Feb 2026
Lots of Buildup and Anticipation Towards RE9
In Progress:
FFXIV
FFXI
Benefitship
Very short VN involving newly acquainted roommates that quickly engage in romance through accidental encounters and unexpected anatomy. The characters and interactions are actually pretty believable with great voice acting. Some of the progression though is a bit abrupt as after the end of an incident it will immediately cut to a time skip. Scenes are solid and help fill the demand for this niche fetish.
If you're into this sort of thing, definitely recommend as it's cheap and pretty good for what there is.
Space Comedy AVN with surprisingly tame scenes but some genuine writing. The humor is can be borderline juvenile at times but that doesn't mean it didn't still make me laugh here and there. There's also some genuinely great interactions and writing when growing with your teammates and learning about their own struggles/dreams. Unfortunately the better writing can easily be missed when choosing the more renegade options as they often just outright skip dialogue with little to no repercussions other than maybe missed scenes. In fact, the whole stat system (choosing kindness, witty, or rude) doesn't seem to pay off from memory. No real lockouts or changes in story other than the immediate conversation. A wide variety of death scenes in case you choose really poorly which are often more of a funny moment than a bad end especially since you can quickly return to the question before your demise.
Despite being particularly vanilla, scenes are still animated well and offer a decent variety of partners to engage with. Of course, if you are not interested in seeing the scenes at all you are more than able to refuse them and continue the story without issue. Still I am pretty remiss that the scenes were as basic as they are considering you are working through quite a bit of story between them.
All in all, a fairly decent reading experience with just enough rewarding scenes to get you through. Humor can be excessive and low bar, but not necessarily bad. The overall story progression can be a bit of a slow burn at the beginning and feels a bit of an abrupt end. Definitely going to be checking out Season 2 with some hopes of spicier scenes and expanding upon the solid character developments they have set up.
In anticipation for RE9, I thought I’d go back to a RE game and play through it once more. Since I’ve only ever done the base platinum for RE7 on the PS4, now was an opportunity to go through it on Steam and do the update content as well. Boy oh boy was that a challenge. The base games hardest difficulty, Madhouse, is fairly challenging but not too bad outside of key parts (or specific enemies I should say). The update hardest difficulties (Not a Hero: Professional and End of Zoe: Joe Must Die) are pretty diabolical. More enemies, crazy trap placements, and just about anything will kill you (with the added difficulty of limited saves). EoZ being the worst due to the swamps, plethora of traps, and just the nature of the content. It also renewed my disgust towards the smaller faster molded that seem to take a magnum shot even on the easiest difficulty and still walk away despite the supposed lower health pool. Then there’s the ultimate challenge… Ethan Must Die. A specially rigged mode that has you make it through the house to unlock and fight Marguerite with nothing but a knife and randomized item drops. It is brutal and takes a lot of attempts just to learn each step forward before actually getting to the end zone. Luckily your dead body will leave behind a randomized item from your last run… but it won’t always be enough to save you. Even on my successful run I had nothing but a knife to my name and a dream in the final moments.
So, what did this completion mean for me? Well, RE7 is definitely a welcome return to survival horror and a great game… but the flaws have only become more apparent. Enemy variety and balancing sucks. Both visually and gameplay. The first person is neat but the running speed feels really SLOW. Almost no skippable cutscenes. The flashlight usage is determined by the character, not you.
SPOILERS: I’d also like to take the time to note that the complaints that RE8 advertised with Lady D despite only being only the first quarter(ish) of the game… but the same can be said for Jack. They both serve a pursuer role and are dealt with in a very early stage of the game (with a slight but minimal exception with a later RE7 segment). Mostly just saying this because it seems like a very common complaint but RE7 would have a similar issue but isn’t held to the same standard.
Decided to take my chance on the PC version in anticipation for RE9. Quite happy this managed to run on my system. Looking as good as it does it still manages to run well on a 1070 GPU. In no way does this replace the original but it absolutely creates a fun new way to re-experience with fast pace action, satisfying parry system, and a wonderfully chosen cast of actors. Despite choosing a darker and debatable more serious tone, the game is surprisingly faithful to most of it's set pieces and the changes that are made were fairly welcome. I do think we don't get enough interactions with the major villains and miss the back and forth from the original. New weapons can be hit or miss. Bolt thrower (essentially the mine thrower) is nearly an essential piece in a run while others can feel under performing or useless. Though very few and far in between I have died due to falling through the map or a boss triggering phase causing me to get killed off screen.
Genuinely an amazing game and the PC version is not only efficient in terms of hardware requirements but has great potential for continued support from fans.
Fairly standard match-3 with a furry focus. I was fairly surprised to find that it is not one greater story but a collection of smaller stories that imitate very stereotypical scenes. You'll read through a section which is followed by a match 3 segment where you must meet certain requirements to continue the story (clear x types of tiles, exceed a score, etc.) Once a criteria is met you can then choose to go down that story path or try for an alternate one. Unfortunately, once all criteria are met you are forced to pick even if you have extra moves to use. Some of the criteria are pretty hard to get and almost demand you use your limited power ups which can only be bought through the shop with earned money. The scenes themselves are mostly solid with decent animations and limited voice work. A couple of scenes have some wonky perspectives and art but overall do well.
Pleasantly surprised, though I wish the match 3 felt more engaging and rewarding instead of relying on what feels like luck of the drop. Otherwise a pretty okay game.