oldskool jrpg enjoyer says hello
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 7:16 am
Hihi! I'm really happy I found this site, the listings and reviews are really useful. Hopefully people still pop by to talk. (❁´◡`❁)
I'm a guy who has punished themself by having completed just about every (english, working on the jp entires) turn based rpg on the snes, psx, gb, gba and ds. Still a few titles to finish but oh my god. I don't really know why I did all this. I could've gotten like, forklift certified or something actually useful but no. I just need more jrpgs to play. My tolerance is pretty high and I'm easily charmed if there's a little bit of scrappy spirit in there.
I was really happy to see the appreciation for the games here. KEMCO (that is, the developers they publish) is often joked about for being the McDonalds of rpgs but from where I stand, they're about the same as a team like Kogado: small groups that are basically doujin being put in the spotlight. That doesn't really change my evaluation on the games but it adds a little perspective that makes me all warm on the inside. I'm particularly charmed by the quaint quality of their histories. https://web.archive.org/web/20061004022 ... ate.co.jp/
I'd really like to write an article about the various staff and their work, or at least how things started. Sadly a lot of links are broken. Phooey...
Anyhow, the few games I've played have been:
( •̀ ω •́ )✧ That's all for me blabbing for now, but I look forward to playing lots of games here. Oh, I really like games with good stories. If there are any that stand out, please tell me.
I'm a guy who has punished themself by having completed just about every (english, working on the jp entires) turn based rpg on the snes, psx, gb, gba and ds. Still a few titles to finish but oh my god. I don't really know why I did all this. I could've gotten like, forklift certified or something actually useful but no. I just need more jrpgs to play. My tolerance is pretty high and I'm easily charmed if there's a little bit of scrappy spirit in there.
I was really happy to see the appreciation for the games here. KEMCO (that is, the developers they publish) is often joked about for being the McDonalds of rpgs but from where I stand, they're about the same as a team like Kogado: small groups that are basically doujin being put in the spotlight. That doesn't really change my evaluation on the games but it adds a little perspective that makes me all warm on the inside. I'm particularly charmed by the quaint quality of their histories. https://web.archive.org/web/20061004022 ... ate.co.jp/
I'd really like to write an article about the various staff and their work, or at least how things started. Sadly a lot of links are broken. Phooey...
Anyhow, the few games I've played have been:
- End of Aspiration-- It quickly ended my aspirations of completing it by not being very good (haha wow)
- Marenian Tavern Story + Adventure Bar Story-- cute (^_^ no complaints from me
- Bond of the Skies-- plain like toast with nothin' on it. Somehow, I feel like it would make a decent flip phone game.
- Asdivine Hearts-- So sure I played this years ago. I liked it well enough and was probably into the extremely light anime dating stuff.
( •̀ ω •́ )✧ That's all for me blabbing for now, but I look forward to playing lots of games here. Oh, I really like games with good stories. If there are any that stand out, please tell me.