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And I should get the Switch version of more games instead of the PC version. That means I should give some thought to getting a Steam Deck or other handheld PC if I really want to make a dent in my gaming backlog. Starting is the hurdle, after that itвЂ™s not hard to keep playing if I like the game. They just need to be handheld so I can start them on my bed. What I realized from this demo-playing experience is that I can still enjoy JRPGs. Still IвЂ™m nothing if not patient when it comes to new releases that arenвЂ™t called Xenoblade 3, so IвЂ™ll find other things to play while waiting for the inevitable drop. 3 years ago for Oninaki, it will take some time for the price to drop significantly.

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Plus since it just came out two months ago vs.

Unlike Oninaki, IвЂ™m quite tempted to buy Monark straight up regardless of the price, because IвЂ™m about 80% sure IвЂ™ll like the whole thing. Also itвЂ™s published by Furyu, which has made a lot of games I really enjoyed. Plus Monark was developed by Lancarse, who also developed WiZmanвЂ™s World, a game I have fond but bittersweet memories of. The characters arenвЂ™t annoying, the story is moving along at a pretty fast pace and the Madness gimmick isnвЂ™t as frustrating as IвЂ™d expected.

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There are only so many Persona games out there, so any game вЂњinspiredвЂќ by the series is likely to get played by me. Why I want it вЂ“ I like the Majin-like / high school occult RPG genre a lot, actually. He calls them вЂњ gakuen juvenile denkiвЂќ but itвЂ™s a mouthful so IвЂ™ll call them what I want). (BTW it turns out thereвЂ™s a semi-official term for вЂњmajin-likeвЂќ coined by the developer of the Tokyo Majin series. Balance is important in this kind of game. I hope the ratio improves significantly as the game moves along, though. ThereвЂ™s a lot of walking and talking and not much fighting, so at this stage I consider it more of a Tokyo Majin-like. In the early game IвЂ™m playing, the main character and his companion have to venture into a spooky mist to rescue people and defeat monsters. Maybe because it doesnвЂ™t come with the typical grid format so it doesnвЂ™t trigger bad memories. I thought I was done with SRPGs, but this ainвЂ™t half bad. And you have back attacks, side attacks, counter attacks, etc. The combat is a free-moving SRPG likeвЂ¦ hmm, Shining Force Feather? Where thereвЂ™s a circular range you can move in instead of a grid, but really it boils down to the same thing. ItвЂ™s a modern high-school occult RPG in the vein of the Persona games or Tokyo Xanadu eX+. MonarkвЂ“ Now this one IвЂ™m really tempted by. Luckily I noticed that it occasionally goes on sale and even went as low as $19.99 recently.

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TL DR вЂ“ IвЂ™m enjoying the combat and the story is vaguely interesting, but the mood and colors are too dreary for me to pay full price for this. I hope they do more with the two worlds later, otherwise itвЂ™s going to feel very tacked on and вЂњtrying too hard to be different.вЂќ I thought it would be an annoying gimmick, but itвЂ™s pretty clear when and where youвЂ™re supposed to switch.

In keeping with the theme of living and dead, you can switch between the Living World and the Beyond at set points (or at random if you like Game Overs) to cross roadblocks, solve mysteries, kill bosses, etc. The enemy density is high too, which I always enjoy in an ARPG. IвЂ™m really liking the solo nature of my party so far, and IвЂ™d like to keep it that way if possible. Think Pokemon or personae except not as easily switchable. ThereвЂ™s also stuff about Daemon possession, which is basically a switchable party member kind of thing. The combat is action RPG-ish, with skills that can be used off cooldown. On one hand thereвЂ™s a blithe attitude towards death, on the other hand unauthorized suicide is a crime? The worldview and story are a bit confusing, but I just started out so itвЂ™s too soon to say. Seems to be heavily influenced by Hindu beliefs, but itвЂ™s not clear what direction the writers are going in. OninakiвЂ“ Dark and dreary game about Watchers who guide the souls of lost dead people. They were nice but not that nice, and IвЂ™ll kick myself if they go on sale later. I almost wish I hadnвЂ™t played the demos, because now I really want both full games but I donвЂ™t want to pay $49.99 ( Oninaki) and $59.99 ( Monark).

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