And I’m back…

I apologise for not updating at all. I’ve moved in to uni and August was very busy, so I kinda forgot, oopsie

Quick update:
MP2: Echoes: Found the Sonic boom, god is it fun!
Disgaea: Completed story mode only to start Edna mode and find that I don’t keep two of my strongest characters, d’oh!
MM ZX: Borrowed it off a flat mate and completed it. Not bad, main problem I had with it was a lack of proper map, meaning that when you were supposed to find areas to perform missions, you didn’t know where to look
Time Hollow:  ||
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And now the main topic:

Time Hollow

Great game for the DS. It follows the adventures of Ethan Kairos, a supposed normal boy who gets a bizarre pen that allows him open portals to the past.
The story goes like this: On the eve of his 17th birthday, Ethan has a weird conversation with his parents about something his Dad is going to give to him on the following day. The day rolls over and Ethan wakes up to find that his parents have been gone for 12 years and he’s been living with his uncle ever since. Ethan also finds out that his class has a student who wasn’t there before and only he appears to notice this…

The game is a sort of visual novel / mystery game as you play as Ethan, who goes around trying to work out what changed and why so he can fix it.

I’d certainly recommend it, and while it may not be too long, it can keep you amused for more than a few hours… if that is your cup of tea, if not then don’t bother, I’m not gonna force you.

Spoilers past this point:

While I do like the game, I do have some gripes with the ‘new game +’. First of which being, its waaaaay too short. The only ending it offers is effectively a shortcut to the main ending with the ending playing with minor differences. Considering how much I was looking forward to seeing all the ‘new game +’ had to offer, I was really disappointed.
My other complaint about the bonus story is this, you have the chance to follow this story halfway through the tutorial. If you pick any of the options to return to the main story, the tutorial picks up right where it left off. Now seeing as you just started the bonus which (as far as I know) you can only access after completing the game, it be a fair assumption to make that you already know how to play. So this just makes things annoying.

Thinking back on it, I guess I feel that the game missed its chance to have a romantic side quest of sorts (maybe, its just me?). Having said that, I guess that doing something like that would be awkward to somehow make possible in the plot, seeing the only female who’d remember what you’ve done for her is Kori, so yeah. And the part where Ethan is considered a murderer wouldn’t help.

Anyway, well worth playing

8/10