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Lesbian vampire prince. Lover of dansou, idols, cosplay, theaters and I guess I play games now and then. Also a game developer and video producer.
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Favorite Games

Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure
Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation - 1
Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation - 1
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Doom 3
Doom 3
Kindred Spirits on the Roof
Kindred Spirits on the Roof

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Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark

Mar 28

Alone in the Dark: Inferno
Alone in the Dark: Inferno

Mar 27

Dragon's Dogma II
Dragon's Dogma II

Mar 26

Alone in the Dark Prologue: Grace in the Dark
Alone in the Dark Prologue: Grace in the Dark

Mar 25

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Mar 11

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83 hours. All side quests. All world intel. Wow. Just wow. What an absolute masterpiece. Part 3 now. Please.

In 2005, we got a Nintendo DS. Shortly after we picked up a game called Another Code: Two Memories because we like puzzling adventure titles and needed something to play while going on the bus or train. It became our favourite Nintendo DS game of all time and Ashley Mizuki Robins became one of our favourite video game leads ever.

Four years later we picked up Another Code: R - A Journey Into Lost Memories on Wii, and while it didn't impress us as much as the first game, we left it happy to have played it. We could never have imagined that Arc System Works would end up developing a remake of both games from the ground up for Switch, but here we are in 2024 with Another Code: Recollection.

The best Another Code game to date.

Retelling both of the previous two games, Recollection makes the interesting creative choice of mostly keeping the first game narratively intact while greatly changing up the sequel. This could have easily harmed the game, but ends up strengthening its writing immensely in the end as it ties the two stories together as one in a way that feels so perfectly cohesive that it took us a considerable amount of time to realize how much had actually been changed.

The plot has a nice blend of expected developments and clever twists and despite the often absurd fantastical aspects of the story it pulls through thanks to sheer sincerity about its subject matter. It's so easy to be immersed in Ashley and her co-stars' story of coping with loss and PTSD through a deeply emotional scenario focused on rewriting memories, especially thanks to the excellent voice acting at hand.

The the DS and Wii games made heavy use of unique hardware gimmicks for its puzzle design, resulting in the Switch requiring to change things up quite a lot. But the puzzles created for the game are fun and feel like classic adventure game material. If there's anything we felt was lacking, it's that the first game, Two Memories, felt somewhat rushed compared to its sequel. But by the time we reached the credits it didn't matter at all.

This is a game tailor made for us, and we loved every moment of it.

When we started playing Alan Wake II we were extremely disappointed in what was a highly anticipated sequel to our GOTY of 2010. But by the time the credits rolled we had completely turned around on it. An absolute work of art.

The game has some flaws that should probably hurt it more than it does. The case board gameplay is rarely engaging and far too prone to bugs and tedious busywork, the combat often feels sluggish and lacks the simplicity of the original game and the opening hours are incredibly slow.

But once it gets going, it never stops impressing. The writing is stellar, the characters are all memorable and engaging, the horror is superb and the ongoing meta-narrative from the first game and Remedy's Control hits better than ever.

It's very rare to feel that waiting 13 years for something was worth it. But Alan Wake II is... but maybe play it on "Story" difficulty to avoid the combat becoming too tedious.