Huh. Well, in a shocking turn of events, reaching the end of a calendar didn’t end the world, so I guess I have more posts to do. Maybe hitting the end of the calender in the kitchen this Dec 31st will have more luck.
More shockingly, my pokemon weren’t healed when I won, so I end up having to escape with no more than a poisoned serperior on its last few hitpoints.
Anyway, outside! The ice has melted, and the formerly frozen trees are now…
Anyway, back to catch pokemon.
Now for Victory Road.
Up top is…Iris, it looks like.
Last time, The End.
But this is Pokemon, and the end never really is the end!
The game restarts with me in my room, just like it began. Oh, the panic I’d have felt if this was my first game. I freaked out enough at being outside my house in Blue.
So now I have to get to Dragonspiral Tower. Luckily this map shows you major locations and I determine that it’s near one of the various cities that are still greyed out. I have the choice of going through a tunnel or crossing a bridge, so naturally, let’s see if I can get across the damn bridge now.
Last Scenario is a Japanese-style RPG made in RPG Maker XP. This game is actually a bit special to me, because it was the first RPG Maker XP game (and one of the first RPG Maker games, period) I ever played, so it really introduced me to the concept in a lot of ways.
OFF is a free game that’s an okay entry into the odd indie game subgenre. If you like those, you should go download it, but it’s not so impressive I’d recommend it to everyone. If you’re going to play, you should do that before reading the rest of this. Also, I strongly advise that you use a walkthrough, as the puzzles quickly get annoying.
The Spirit Engine II is an interesting game. The title itself is a bit of a misnomer. It actually has nothing at all to do with the original Spirit Engine game – I guess the developer couldn’t think of any new title, so he just used the name brand of his previous game, a la Final Fantasy? I haven’t played the original game, though, so I have no idea how it compares and will only be discussing this one.
The simply-named Defender’s Quest is a tower defense game with RPG elements. Your “towers” are party members that level up and can get upgraded equipment and all the standard RPG stuff. Typical for the RPG genre, there is also a strong story element, even moreso than in Immortal Defense. Before and after every battle, you’re treated to an extensive cutscene where multiple characters interact.
Unfortunately, however, though the early game is excellent, the whole experience falls apart around the halfway mark and never really gets better.
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The Telepath RPG series is comprised of story-heavy western-style RPGs with tactics-based battle systems. There are currently three games in the series (though two of them can really be counted as part of the same game), as well as two spin-off games focused on gameplay over plot. Another entry to the main series is currently in development, as well. This review will focus on Telepath RPG Chapter 1 & Chapter 2, the first two games in the series.
Last time, I looked at the first entry into the Telepath RPG series. This is the next game in the series, Servants of God. It’s clear that this is where the developer started seriously pursuing game design as a career. It’s bigger, more professional-looking, and it has a price tag.
I remember being so hyped about this game when it first came out, and it is certainly a solid piece of work, but it’s not without its flaws. I think it definitely shows the lessons the developer learned from his earlier games and is an overall improvement, but it’s actually remarkably different from the first Telepath RPG in a number of ways.
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God dammit I just saw the player characters for the new Pokemon games and I think you all should have your days made more miserable too.
Okay, stood in line with the rest to get my shiny new pokegame, yay! Also, Gamestop apparently didn’t keep track of who got a preorder poster and who didn’t, because they gave me another one, also yay! Actually this was a good move on their part, I actually really wanted two since they’re double-sided and the possibility they might accidentally double their bonus means I’ll probably preorder from them again.
Pokemon X requires my 3ds do a system update. Last time I did this, my PS3 stopped working. Also, this system update appears to just be to prevent me from doing “unauthorized” anything. Luckily, the 3ds seems to be more robust.
Now it’s not reading my game.
Last time, my character changed out of her perfectly good pajamas and into her terrible official outfit.
I go down in the hopes Mom will tell me to go back up and take off the designer’s fetish outfit, but she’s fine with it.