This has been an analysis long in the making... I've mentioned before that I never analyze a game unless I've beaten it. Well, it took me just over two years to beat this behemoth. I started playing December 25th, 2019. I beat the game December 31, 2021. This was without question my greatest gaming accomplishment ever. Forget being the best at mashing buttons, this game pushed … [Read more...]
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – The Last Great Entry In The Series
So, after analyzing Paper Mario: Color Splash, I figured I owed it to myself to analyze a good entry in the once beloved series of Paper Mario. And, while the original is indeed a fantastic game, it can't hold a candle to its direct sequel, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (PMTTYD). On a side note, as I sat down to write this analysis, I realized this will be my third RPG … [Read more...]
Octopath Traveler – 8 Characters, 8 Stories, 1 Fun Game
Long ago I became disenchanted by JRPG's. They were long. They were tedious. They were all the same. In a word: boring. News of a new Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest was as exciting to me as a lecture on ontological empiricism. In this genre of games, there seemed to be little in the way of innovation. So, why, you might ask, would I even bother to play Octopath Traveler (OT), a … [Read more...]
Golden Sun – A Solid Gem in the GBA Library
I've been pretty dang bored, lately. I've got many, many games, but my problem is, I've played them all too many times. Needing a break from the usual, more recent stuff, I decided to pull out my old GBA stash of games, as I haven't touched that handheld system in years. That's when I decided to replay Golden Sun (GS). I have fond memories of playing this game nearly 20 years … [Read more...]
Paper Mario: Color Splash – A Frustrating Entry In A Once Beloved Series
The WiiU gets a pretty bad rap these days, one would consider it Nintendo's "red-headed stepchild" if it weren't for the literally red-headed Virtual Boy *rimshot*. But I will always maintain that the system did have some good games. Not a lot, mind you, but some. Unfortunately, the system did suffer from a number of missteps. Games that had potential but were bogged down by … [Read more...]