Higurashi: When They Cry Hou Chapter 7 – Minagoroshi Review
Through determination, luck, and New Game Plus, the truth shall be revealed, and a miracle shall save us all… or not.
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Rundown (10/20-10/26) Double the Stamina, Half the Fun
Wherein I discuss the spookiest part of my favorite live service, the continuation of the saga of true love, the struggles of localizing niche hentai games, and the 76th fumble.
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Higurashi: When They Cry Hou Chapter 6 – Tsumihoroboshi Review
After waiting a year of “TLC and editing” and a month for the mod to be updated, it’s finally here!
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Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ 2016 Version Review
‘Cos you gotta Go! Go! ‘fore you can Stay! Stay!
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Higurashi: When They Cry Hou Chapter 5 – Meakashi Review
Another few months have passed, and another chapter of Higurashi has been released. I have been reviewing this series as the new translated versions have been coming out from MangaGamer, and after reviewing the four part Question Arc, it is finally time to dive into the Answer Arc, Higurashi: When They Cry Kai. (more…)
Higurashi: When They Cry Chapter 4 – Himatsubushi Review
Seeing as how I reviewed chapter 3 of Higurashi a mere 2 weeks ago, I don’t really have much of an introduction for this review. I said a large number of great things about it, and was excited to see how the fourth chapter in this series played out. So I’m going to cut all pretenses and jump right in. (more…)
Higurashi: When They Cry Chapter 3 – Tatarigoroshi Review
So, it’s been about a year since I last touched the Higurashi series with chapter 2, even longer since I reviewed chapter 1, and I really don’t have much of an excuse for that. While the second installment did not captivate me like the first, it was never my intention to give up on the series after I more or less stated that I intended on exploring this series of visual novels in its entirety. The series simply slipped my mind for several months, and only recently did I so much as purchase the currently released chapters. So without further ado, Higurashi: When They Cry Chapter 3 – Tatarigoroshi. (more…)
Cho Dengeki Stryker Review
Considering how this is my third review of one in the past three months, I shouldn’t need to preface how I enjoy visual novels, specifically of the Japanese variety. When done right, they are able to tell captivating stories with an enjoyable cast of characters, often interspersed with a lot of things that would be difficult to do in another medium. But that’s not to say that the medium is free of its own share of trash. So without further ado, time to talk about Cho Dengeki Stryker! (more…)
Higurashi: When They Cry Chapter 2 – Watanagashi Review
A few months ago, I reviewed the first chapter of MangaGamer’s retranslation of the decade-old Doujin darling that is the Higurashi series, liking it quite a lot, and choosing to dedicate myself to see this series through as it gradually releases over the next few years. Once again, I played the game using a fan created mod that adds in new visuals, changes the aspect ratio, and gives the game voice acting, all of which were from a PS3 compilation of these games, but not the PC version. You can find the mod here. (more…)
Rundown (8/30-9/05) Metal Gear Anx!ety: Borderline Obsessive Perfectionist
Metal Gear Solid V came out this week, and people are unsurprisingly adoring the game. However, even if I weren’t keeping to my word to not buy the game before September 1, 2017, as to make my claim that I wouldn’t buy the game for ‘years’, I don’t think I’d be that interested. Quite simply, the base building, open world, and ranking systems all sound like the worst thing you could do with a narrative driven stealth game. Missions? Fine. But ranking and grading systems stir all sorts of bad anxieties inside my butthole. (more…)
Higurashi: When They Cry Chapter 1 – Onikakushi Review
Higurashi: When They Cry is a series of visual novels originally released at Comiket in 2002, and since then have received fourteen Sound Novels, a 38 volume manga series, a total of fifty anime episodes and OVAs, 21 light novels, two live action films, and more. Following a particularly poor translation of the eight main titles of this series, MangaGamer decided that while they are porting over quality visual novels and eroge, they could tackle this beast with their workforce. Oh, but they could not secure the assets from the recently released PS3 version for this PC release. But, somebody made a mod so you may install the backgrounds, sprites, and Japanese voiceover in order to help enhance the experience. You can find out how to install the mod in the Steam Community Guides for this title. (more…)
Go! Go! Nippon ~My First Trip To Japan~ Review
The fact I have an anime section on this blog should make my opinions on Japan pretty clear, but I’ve got a paragraph to fill, so I’ll yack a bit. I’m not the type of person who wants to or has travelled very much in their life. While there is a certain appeal to visiting new locals, the transportation and in the case of very far away places, a language barrier I would need a paid assistant to help me with. And even though Japan does have a bunch of cool shit in it, I would much prefer to build a machine to plop the country right next to California and wait for English to become a common second language in the reclusive country. Oh, and for the sake of this review, I’m calling Go! Go! Nippon ~My First Trip To Japan~ as its subtitle because the punctuation of Go! Go! ticks me off. (more…)