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Valthirian Arc: A near perfect mobile game, but that's all it is.

(Random smartassery: "it's not on mobile!" No. But it should be. Because it's essentially a mobile game.)When this game launched, I believe they wanted some $40 for it. I could tell from the demo that it wasn't going to be worth that.I got lucky and picked it up on sale for under $10. I'd say it'

Mister Stackz · Aug 17, 2020 · 3 min read

Terranigma: There's a reason this was never released worldwide.

I think I've finally identified an overall worse game than Ephemeral Fantasia.What I Liked..............I'm thinking!I guess I can give kudos for some of the music.What I Didn't LikeI'm not going to beat the game up over everything that was a failure; there's just too much.Instead, I'll target its w

Mister Stackz · Aug 15, 2020 · 1 min read

Wild ARMs 5: The definition of convoluted.

While I remain a huge fan of the whistling found in Wild ARMs 1, disappointed in its loss in 2 and bemused with the 3rd, I actually hung up the gloves on the series entirely. I decided to revisit now that I'm older and a bit more tolerant of things.It took some hardcore thought on how to write this

Mister Stackz · Aug 11, 2020 · 2 min read

Shining Tears: A newfound appreciation for indie games.

Shining in the Darkness was a beautiful, terrible game.Shining Force 1 was an ugly, fun game.Shining Force 2 was not memorable.That was the last of my journey with the 'Shining' Series of games. A friend enjoyed Shining Force EXA with what he referred to as 'killer pigs' but I couldn't bring myself

Mister Stackz · Jul 7, 2020 · 2 min read