WatchMaker
2016
the devs had 2 explicit goals for this title: make one of the best games of all time and no pants allowed
everyone told me it gets really bad after this part and while I believe them I have to keep following where this gang goes. trails in the sky fc was nicely paced and the perfect idea of what a first chapter should be to me, and sc closes their story perfectly if you ignore all the cliffhangers and sequels. joshua and estelle are young and silly and trying too hard to do too much but theres no way they could ever do any less and thats why we love them.
cried a lot, I mained mashu because punching types are my favorite kind of guy to play. Glad I finally learned where the heck shulk was. Felt my heart breaking and reconstructing itself as the credits rolled, 3 >100 hour games, a trilogy finished but not over, I hope the gangs are happy wherever they are.
2021
I followed this for the first year if you count retweeting art of girls as following. And then they came out with track mari and I decided I had to lock in for at least 6 months. I got my spark and my track mari but I also received peak fiction. I think hifumi "I love cliches" speech enjoyers should be giving out less 1 stars and more "hooooooly moly" ratings to games with soul but arent really good. I dont like the gameplay very much but its a gacha and you cant convince me they can be anything but reloads and micromanaging rng (and macromanaging rng by getting good rolls).
2014
you look like a rockstar
what can I say beyond memes here, I love when people shove the situation into someones face and the protag goes "uhh nuh uh no nope yeah not true" . There are lot of jokes and real criticisms about the bloat but to me its really soul pulling when Battler screams at Beatrice for 40 seconds on auto mode over being tricked or bamboozled.
2016
I am a huge sucker for bro stories. Just the guys doing stuff. Everyone calls FF15 a road trip game up until the city with the little sister and its so true. The open world was pretty empty, mostly long roads and wide fields, but filled with memories. I never used the fast travel and manually drove wherever I went, excited every time Prompto grabbed our attention to get a nice photo op with the boys. It had zero mechanical reasons to be there, but for the reason of making me cry it was a 10/10 addition. Trudging thru dungeons, spamming sword teleports, chilling at camp with the gang, talking to the hot mechanic girl, its a perfect tale of summer vacation.
less good because theres less battler seething but ange saves the show
you REALLY gotta like uchikoshi for this
paranormasight is the 7/10 vn , definition of mid kino, its like I could see something being thrown at my face and I was like "yeah no way thats going to hit my face" so I dont move and yeah it didnt hit my face but it rammed my balls and oh god it hurts. A fun interesting vn with immaculate spooky vibes to bite into for a week
I was so excited for this game but the plot has already jumped the shark and I never wanted to use any weapons beyond hiding in a bush shooting off parts with a longbow. Riding animals felt awful because of how mountainous everywhere is and theres a glider that is more of a "mitigate fall damage" device than a BotW fly anywhere from a high altitude device
2018
have you ever wanted a cute sister that becomes your girlfriend thru supernatural battle
need more games that are willing to be silly with their whole chest
Kea my love. Lame ass ending that I need to finish cold steel to learn what is up
2010
the first kinoblade