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That Extra Level!: Pokemon Platinum: The Piplup Solo Run
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Pokemon Platinum: The Piplup Solo Run. Ooops, I did it again. After inaugurating this blog with a full feature detailing the ins and outs and delights of soloing. I indulged myself with a Solo Run once again, this time using an entry of my newest favourite game series. And boy, was it a total blast! Let’s be honest: from the moment I cleared my run. And discovered with much joy that Pokemon. Is an upgraded version of the Pearl. These changes still mak...
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That Extra Level!: November 2014
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Sonic Classic Collection: Jewels with rough edges. It’s time to reveal my dirty little secret: I love Sonic. Not the late 3D abominations involving guns and human princesses, mind you, but rather the classic 2D side-scrolling entries—starting with the much-loved Megadrive/Genesis ones. I thoroughly dislike platformers as a rule, but the Sonic. As a matter of fact, I love them so much that it was the compilation of old-school Sonic. And the much-malign...
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That Extra Level!: Pokemon Diamond (1): A late discovery
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Pokemon Diamond (1): A late discovery. After all these years, I’ve finally tamed the beast. Or should I rather say the beasts? You guessed it: for the first time in my gaming life, I played a classic Pokemon. Game Better late than never, as they say. The reasons why the Pokemon. But not so long ago, I started reconsidering my position about the Pokemon. Series. My gaming experience, and more specifically my Dragon Quest IX. Games always remained on Ni...
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That Extra Level!: March 2015
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Shiren the Wanderer (3): The end of the road. My wandering days are over at long last. I finally beat Shiren the Wanderer. After 54 hours and 174 adventures. And boy, what a ride it has been! I climbed it my way. After my two resounding failures. Indeed; after that, I became convinced that I could beat the game without resorting to upgraded equipment if I tried hard enough. Again for another couple of months—or maybe forever. I had done it. Although i...
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That Extra Level!: Steins;Gate (2): From good to gone (SPOILERS!)
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Steins;Gate (2): From good to gone (SPOILERS! After roughly thirty hours of intense reading and button-mashing, I am finally done with Steins;Gate. I am somehow relieved that the whole thing is over at long last, but that is not my dominant feeling about that game. No; my dominant feeling is disappointment. That’s right, disappointment. Steins;Gate. Planted these expectations in me. The truth is that I had no preconceived idea about Steins;Gate. Chapt...
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That Extra Level!: October 2014
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Pokemon Pearl: Sinnoh, revisited. Gee, it seems that I can’t get enough of good ol’ Sinnoh, can I? I have at least ten Pokemon. Games waiting in line to be played, and instead of humouring them, I’m waltzing back to Sinnoh for the third time in five months. Well, blame this on Suikoden Tierkreis. After having endured 30 hours of narrative absolutism at the hands of that game, I desperately needed to grind. My initial plan for my Pearl. Once again, I g...
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That Extra Level!: February 2015
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Hexyz Force: Brilliant in its own modest way (1). Is one of them, or used to be: I had had an eye on that game for a fairly long time before I finally managed to get my hands on a copy. The said copy cost me the hefty price of $60, which was still one of the cheapest prices that I’ve encountered for a full copy of that game. Understandably, I had very. High hopes for Hexyz Force. Let’s have a bit of data before I expand on that game’s tran...Is by no ...
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That Extra Level!: September 2014
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Oldies Goldies- Ecco the Dolphin: Easy to love, hard to enjoy. Underwater, no one will hear you scream in frustration. This was not Ecco the Dolphin. 8217;s motto, but it could definitely have been. Ecco. Has a sinister reputation: it’s probably as infamous as it is famous, and it’s a gem most gamers prefer to admire from very, very. Was published by Sega and developed by Hungarian studio Novotrade International—how exotic! As it is known, picks up th...
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That Extra Level!: April 2015
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Portable RPG Indulgence, Sprinkled With Extra Treats. Shining Soul: Greatness averted. Indeed, we are now tackling one of these GBA games that passed me by in its time. Shining Soul. Developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and released in 2002(jp) and 2003(na/eu), is part of the long-running Shining. Series. Created by Sega in 1991, the Shining. Series encompasses a variety of games borrowing liberally from different RPG subgenres, from first-person dungeon crawler to S-RPG. Shining Soul. Is so dry and unpo...
