Author Archives: St. Elmo's Fire

Exogenesis demo – Guest Review

I found this visual novel on Kickstarter and tried out the demo. Supposedly, the game is heavily inspired by the Ace Attorney and Zero Escape series. I have mixed feelings toward both, but it seemed like the problems I have with them (plotlessness and bizarre over-the-top pseudoscience mindscrews, respectively) wouldn’t be present from the blurb I read. (more…)

The Reconstruction Part 39 (Guest Review)

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So Wadassia has exclusive dibs on the only unexplored territory left in the world, just in case the other nations were thinking about getting uppity. They’re just rubbing it in at this point. Why is the plot of this game not about burning Wadassia to the ground and salting the ashes? It would solve so much. (more…)

The Reconstruction Part 38 (Guest Review)

After the last interlude, we skip to the guild at Wadassia, where Ques is signing off. He says that he actually came to enjoy being in the guild and will miss them, which is a nice and believable bit of character development. If only the other minor characters got the same basic consideration. (more…)