Any news on this would be great. I was surprised to see there wasn't a public API.

Is there a way to make completion date the default when switching to the review tab?

I just finished TWEWY for the first time and am blown away in every sense. I think it might be the best all around game I've ever played, like objectively. Is it my favorite game? IDK. Definitely top 5 at least, but: it expertly achieves the things it sets out to do, and in an insanely unique way. It completely subverted my expectations. I went in jokingly saying things like "Okay here we go it's Sora with some amnesia haha, time to discover the power of friendship", but the game goes so much deeper than that and actually gives Neku and the other characters real character development. The message of the game is actually important and I personally needed that reminder. It's so applicable and really resonates. I put spoiler tags here because the fact that this game had a real message took me completely off guard, and was super effective.

I understand that the battle system is not for everyone with the divided attention and whatnot. However, with that caveat out of the way, I think it's one of the best/most robust battle systems I've ever played (And I just finished Xenoblade 3 too, so that's saying something). Combine that with a unique, well-executed story that I haven't seen before and *chef's kiss*. I can't say enough about this game, and am now looking for more media discussing it, analyzing it, etc.. I am wondering if the sequels and worth picking up as well.

I wish I had had time to play during the Game of the Month, but I just finished it and this game is an instant favorite for me. Everything was air-tight in my opinion (played on the DS).

Feel free to add me as well - I mainly play RPGs but branch out every now & then. I try to write reviews for every game I beat.

I just finished it on the neutral path (unknowingly) and loved the game, though had trouble with some of the bosses for sure. I would like to do the pacifist route, but I don't know if I have the patience to run the game again a 2nd time. I might do it in the future though.

Update - I finished the pacifist route and found it very worth it. The game was telling me about determination the entire time, and that's what I needed to beat the pacifist route (that, and the temmie armor).

This game now holds a special place for me, but I do have one personal critique: I believe games should be self-contained in one play through. I think introducing redundancy as a mechanic is almost never a good idea (i.e. Bravely Default is the worst offender I've encountered). Undertale has a very short runtime, which mitigates this issue.That being said, I think it would have been more eloquent to have some sort of event or something give the player a revelation that you are effectively murdering the members of the monster society, and that these aren't just faceless monsters as in almost every other RPG. Waiting until endgame to throw this back at the player was a bit clunky IMO.

Personally I like to just finish it regardless of whether I connect with it or not. Believe you me, I got twin toddler boys and work 55ish hrs a week so I get the limitation of time but I always feel more satisfied when I see a games end credits. Alot of the time when I dont connect with a game all that quickly I wind up realizing that the whole of the journey was alot of fun come the end credits but the individual pieces werent all that great when you look at them individually and if a game winds up being not worth mentioning by the time I see end credits ill sell the damn game and make sure the next game I play is a guaranteed banger. It makes that banger much sweeter when I still have a junky games taste in my mouth.

I do my best to finish the games as well. I'd say if I were to rate a game a 5/10, then maybe I would drop it. But the games I choose to play do more for me than a 5/10.

I just got Tactics Ogre Reborn in the mail yesterday, I accidentally ordered the PEGI copy but eh, its all the same game anyway.

I wish they had released this for the 3DS also!! I played Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis not too long ago and loved it

These are my acquisitions so far for 2024. Have been meaning to buy the whole Xenoblade Chronicles-series for the Switch for some time now, so finally started and picked up the first one.

Heard Gravity Rush 2 may be remastered for PS5, so thought it best to finally pick up a copy of the original, because there is not many available where I live.

I have beaten Hades and own it physical on the Switch, but it's one of my favorite games of all time so I would really like to have it on the PS5 too.

I plan to spend a bit more money than usual on game collecting in April, so should be able to pick up 4-5 games in the coming weeks.

Hope you enjoy the Xenoseries! I just picked up and started Xenoblade 2 yesterday.

The only game I finished in April was 7th Dragon iii Code:VFD

8/10 - Review

I generally do some research and make sure I will like the game before I start it. Even if I don't like it as much as I thought I would, usually I still like it enough to complete it. But this is why I prefer shorter games in general; Less of a time sink if it's not the best game in the world. The last game I had to really push through was Stella Glow...but in the end I did beat it.

So far this year I have played:

Mother 3 (one of my favorite games now),
Stella Glow,
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

What I would like to play this year:

7th Dragon iii Code:VFD (currently playing)
Radiant Historia
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Xenoblade 2