@ifoldforgambit's diary

There's a very good twenty-hour game in here, stretched to forty. The first act is as good as anything in the genre; after that it starts repeating itself and I began to feel the length.

The best detective game I've played. Working out a sailor's name from his accent, or from which shoes he was wearing, is the most satisfying kind of deduction a game has ever asked of me.

I enjoyed it most once I stopped trying to finish it. As something to dip into for an hour it's lovely; as a thing to complete, it's a chore.

Two hours of wonderfully inventive short stories, each one playing completely differently. The house itself, stacked up and odd, is as much a character as anyone in it.

The calendar and social systems from Persona, moved into a fantasy kingdom, and the change of setting sharpens them. The archetype system is the best job system I've played in years.

Takes everything from the first and smooths it out; you get useful tools earlier and fights have more options. It's still slow and still strange, which is what I wanted.

A bullet-hell shooter in three dimensions, and a moody one. It's brutal, but nearly every death taught me something about a room or an enemy.

A creepy, clever card game played across a table from something you can't quite see. The less you know going in, the better.