Here's the summary of the versions of Tales of Symphonia, and the problems of each. There are two major problems today, missing dialogue and the fps being 30.
This is an essay about accessibility in games, kind of ver 1. This is not written by an expert nor based on extensive preparation. (Estimate: 7 min reading) I posted this also at reddit in r/patientgamers.
One-line verdict: 6/10. Play Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection if you choose one of either. Personally however one of the GOTYs.
From the PC version of the Devil May Cry 4 (DMC4), the Japanese voice act is removed, right? Not exactly. There's a GOG Japanese version with Japanese voice. I posted this at r/DevilMayCry, too.
Disclaimer In this article I show 11 points to say the metroidvania game Grime is horrible and mention other lesser cons. However at r/metroidvania in Reddit, this game is really loved. This post even rates Grime as "S tier" among about 12…
Here's a summary of crash prevention and performance fixes for Wild Hearts, the PC version. There's three DRM variants (Steam, Epic and EA), but all are essentially the same. This game is notorious for poor optimization, so you have to be …
Some people have trouble running the Epic version of Ghostwire Tokyo, mainly on SteamDeck/Linux. Here's the fix summary. (I posted this also at r/GhostwireTokyo.)
What's the status and trend of omakuni in 2024? Back in 2020 I explained what omakuni is, but what happened since then? Reminder: The simplest description of omakuni is this: If a game can't be bought in Japan for Steam, but can be for con…
2025 update: This does not work any more since the end of Apr 2025. EA App is almost unusable. This page is yet another guide about the hack "F**k off EA App", to play EA games avoiding EA App. (4 min read)
What's the "correct" pronunciation of the Rabi-Ribi character names? I mean, what's the pronunciation that the developers intended? Here's the guess.
The game developer IceSitruuna is a Chinese company. But as of July 2023, Wikidata wrongly says that it is from Finland.
Dragon Quest 11S, the Definitive Edition, was released in Dec 2020 for Steam, PS4, and Xbox. The original version is now (secretly?) withdrawn from the Steam Store, to my surprise. But is this usurpation complete? The story is not simple. …
Resistance is crucial; it REALLY matters, in Dragon Quest of the Stars(DQS), in particular in battles with super-strong bosses. Here's how to work out resistance.
What can you do if a Steam game is in "omakuni" state? All is written here.
In the online sale of computer games, the Japanese word omakuni (おま国) roughly means disadvantage by Japanese game publishers toward the Japanese PC game players. More precisely, omakuni is the custom such that games by Japanese publishe…
Dragon Quest of the Stars is certainly a misnomer. The natural name would be Dragon Quest "of the Planets" — the game is set in some planets. Why was this name chosen?
