Langrisser Reincarnation: One Route Complete + Thoughts/Review

Okay, I've completed one route in the game, the Light one. I know there are more routes and I do plan to play them, but I think I have enough information to write my thoughts about the game.

Yes, yes, I know. We all already know that this is a bad game. But let me just say a few things.

 

Azur Lane: Crosswave - Thoughts/Review

To note: I do play the smartphone game.

I have beaten all of the stories, tried all of the modes, and have completed all of the side-battles.

I've not completely, completely finished the game as in, 100%, but the only thing left is to listen to all of the short stories, so I think I can give my impressions of the game now.

Also, to explain the game, I'll be using the main image below to go over each mode.

Finally my new games arrive!

 I'm not gonna say who, but I ordered and I chose Express, but apparently that counts as Economy too, since everything got shipped through Economy, and I had to wait until today to get my items. Yeah, I will definitely think twice before I order physical products from your store next time.

Anyways, I bought several games this time. So I'm gonna use a Read More to stuff all of the images inside.

AAAAAAAAAHHH! I finally truly completed Xenoblade DE! (100% Acheivements)

Holy crap that was torturous.
I mean, defeating 1000s of enemies, pressing a button before battle 100s of times, seeing 12:00AM to 5:00AM for over 300 days...
It was as grindy as it gets.

And the worst part? You don't know how far you are. There is no counter for, like, how many enemies you have defeated. You just have to keep on defeating them.
Heck, for all you know, you could be doing it wrong and the counter isn't even going up.

However, since you can modify your own levels now, stuff like dying a whole bunch of times and all are much easier to do.
It was still hell though!

Xenoblade DE: Stories Completed + Short Final Thoughts

Yeah, you might have been wondering where I disappeared to. That's because I was taking my sweet time to do EVERYTHING possible in the game.
I completed all of the quests in the DE-added story and then completed the story. After that, I started the main game and so far, I have beaten the main story, but I have not completed all of the quests, as I am still Level 90 and can't beat the quests involving higher-level enemies.

Overall, 20 hours for the Future story + 80 for the Main story, totally 100 hours. But of course, I'm still going to continue playing for a while to beat more of the game, such as the Lv100+ Uniques.

Of course I bought it! ( ･´ｰ･｀)

I've been too busy actually playing the game, but of course I bought Xenoblade DE on its release day.
Well, technically, I used my remaining Nintendo Ticket (the thing you buy and can later trade for games) to DL it.
Since I've already beaten the game before (in the original version), I went ahead and am playing through the new additional scenario.

Trials of Mana Main Story Finished + Thoughts/Review

Technically, you need to play the game three times in order to see all of the scenarios, as it branches off to different stories depending on your protagonist (two characters share one story), but I think I've seen enough to speak about the game.

Not only is this game localized (since it came out recently, I don't even think I need to mention this though), but you can actually switch both voice and text to different languages.
...I mean, if you want to listen to the dub...?

New Game!

This should bide me until Xenoblade.
I did play the trial version, so I am continuing off of it.

I actually intended to get the physical, English version, but Gamestops nearby apparently didn't have this game in-stock.
So... Yeah, thanks, Gamestop. You are truly useful.

Also, unrelated, but I did beat the Ice Dragon/Ruler in Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 before Trials of Mana came out.
So I guess I can say that I tried post-game, at least?
And... He didn't drop any item, even though he could drop three types. Nice.

Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2: Finished + Thoughts!

 I bought the game quite a while back when it was being sold at a good discount, but I only finally got around to it. I think it did a good job to get me through the waiting for Trials of Mana and Xenoblade.
This was when I bought it, BTW.
https://tdnshumi.blogspot.com/2019/11/hmm.html

And yes, this game has not been localized. Only the first one has.

Stella Glow - Translated Anastasia Ending

Yeah... Color me as surprised as you. I only just discovered this.
So it seems that there was originally an Anastasia ED in the game, but it was never used. When the Spanish community was creating a translation patch for the game, it was discovered. And the datamined conversation was revealed in late 2018.

I got this information from here.
There is also a video where the game was hacked to forcibly replay the ED (in Spanish), but the video is unlisted for some reason, so I'm not going to link to it.
Also, as you may expect, as this is an unused ED, there is no CG.

I'm not going to waste time saying too much, but you know the usuals about fan-translation. As long as you get the idea of what is going on.
I have never played the localized version, so if there are some special speech patterns or ways a character calls another, I probably didn't catch those parts.
Also, I wasn't really sure how to translate my-pace, which is a Japanese English phrase, so I left it as that.

Gunvolt: Striker Pack Finished! + Thoughts

Phew, well, at least I finally tried out the game. I've always had some interest in it, so it was a good chance to try out a genre I usually don't play.
Like the description of the game goes, this Pack contains the first and second games. 2-in-1.

By the way, the Switch version can be bought here:
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/azure-striker-gunvolt-striker-pack-switch/

WIXOSS: Booster Pack Opening - WXD-10 Collision

Two boxes as usual!
This time, they did another collaboration with with the virtual Youtuber group, Nisanji.
Personally, I'm not too interested in them, but it looks like this time, no one is a Lrig. I mean, there are a couple of Level 0 ones, but nothing above that. The "big" card for the collaboration is a Signi.

...That said, the Nisanji cards are the most expensive in this pack. Goes to show you how popular the group is, perhaps.

Also, not much focus on any one character. Very spread out. It is like every class getting one or two cards... That kind of spread-out.

Prison Princess: Complete and Review

So there goes my first escape game. Not really currently playing much now, just Gunvolt. Looking forward to Rune Factory 5, Megami Tensei, and Xenoblade this year.

BTW, the localized version is available for download too:
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/prison-princess-switch/

Since one image in this article has pantyshots, I guess you can say reading more is NSFW.

New Games! (`・ω・́)

There are a few big games I plan to buy this year, but as of now, I've been enjoying some smaller games.

The first one I bought is Gunvolt Striker Pack, which is a collection of two Gunvolt games. To be honest, I've never really played these types of games before (not even Megaman), but I've had interest in it before and I saw it 50% off, so I decided to take this opportunity to try it.
I don't know too much about this genre, but I personally think 50$ is too much. I bought it at 25$, which still feels a bit too high.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/azure-striker-gunvolt-striker-pack-switch/

The next one is Prison Princess.
Similarly to Gunvolt, I've never really played the Escape Game genre before, but here is a Switch-only one with lots of fanservice, so hey, a good opportunity. It was also sold slightly cheaper if you bought it before the game's release.
By the way, this one is localized too.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/prison-princess-switch/

World End Syndrome - Finished and Thoughts

So I bought this game when I saw it discounted. I've always had some interest in it though, because I liked the art style of the characters, but I never got around to buying it. So I took the opportunity to buy it when I saw a good discount on it.

I do want to say a few things about the story too, so I will start with some thoughts of the game in general and then proceed to spoiler-type stuff.

Also, it is localized
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/worldend-syndrome-switch/