東京24区 thoughts

There’s probably tons of spoilers but i hope it’s the kind of spoilers that find their way into luring people who would be interested.

東京24区 is a contemporary BL game about Sonogi Akihiro, a member of ruling party in the House of Representatives. At a very young age (for a politician) of 29, he is a greenhorn popular with younger people and touted by the media as an ikemen politician but regularly thinks about how his popularity so far is based on his appearance rather than actual track record. The game takes place in 2020, 3 months before the International Athlete Festival (totally not the Olympics!) to be held in Japan, when a terror attack happens in Shibuya and kills over 20 people.

Shuuen no Virche thoughts

I was very surprisingly sucked into this game so I feel compelled to write something. It’s very rare that I come across an otomege with the structure of a scenario-driven eroge with (almost) forced route order and a long 伏線回収 type of true route (though I must admit that I am far from familiar with his genre). I’d be willing to go so far as to say that Shuuen no Virche is the game I would recommend for people interested in the genre coming in from general ADVs or eroge who wouldn’t mind playing something with a primarily male cast, as it reminded me a lot of the plot-driven eroge I’ve played and I think I even ended up appreciating the final route better because of this.

ok fine i will write a blog post

Galleria is the closest you’ll get to be to playing as the wall watching two girls in an rpg.

New years post where I reflect on my life

Ok in case anyone was wondering, games I liked this year were Utawarerumono 3, Tales of Berseria, Ys VIII, Baldr Heart, and Odin Sphere Leifthrasir. I barely put any time into Persona 5 because it’s a 100+ hour monster so I decided to leave it to later. So far it’s pretty cool. The rest of this post probably has little to do with video games.

Fuuraiki – A galge where you hit the roads of Hokkaido

In the thriving era of console galge where eroge ports did not make up the majority of releases, school life stories reigned king. From Tokimeki Memorial to Memories Off, the cute 2D girl in a colorful school uniform became the face of the genre. Then it is to no surprise that when F.O.G, a company that claims to be the opposite of trendy, comes out with a game whose cover is a realistic photograph of a road and some grass, it didn’t generate much talk. The game and its premise is something that you’ll find only when you’re looking for it on purpose, and I’m pretty sure that the amount of people looking for a game about meeting 2D girls while traveling through Hokkaido in a Google Street View-esque system is far from high. But that’s just what makes the game stand out in the sea of school-life galge, along with the fact that F.O.G is still alive today.

New year’s resolution and stuff

Nevermind that people usually post their new year’s resolution as their first post of the year…Here’s a wrap-up of 2014:

1) I finished 3/12 PSP games on the 2014 New Year’s Resolution. And definitely bought more than 3 PSP games due to their increasingly cheap prices.

2) I didn’t play as many eroge/galge as last year. Of the things I played, only 2 of them were actually released this year! Go me for being great at keeping up with the times. I’ve only added to my backlog as I discover more interesting-sounding eroge every time I finish one. ハ　ハ　ハ

3) The PS Vita has become my main console of choice. Not that this wasn’t unexpected, considering the genres I like. I don’t think I finished any major 3DS games this year, although Pokemon Omega Ruby might be pretty close. Oh, but I just bought a JP 3DS! ＨＡ　ＨＡ　ＨＡ

4)  It doesn’t feel like I got any better at moonrunes, maybe I should get off my lazy ass and actually try to remember the things I search up.

5) I haven’t been playing less games, I’m just less motivated to write about them. There weren’t a lot of kusoge i could rant on, and I’m getting bored of writing legit reviews. Might I’ll just start writing more casual impressions.

Highlights:

1) Senshinkan. It wasn’t as great as Dies Irae but it was definitely the most fun to read of all I read this year, text-wise.

2) Himawari. Probably the best VN out of everything that has that level of easy Japanese.

3) Oretsuba. Hilarious, and great heroines. Ou Jackson pls write more eroge.

4) Sen no Kiseki II. It wasn’t a conclusive game like Sora SC or Ao, but more like Act II of III in the Erebonian arc. I still liked the game a lot, but boy does it make you hungrier rather than full. Best gameplay so far, though.

5) Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo. It was a well-made spin-off with lots of effort put into it. Fukawa Touko best.

2015 Resolutions:

I’m not giving up on that backlog. The universe is infinitely expanding but it’s not like villains stop trying to conquer it.

Aoi Umi no Tristia + sequels – series 354089213 that I’ve been meaning to play for a while

Metal Max 4 – see above

Tales of Innocence R – I own it, might as well play it

Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – see above

Great Edo Blacksmith – Bought this on a whim because I was in the mood for a fanservicey RPG, but by the time it arrived I started playing something else

Shining Resonace  – I was meaning to play this when I bought it, really! But I started another game on the PS3 and it arrived before I finished the game I started, so….

Tales of Vesperia – The game mentioned above

Chaos Rings III – Was meaning to play this right after the second game, but got distracted by PS Nova

Shiei no Sona-Nyl – Now playing. It was about time that I got into the What A Beautiful series.

Kinki no Magna – I’m suffering from kusoge deficiency.

Bravely Default – I guess I should play this since I bought into the hype but then never touched it

Etrian Odyssey Untold – loved EO4, but for some reason I bought this game and never touched it. I think I was playing another game and forgot.

Dungeon Travelers 2 – Bought together with Sen no Kiseki II and Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo. Guess which one got ignored?

Moero Chronicle – If you notice a pattern in why games are backlogged, you’re not wrong.

 

I’m going to be a disappointment again this year, aren’t I?

My dreams are broken and I will become a normalfag

After having my hopes shot down in the final route of Senshinkan and dreams crushed in the Valentines Day movie, I arrived at a cruel truth: even in a porn game, I can’t get the girl of my dreams.

I will purge myself of all maniac hobbies and become a proper, upstanding member of society with an acceptable job and socially acceptable hobbies like chasing after 3D little girls instead of 2D little girls.

My mother, who got laid off and became a housewife, will take over my blog. Farewell, my friends, and enjoy the homemade pie recipes.

Liebster Awards (question thing)

Nominated by The Geek Clinic.

The copy-paste:

The Liebster Award was originally intended to give some exposure to small blogs, but let’s not worry about that. The rules are as follows:

1. Link back to the blogger who nominated you
2. Answer the 11 questions given to you by the blogger who nominated you
3. Nominate 11 6 other bloggers
4. Go to the blogs you nominated and notify them of your nomination
5. Give your nominees 11 questions to answer.

Happy Anniversary to Me

Oh hey it’s been 3 years since I started blabbing about games on the internet. Let’s hope I keep this up and don’t turn into one of those blogs that post 2 reviews every 6 months next year.

I sure hope I clear some of that backlog of 70+ games this year. How on earth do I even accumulate all that without being loaded.

 

No Internet

I have no internet for a while, also formatting harddrive. I can still check email on my phone at school, but anything else will have to wait.