Inestimate's Game Reviews

    Console: 3DS Developer: Intense Release Date:  March 3, 2016 Parascientific Escape: Cruise in the Distant Seas  is an escape room visual novel with simple puzzles. Developed by Intense, Cruise in the Distant Seas  is the first game in the Parascientific Escape  trilogy, a 3DS eShop exclusive series. I bought them before it closed down since they were cheap and I wanted a few visual novels on my 3DS, especially exclusive ones. Cruise in the Distant Seas  has a cast of four main characters, with the player controlling Hitomi Akeneno, a high school girl with psychic powers. The world of Parascientific Escape is an alternate reality Earth where people are born with psychic powers at times, and also includes some fictional countries. Hitomi is unique in that she is the world's only double psychic, having both Clairvoyance and Telekinesis, which are used for puzzles throughout the game's runtime. However, Clairvoyance might be a misnomer or a mistranslat...

  Console: 3DS Developer: Atlus Release Date:  September 20, 2016 Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse  is turn-based monster-taming RPG with a focus on recruiting and fusing demons, heavy character customisation, strategic gameplay, and a story with alignment choices. Developed by Atlus, Apocalypse  is a follow-up to Shin Megami Tensei IV.   IV  is one of my favorite games ever after having a bit of a rocky relationship with it, so I was ecstatic to finally get to play its odd pseudo-sequel. The marketing for Apocalypse  was always confusing to me; is it a sequel? An expansion? An unrelated game with the same mechanics? I think that's why a lot of people didn't really look at it much alongside being 3DS exclusive, along with Shin Megami Tensei  not being a big household name compared to Persona . Nevertheless, just like IV , I wound up loving Apocalypse  to bits. ANOTHER FUTURE THAT CONTINUES FROM THE PRESENT As the game consistantly reminds yo...