Review: Final Fantasy XV (video game)

Current mood: (chapter 1) I'm going to cry (chapter 2) I'm going to cry (chapter 3) I'm going to cry ... (chapter 9) ok I'm crying

After (finally) getting the platinum for Tales of Graces f, I was thinking of going back to a PS4 game (I alternate consoles between games to keep things fresh) but I didn't want to play another action game... and here I am, playing exactly that.

This game is nearly 7 years old! Man, I'm really slow on the uptake. It's the infamous 10-year development hell game -- Final Fantasy XV! Usual disclaimer: getting spoiled on things does not make me immune to feels.

Review: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (video game)

Current mood: rated 17+ for asshole adults and child soldiers

I was supposed to play God Eater 2 Rage Burst but that game proved to be too difficult for my puny brain to process and so here I am, completing something else entirely. These two have been hanging out in my backlog as jrpg-adjacent games that I convinced myself to get because one comes from a sickeningly popular franchise and another contains the genius which is Go Shiina. Take a wild guess which is which.

Type-0 was originally a PSP game set within the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythos. Like any game in the FNC collection, there are staples like fal'cie and l'cie, gods pulse and etro, of crystals and focuses, but otherwise the lore is independent of the other series in the collection which is the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. The HD version was later developed for international release and new gen consoles and PC in 2015, so here we are.