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Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
Baby’s first real rogue-like! I’ve played it for 4 hours total and gotten killed 14 times! That’s, uhh, my math is failing me right now… 3.5 times per hour! In the beginning getting killed was fun. I...
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Fuurai no Shiren 2 – Sabaku no Majou
a.k.a. Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2. I have very fond memories of the first game, even though I died 14 times in 4 hours and concluded it just wasn’t for me. I’m playing this one with the...
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Fuurai no Shiren 2 – I give up
Waaaah! I’ve been on 23 adventures so far and I still can’t beat that stupid tower place with the ceremony thing going on! I haven’t even made it to the boss since, I keep getting ganged up on and...
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Zettai Hero Project – Unending Game VS Uninterested Gamer
A pig in lipstick is still a pig. And a rogue-like in lipstick is still a rogue-like. And I play rogue-likes not to finish them but to see how many times I die before I lose interest. So I played...
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Fuurai no Shiren 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso – The most playable of...
I skipped playing Shiren 3 on the Wii, because somehow I can’t wrap my mind around playing a rogue-like on a console. The earlier games have spoiled me. Besides, it doesn’t matter which one I play or...
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Dramatic Dungeon Sakura Taisen – A roguelike for people who don’t like...
Of which I am not one, mind you. But the reason why I’ve tried many rogue-likes and finished none is that I quickly get tired of starting over from level 1 every time I die or warp out. Despite that,...
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Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja – Hurray for easy rogue-likes!
Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja was developed and published by Success and Ninja Studio, the same publisher-developer team that brought us the wonderful must-play title Tactical Guild. Luckily...
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Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer redux – Aha, now I remember why I quit
I said I’d give Shiren the Wanderer another try now that I have more roguelikes under my belt so, here we are. And here we’ll be for a while, because I’m not going to run away so easily this time. Even...
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Differences between Shiren DS 1 and Shiren DS 2
I’m still playing Shiren the Wanderer, on and off, since I’m planning to go on 100 adventures before I quit and I’m only in my 50s. I have long since lost all the equipment I talked about in my last...
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Fuurai no Shiren DS 2 – Finished!
And it only took 2 years, 3 months and 17 days from the day I first quit. Congratulations, me! ^_^ Everybody stop round for champagne and cookies later, on the house. Actually story mode in Fuurai no...
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Fuurai no Shiren DS 2 – I’m not really into postgame content
I finished the Hole of Tonfan dungeon! It was a pretty fun dungeon, now that I look back on it. Your first few runs will always be devoted to getting Nfuu to eat the best meats you can find – first...
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Dungeon of Windaria – Sometimes simple is good
Windaria is a classic anime movie from 1986 that tells a tragic tale of love and betrayal in the midst of war. Dungeon of Windaria is a roguelike based on the anime made by Compile Heart and Idea...
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Why I put Izuna 2 on hold
I got quite far into the main story, I think. My save file reads Mugen City, Izuna level 38. However I put the game on hold a few days ago for a few simple, largely personal reasons. Reason 1 – My...
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Shiren the Wanderer 5 – Waiting for death
Incy-wincy Shiren went up the Fortune Tower Down came the monsters and knocked the Shiren out Out came the finger and turned the DS off And the incy-wincy Shiren went up the tower no more How do you...
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Whining and Gaming
Half of 2016 has gone by and I haven’t played a single game in my New Year’s Resolutions. Losing the 3DS has done a real number on my gaming motivation because it had all the Stuff I’m Really Excited...
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Differences between Shiren DS 1 and Shiren DS 2
I’m still playing Shiren the Wanderer, on and off, since I’m planning to go on 100 adventures before I quit and I’m only in my 50s. I have long since lost all the equipment I talked about in my last...
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Fuurai no Shiren DS 2 – Finished!
And it only took 2 years, 3 months and 17 days from the day I first quit. Congratulations, me! ^_^ Everybody stop round for champagne and cookies later, on the house. Actually story mode in Fuurai no...
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Fuurai no Shiren DS 2 – I’m not really into postgame content
I finished the Hole of Tonfan dungeon! It was a pretty fun dungeon, now that I look back on it. Your first few runs will always be devoted to getting Nfuu to eat the best meats you can find – first...
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Dungeon of Windaria – Sometimes simple is good
Windaria is a classic anime movie from 1986 that tells a tragic tale of love and betrayal in the midst of war. Dungeon of Windaria is a roguelike based on the anime made by Compile Heart and Idea...
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Why I put Izuna 2 on hold
I got quite far into the main story, I think. My save file reads Mugen City, Izuna level 38. However I put the game on hold a few days ago for a few simple, largely personal reasons. Reason 1 – My...
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