As of April 15, 2023 I have 188 Quickie Reviews and 300 Full Reviews.
Breakdown by Rating
| Ranking | Full | Quickie | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 25 | - | 25 |
| ⭐⭐⭐½ | 28 | - | 28 |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | 79 | 16 | 95 |
| ⭐⭐½ |
86 | 49 | 133 |
| ⭐⭐ | 49 | 62 | 111 |
| ⭐½ | 20 | 18 | 38 |
| ⭐ | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| ½ | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 💩 | - | 2 | 2 |
So, despite what some people have said, my reviews are mostly weighted toward average-to-good ratings rather than toward the negative. It also helps that I don't go out of my way to spend more time than I have to on sucky games, because really, who has time for that? We're all gonna be gone one day, might as well spend your life doing something you enjoy rather than slogging through dreck.
First Full Review - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Written September 8, 2016 (Rating: ⭐⭐)
100th Full Review - Chrono Trigger, Written May 27, 2018 (Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐)
200th Full Review - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Written March 10, 2020 (Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½)
300th Full Review - Baldur's Gate III, Written April 15, 2023 (Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½)
The Three Most Common Starting Letters in Titles I've Reviewed
- 41 start with F.
- 48 start with D.
- And a whopping 59 start with S.
Only 2 start with Q though - exactly one Quickie and one Full review.
I also have no Quickie reviews of games whose titles begin with I or Z.
The Year With The Most Games I've Reviewed
A two-way tie between 1990 and 1991, oddly enough. But then, it was the early days of the 16-bit era and computer gaming was starting to rev up to new standards too, so everyone was tossing their hat into the ring.
Oldest game I've Reviewed
Akalabeth (1979)
Most Obscure Game I've Reviewed
GayBlade (1992)
Longest Titled Game I've Reviewed
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring the Legend of Zelda
Shortest Titled Game I've Reviewed
Nox
Runner up: Prey
Only Two Series to Run the Entire Gamut of Scores From 💩 to ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Final Fantasy and Ultima
Only Two Franchises To Appear On All Four Best of the Decade Lists
Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. No surprise there.
Series With the Most ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Games
Winner: Ultima with four ⭐⭐⭐⭐ scores.
Runner up: A four-way tie between Final Fantasy, Zelda, Undertale and Fallout (two ⭐⭐⭐⭐ scores each)
Most Prevalent Developers In My Reviews, Surprising No One
Square and Square Enix, with 28 and 33 reviews respectively
Most Prevalent Series With No Bad Games
Dragon Quest hasn't had any bad games in its mainline series; I've reviewed all of em except IX and X, all have gotten at least ⭐⭐½. Some of its spinoffs (Builders, Heroes, Treasures) are decidedly pretty average, though.
Top 3 highest Metacritic Score Games I've given ⭐ or Less to
- Persona 5 (93 on Metacritic)
- Final Fantasy X (92 on Metacritic)
- Hollow Knight (90 on Metacritic) / Chained Echoes (90 on Metacritic)
Top 3 lowest Metacritic score Games I've Given ⭐⭐⭐ or Better to
- Ikenfell - 69 on Metacritic
- SaGa Frontier Remastered - 71/77 on Metacritic (Switch and PS4/PC versions respectively)
- Trials of Mana 2020 - 74/76/78 on Metacritic (Switch, PS4 and PC versions respectively)
Top 5 Games I've Gotten the Most Shit for Refusing to Reinforce Peoples' Violently Fanatical Views on (Never Mind That They'll Forget All About Them 6 Months From Now Anyway)
- Any of those dumbass copy-paste Souls
gamesphrenology tests for sociopathic incels - Xenoblade Chronicles
- Octopath Traveler
- Bravely Default
- Any and all Tales games
Top 5 Games I Love But People Seem Determined to Hate On For No Clear Reason
- Suikoden II
- Breath of Fire 1
- Phantasy Star III
- Torchlight II
- Zelda II: Adventure of Link
My Top 21 Eastern RPGs as of April 2023
- Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
- Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
- Dark Cloud 2
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
- Final Fantasy IX
- The Legend of Zelda
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy)
- Final Fantasy VII
- Persona 4 Golden
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
- Terranigma
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Grandia
- Phantasy Star IV: End of the Millennium
- Illusion of Gaia
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Chrono Trigger
- Suikoden II
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Earthbound
My Top 21 Western RPGs as of April 2023
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Slay the Spire
- Hades
- X-COM: UFO Defense
- Starflight
- Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition
- XCOM 2
- Divinity: Original Sin II
- Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
- Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
- Baldur's Gate III
- Deltarune
- Deus Ex
- Dust: An Elysian Tail
- Undertale
- Fallout 2
- Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
- Planescape: Torment
- Fallout: New Vegas
- System Shock 2
- Ultima VII: the Black Gate