Monthly Summary: August 2021

August seems to have flown by and I can’t believe it’s almost September. This past month has been filled with gaming activity across a vast array of genres and I seem to have quite a bit to talk about. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to blog as much as I intended and I’ve been considering sticking to writing about a specific type/genre of game, but when I take a look back on the strange concoction of titles I’ve played this month, I’m going to ignore that idea. I have plans to work on my blog backlog next month as well as finish up games I have on the go before getting stuck into some horror games for Hallowe’en! I know I’m getting ahead of myself, but this is my favourite time of the year and I can’t help but get excited! Before we welcome September, let’s take a look back at my gaming log from August:

Otome Announcements 2021

It’s been a couple of weeks since the English localisation of Bustafellows was released by PQube which has completely overrun the otome community right now. I haven’t got very far into the game myself yet, but I’m loving what I’ve seen so far and this release is the first in a pretty long list of upcoming otome titles to get excited about! With both Idea Factory International and Aksys Games both revealing their upcoming localisations during this past few weeks, the excitement has only intensified and the future of otome gaming is looking rather promising! In this post, I will list each upcoming otome title from both IFI and Aksys with a game synopsis, trailer and my thoughts about each game so far (I’ll even leave a list my personal favourites based on first impressions at the end)!

Smite: Odyssey 2022 T5 Skin

The annual Odyssey event is slightly different this year than it has been in the previous years. Typically, around March, a community vote is held for Gods and Goddesses go head to head in a tier system which runs over a few weeks until the final bracket decides on the winner (if you’d like to see how it worked last year, refer to my Odyssey 2021 post here). This event usually generates a lot of interest and hype amongst the Smite community, but this year has seen no such event.