Storybook Luster
High Exploring the vast, vibrant, and glorious world.
Low Mandatory side quests galore.
WTF No Studio Ghibli cutscenes this time around.
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Prince’s Edition Review
Tag: Level-5
Fantasy Life Review
Samey variety
HIGH Toppling a ferocious dragon with a massive, exhilarating combo.
LOW Long-winded conversations.
WTF Each song that plays when a job is mastered.
The Starship Damrey Review
Understated in Outer Space
HIGH A spooky sci-fi tone and clever use of robots.
LOW Overlooking a crucial key and getting stuuuuuuck.
WTF That's what the oil was for? Really?
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Review
…and the Bland Played On
HIGH The visit to the Fairyground.
LOW Losing the third phase of the final boss battle because of stun-locking.
WTF So I'm in a nursery inside a fairy's reproductive system?
Crimson Shroud Review
An Hour and a Half for $8
HIGH The tabletop-style game presentation.
LOW Quitting at Geyserm Waterway.
WTF Why would anyone award a required item randomly?
Professor Layton and the Last Specter Second Opinion
Another Cup of Tea, Professor… I'm Falling Asleep
HIGH Seeing more puzzles integrated into the story events.
LOW Buying all the clues to a puzzle and still not knowing how to solve it.
WTF Straightforward equations shouldn't count as puzzles.
Professor Layton and the Last Specter Review
Lost in the Mist
HIGH That moment when a puzzle that seemed to have no answer suddenly crystallized in my mind.
LOW Every single moment of the subplot with Chief Jakes is terrible.
WTF That's Goosey!
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Review
Good Things Come in Small Packages
HIGH Finding a rare piece of equipment in one of the game's numerous optional dungeons.
LOW Grinding for hours on end so you can afford to buy new gear.
WTF Why is it so damn hard to unlock most of the advanced jobs? We're not masochists, Level-5…
White Knight Chronicles: International Edition Review
Not so Massively Multiplayer
HIGH Babysitting macho physical fighters with my tiny, old, somewhat sinister looking mage.
LOW Some of the most obtuse menus I've ever seen. Whoever was in charge must be a maze fetishist.
WTF Web 2.0? In my JRPG?
Jeanne D’Arc – Review
"About ancient history… it's called Jeanne D'Arc, and it's all about this big war that happened, but it's weird because the two sides are the French and the English and at first I couldn't figure out was going on because there weren't any Nazis or zombies or anything."
"Jeanne D'Arc… is that the same as Joan of Arc? That one chick that dressed up like a guy to play football or something?"
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