Category: Games
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Chained Echoes
The best of 90s Squaresoft RPGs reimagined with modern quality of life improvements and nigh-perfect pacing. I had been hankering for a good RPG in the vein of JRPGs of yesteryear. Chained Echoes was getting good reviews shortly after its release in December, but I hesitated due to it’s impossibly low price of $25. JRPGs…
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Spiritfarer
Spiritfarer is a game about becoming a boat-woman for the dead and ferrying them to their final destination. The dead have assumed animal form. You play as Stella, an impossibly bright human who seems more than happy to help these spirits on their journey. She doesn’t deliver dialog, but her face usually expresses how she…
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An attempted break to draw
For the last month or so, I’ve found myself easily swayed (mostly by the Giant Bombcast) into buying new, full-price games. Some quick thoughts on those: Stellaris: It started so promising, then the mid-game hit and progress slowed to a crawl for me. It also seem to have performance issues when in combat, which seems bizarrely unoptimized…
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This year’s list of video games I enjoyed in reverse numerical order
I played a few games this year, here’s a list of the best. 6. Batman: Arkham Knight Despite its reported woeful performance, I played this on PC and did not run into issues. It is a gorgeous finale to Rocksteady’s once-innovative series, marred by over-repetitive sections to take down bosses and complete side missions. This…