This game had me needing answers for all the mind fuckery it throws at you in the second act for the entire year. The fact this game was written, programmed, and all the art was drawn by one person is completely mind boggling to me. Never played a VN that has managed to make me fall in love with every single character and just want them to be safe and happy. Covers some pretty dark topics but is handled masterfully and the twists and foreshadowing done in this story are 10/10.

The second half of a complete mind breaking VN that makes you question everything.

The first half of a complete mind breaking VN that makes you question everything.

Conclusion to the Crossbell and Cold Steel ark. Combat is even more broken, don't mind me making Emma into a magical nuke.

The only Atelier game with a stroy but my god is everything about this game beautiful.

Introduces some amazing QoL features that make foraging even easier.

Making more meth and bombs but now we also develop a village. Also tons of reoccurring characters appear to control again.

No story but cooking meth and making bombs is so much fun!

I love murdering people. Also the replayability of the game is insane. The story was unexpectedly really good as well.

A very safe but marvellous JRPG that you can sink 100 hours into.

Highly addictive rhythm game with 500+ songs to play.

A game that truly challenges your logic and reasoning and make you feel like a real detective by taking notes of everything you find in crime scenes.

One of the best Ys games, love the fighting just wish the OST was better.

Crazy addictive but Jesus christ does it get difficult, also fuck you Monk!

Amazing deck builder.

Really great especially was the first to introduce the party formation, just wish the graphics were better.

The game is great but the ending felt super abrupt.

Finale in the series and damn it didn't disappoint, some of the most fun puzzles in the series.

Second in the series and the story starts to get good and introduces a new mechanic to make it stand out.

The first in the series and it's really good but does imitate the room series a bit too much.

Really good puzzle game but had expectations a bit too high.

I did enjoy this Atelier game but ended up rushing it and not getting that deep into the alchemey, will defo need to return to it.

A good Ys game but damn this has to be the hardest, also stupid fucking dash jump.

Decent VN where you fall in love with alien boy.

Pretty fun game that mixes Peggle and a rouge like.

Probably the hardest game I played but damn does it have some amazing atmosphere.

Pretty interesting story but felt too short and underutilized certain features.

Pretty cute and fun casual RPG but 100%ing is a nightmare.

It's alright but got fucked over by lack of QoL features and also omfg use a guide or you are screwed.

Short escape room to play with a friend to practise communication skills.

I generally don't remember anything about the story and also stupid puzzles.

Short VN but felt like a Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V of Virtues Last Reward.

Still hard but there's magic but omfg I got lost even while using a guide

Old games were ruthless ;-;.

Cute spooky ghost game for Halloween.

good premise which can get philosophical but gets boring after your first run.

cute mindless fruit game.

sudoku but with kitties :D.

monster porn.

Silly furry porn game that had 100 easy achievements.

Biggest disappointment of the year, wrote a 5,000 critique breaking down everything wrong with this game.