotei (trans. “The Uminekotei Seaside Restaurant”) is an indie game from a group (company?) known as inutoneko, the same people who made Lemuore no Renkinjutsushi and Haretari Kumottari N, both of which I have reviewed on this blog in the past. As a matter of fact, Uminekotei is just a fleshed out version of Lemuore, so it would help me out tremendously if you would just read the review for that game and save me the trouble of explaining the gameplay.

Back? Thanks. Now on to the story. The main character of Uminekotei is spoiled rich girl Eve who just lounges around the house all day and all night until her mother finally snaps and sets her up with her own restaurant to manage and a £100,000 debt to pay off [update: turns out I read it wrong and it’s actually £1 million]. My own mother would have just kicked me out of house with £0 to my name, so I don’t know whether Eve has it good or not. …Actually she does have it good, because she owes that £100,000 to her mother, meaning she can get away with not paying it forever, basically. I’ve been playing about 6 in-game months and haven’t repaid a single penny to mommy dearest yet. Nyaa nyaah! Do please go on, this is most interesting →

Mind Zero: Mind-numbingly boring

mind zero some random guys just showed upApologies for the long delay between posts. I was trying to force myself to play more Mind Zero so I could write a more concrete progress report, but the game is even more boring than the reviews made it out to be. It is frightfully boring and I just can’t bring myself to play any more. I actually get a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach when I think about playing it. That kind of feeling should be reserved for surgery and root canals, not turn-based RPGs. So for my own sanity I’m going to put it on permanent hiatus. If I find myself missing it I’ll go back, if not, I’m out. Do please go on, this is most interesting →

Mind Zero – Needs more variety

mind zero choose a weaponThe Amazon blurb for Mind Zero says: “Mind Zero is an action-packed dungeon crawler RPG for the handheld entertainment. Play as Kei, a Japanese high school student, whose life turns upside down when he gains the power of “Mind,” a weapon/persona with deadly powers.” Wait, “action-packed”? Now I know the copywriter is just doing his job talking up the game, but is really okay to lie so blatantly about a product page? If this game is action-packed then I’m the queen of England!

mind zero spirits path floor 1

Whee?

No seriously, I’m enjoying Mind Zero so far, it has its charms and I can think of many positive ways to describe it, but “action-packed” it is definitely not. Granted, this game doesn’t have a timer (or at least I can’t find one) so I don’t know how long I’ve been playing for, but it’s a minimum of 6-7 hours and almost nothing has happened in the game. Do please go on, this is most interesting →

Whining and Gaming

NintendoHalf of 2016 has gone by and I haven’t played a single game in my New Year’s Resolutions. Losing the 3DS has done a real number on my gaming motivation because it had all the Stuff I’m Really Excited About on it. I still have a DS, PSP, PS2 and Wii, but I’ve had them for years so I’m way past the excitement stage and well into ‘Stuff I’ve Heard About’ and ‘Stuff I’m Somewhat Curious About’ and ‘Stuff I Might Play Someday If There’s Nothing Better Available’ territory. That last category includes Summon Night 5, the only non-3DS game on the list, which also falls under ‘Stuff I Feel Obliged to Play Because a Company Went Through The Trouble of Localizing it.’ (It’s complicated between me and SN, don’t worry about it). Do please go on, this is most interesting →

Shiren the Wanderer 5 – Waiting for death

shiren the wanderer the tower of fortune and the dice of fateIncy-wincy Shiren went up the Fortune Tower
Down came the monsters and knocked the Shiren out
Out came the finger and turned the DS off
And the incy-wincy Shiren went up the tower no more

How do you like my song? ^_^ Strictly speaking I haven’t quit yet, but it’s only a matter of time. Since the first Shiren game I’ve been coping with the sheer number of KOs by myself a mental target for number of deaths and then quitting when I reach it. This time it’s 25 deaths. If I haven’t cleared the game by that point then it just wasn’t meant to be. Do please go on, this is most interesting →