1998
One of the best CRPGs I have ever played. While tonally a step down, to an extent, from Fallout 1, Fallout 2 surpasses 1 in just about every metric, from dialogue and story to gameplay. Surpasses New Vegas as my favorite Fallout game.
1997
One of the most interesting RPGs I've ever played. Despite a few frustrations and dated aspects this game shines with it's level of player freedom and really amazing story moments. Gameplay was also great, and got better the more you got into it.
2024
The only good bug is a dead bug.
2024
This is a damn masterpiece. Even if it lacks The Answer or the femc route this game is genuinely fantastic. It fixes every gameplay issue FES had and adds a shit ton to make battle and social aspects flow not only smoother but faster and much better than previously. This is the definitive way to play Persona 3, but you should still play portable as the older versions of P3 still have a lot to offer. Modded FES is acceptable as well.
Some of the best writing I've ever seen in a video game. Definitely the funniest writing I've seen as well. Can't recommend this enough!
2023
Pretty fun for a dollar. Bit RNG obviously but it's got a lot of style and I can appreciate that.
Consider this a full review of Intergrade and base Remake. This is one of the best action RPGs I've played and it's an interesting and fun retelling of one of my favorite JRPGs of all time. The music is fantastic, the gameplay is fun and frantic with tons of options of how you want to build your characters, and the story is incredibly engaging with lots of fun moments and cool characters. This is what I thought of the BASE game and Intergrade as a DLC really ups the anti with how fun Yuffie is to use. It really gets me hyped for Rebirth. Can't recommend enough, but maybe play the original first.
2022
A major step up from the first mod, and it really stops feeling like a mod. This is a lot of good content for completely free. Can't recommend it enough.
2017
For a mod? Pretty stellar in the beginning and it kinda gets lackluster towards the end. Still fun nonetheless, though in later sections playing on Nightmare was definitely not worth it. Reason I say that is because the massive damage increase made hit scan attacks like the final boss's enough to make me wanna break something. The final boss was honestly not being very enjoyable at all. My issues might have been skill related though so I'd recommend a starting run on normal.
A fantastic start to a mystery and a horribly sad start for someone who watched the anime. A must read.
2015
This review contains spoilers
Definitely a horror game. Had a lot of tense noise and music to get my heart pumping but the gameplay wasn't the main reason to stay I feel, it's the story. Having said that, I don't find myself truly buying into the story with my understanding of it. I cannot buy into the idea that AI brain scans are truly people so the main point of the story falls very flat for me. I can see how it would work were I able to suspend my disbelief but I can't. Nonetheless, the story still has plenty of entertainment value and will probably suit your taste if you're into psychological horror about the meaning of being human.
Since I played both I wrote individual reviews for each game, as a whole though this remake is a solid 9.
Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil -- 7/10 [NOTES] Played this for the first time using the remaster, since I never played the PS2 release I can't compare but I can compare it to Klonoa 1 which I've played a lot of. Klonoa 2 has a shorter jump, it takes way longer to move, shoot and do anything than it did in Klona 1. The game is slower paced and it feels like it's the "stereo typically" ps2 2.5D platformer. None of this is inherently bad, but coming from the fast paced platforming of Klonoa 1 to 2 feels a lot worse. The environments for levels is incredibly varied but the problem seeps it when the game starts having you revisit levels with different conditions. Klonoa 1 did this as well but not nearly as many times as Klonoa 2 does it. Not that these revisits are worse or better than the original, but it does get stale when I played for around 5 hours, did everything and didn't see as much as I wanted to. Klonoa 1 does the better job than 2. I'm currently replaying Klonoa 1 and will mention anything if my revisit finds me more fond of 2 than 1.
Klonoa Door to Phantomile [Replay of Remaster] -- 9/10 [NOTES] Pretty damn fuckin good, ps1 release is always and will always be a 10. The updated visuals are fantastic, much more noticeable coming from 2 to 1 as 1 was pixelated ps1 sprites. The gameplay itself is still the fun game it was on the ps1, albeit I found this version to be more floaty than the original, with a few issues with inputs though I'm willing to blame my controller. Highly recommend, though maybe play the ps1 version :3
-2023
Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil -- 7/10 [NOTES] Played this for the first time using the remaster, since I never played the PS2 release I can't compare but I can compare it to Klonoa 1 which I've played a lot of. Klonoa 2 has a shorter jump, it takes way longer to move, shoot and do anything than it did in Klona 1. The game is slower paced and it feels like it's the "stereo typically" ps2 2.5D platformer. None of this is inherently bad, but coming from the fast paced platforming of Klonoa 1 to 2 feels a lot worse. The environments for levels is incredibly varied but the problem seeps it when the game starts having you revisit levels with different conditions. Klonoa 1 did this as well but not nearly as many times as Klonoa 2 does it. Not that these revisits are worse or better than the original, but it does get stale when I played for around 5 hours, did everything and didn't see as much as I wanted to. Klonoa 1 does the better job than 2. I'm currently replaying Klonoa 1 and will mention anything if my revisit finds me more fond of 2 than 1.
Klonoa Door to Phantomile [Replay of Remaster] -- 9/10 [NOTES] Pretty damn fuckin good, ps1 release is always and will always be a 10. The updated visuals are fantastic, much more noticeable coming from 2 to 1 as 1 was pixelated ps1 sprites. The gameplay itself is still the fun game it was on the ps1, albeit I found this version to be more floaty than the original, with a few issues with inputs though I'm willing to blame my controller. Highly recommend, though maybe play the ps1 version :3
-2023
2023
Very enjoyable musou game with the best art style I've ever seen. The portraits at least, the graphics stand out less than each portrait but it does the job. Gameplay is super simple like most musous but it's a fun hack'n'slash all the same. Personally loved the story, never watched or read Fate but I might soon. - 2023
2003
This review contains spoilers
An amazing read. Probably the most tense I've felt reading anything. The writing builds tension and suspense wonderfully while throughly disturbing you with moments of horror and the mere idea of other aspects of it. It toys wonderfully with lovecraftian esque horror and the deep rooted psychological fears of what lies beyond the veil of human reason. It does bother me that at points characters will be stupid or act stupid for little reason, such as how the final and best written ending only happens if Koji decides to act retarded. Yoh's "death" also feels a bit lackluster in terms of her reasoning for going there. Has the same issue most horror movies have where when people die it doesn't feel like it was out of their control. Might be a personal issue though, still a fantastic read! - 2022
2020
Extremely disappointing, hollow gameplay with choices that feel the complete same. Boring mission structures, repetitive missions, and just overall nothing going for them. Each choice feels the exact same as any other, melee vs guns, guns vs any other gun it's all just the same. Leveling isn't very satisfiying with its choices as well. The story is mediocre to bad, barely anything to care about at all. The only good character is Johnny but unfortunately the person he plays off of is V who is the worst main character I've ever seen. He's a complete Mary-Sue with no real character and no real weight with any of his actions as he's given everything for free reputation wise. The only good thing this game has done is make it so Edgerunners exists. This game is not worth playing at all. - 2022