One day late, didn’t know where the week go.
Played some Trails in the Sky: SC. Got stuck at the boss of Chapter 2. It’s pretty tough. Though I have couple of ideas that can help, but sudden difficulty spikes like this annoy me a lot, so taking a small break from it.
Started Spider-man 2 on PS5. After playing and dropping Batman: Arkham Knight, I needed play something similar but not as slow, so got Spider-man 2. Have played a few hours and loving every minute of it. From combat to traversal to story. Great game!
Also started WWE 2K24. Haven’t played a wrestling game in a very long time, but since I got it for “free” as PS+ monthly game, gave it a try. Having tons of fun with it.
On Switch, most of the time was spent with the NSO Playtest thingy, and some Picross S4 in-between. I was stuck at one Picross puzzle (P-133) from a long time (and same puzzle in Mega-Picross), so wasn’t playing it much. Finally looked up a video online (watched a video instead of turning on assists, to figure out how to solve it, instead of just getting the solution), basically just had to do a wee bit of brute force thingy to check possible values 3-4 moves ahead to get couple of invalid positions, after that it was simple enough. Just have last page of Picross and MegaPicross remaining now, and then 4/5 extra-big Extra puzzles. So, should be finishing it soon.
That’s all from me, what about all of you? What have you been playing
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I reached the second half of Echoes of Wisdom. I didn’t expect it, but for some reason it feels like the game has actually begun now. Maybe I’m imagining it. Haven’t played much since then though, but will continue tomorrow.
I finished the second main quest in Lightning Returns. The fight against
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Snow
was a lot more fun than the fight against
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Noel.
It’s kinda fitting that I found such a good time to pause on both games, because it’s time for the monthly game of Civ 5! I’m going down the list to play every civilization and the Huns are up this time. I’m not a fan of domination victories, so I keep the map smaller. Usually, I out-tech my opponents at some point on the normal difficulty, but something went really wrong and we’re actually all on equal footing. We’re down to three players and just as my warmonger penalty has worn off and I’m starting to be on good terms with everyone, both of my opponents declared war on me at the same time! They were at each other’s throats for a long time themselves. I fended them off, but I got some rebuilding to do now…
I also dug out Snowboard Kids for the N64 again. Quicksand Valley is really walling me right now.
And a special shoutout to the Beta of Monster Hunter Wilds that dropped all of a sudden. I had no idea! I just wanted to see if my PC can handle the game but ended up playing for three hours. I haven’t played World, so it’s my first time in this more realistic art direction. I miss the colors Rise had, but I’ll get used to it. I wanted to try out a new weapon for this game, but I think I’m too old to learn new tricks. I went back to my trusty Switch Axe within minutes. Everything feels a bit more sluggish, but I’m not so rusty that I couldn’t beat all the monsters in the beta by myself. The Magnamalo from the Rise demo way back when did not leave me with such confidence…
Fucking finished Bloodstained after the last patch made it playable finally after more than 6 months. Had been grinding a lot and passed the last boss very easily in less than 5 minutes :D. Loved the game. Excellent story and great stuff to do and collect.
I was off work sick for a few days, so I decided to catch up with Super Mario RPG on Switch. I finished it and did a bit of the aftergame stuff, and it was quite fun. The style is amazing, I really enjoyed how pretty everything looks in this remake. The easter eggs and the humour in general are really good.
The negatives are the battles get a bit repetitive at times. And:
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Whoever designed the 3D maze seems to have a personal vendetta against gamers and hates us with a passion. It did some damage… 😆
I also played some stuff on Steam. Titan Attacks (a modern Space Invaders with a cool style) and Syder Arcade when in a mood for pew pew games and Brütal Legend which I’ve had for years and only just now can play with a decent set up.
Gonna try to finish my first-time play through of The Last of Us (PS5) today or tomorrow so I can start on Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Xbox). Excited to jump in after the decade since Inquisition.
Started with Emio, the third Famicom detective Club game and I am really digging it this far.
I just started it myself as my “spooky” game to play on Halloween. Even though I played the remakes of the other two, I especially got Ace Attorney vibes off the beginning of this one. I do enjoy the Famicom Detective Club games, but they have that really annoying quirk of needing to select the same option over and over, sometimes consecutively, to get through a whole dialogue.
Slow week. A lot of drama on another of my hobbies (Magic the Gathering), and I spent quite a bit of time putting a plan I had in my mind for a while to change how I interact with that game.
Busy weekend too so it’s unlikely I’ll be able to play a lot, but I really want to finish my current VN ASAP so I can start Ys X.
Playing My Girlfriend is a Mermaid!?!
Very minor progress this week.
Playing Vampire Survivors!
Played this during the NSO Trial and loved it, it’s stupidly addictive and a great game to play in short bursts. Focused on unlocking more characters and items right now.
Oooh, what happened with Magic the Gathering? I love the idea of these card collecting games, but can’t justify the amount you have to spend on them. Disney’s Lorcana looked interesting, since you could just get one starter pack and play without worrying about anything, but with so much stuff coming out for it, I am not sure how feasible it is anymore.
I played a bit of Vampire Survivors trial too. After playing Brotato and couple of mobile games like that, I know it’s not something I’ll play long term, so I played a few hours to see what I was missing, and I am happy with the amount I have played. Don’t have an urge to buy it. So, that’s one game off my loooooong wishlist.
Balatro on android, so much balatro.I don’t have a problem, YOU have a problem. Leave me alone.
I’m stuck at blue stake, but I’ve got a few decks up to it. So I’m focusing on unlocking jokers. My wins have been a lot of luck I think, so I’m trying to focus on conservative decision making instead of “it would be cool if… oh I didn’t roll the winning hand and lost?”
Heh, good thing you don’t have problem. Good luck with getting better!
Somehow like 95% of my friends have Hollow Knight brain rot right now, so we’re all blasting through that and watching it on each others stream lol
I’m stuck very close to the end after playing for a long time more than a year ago. Never again got the motivation to finish the last badge and the last boss and the stupid mission to go from one corner of the map to another without being touched. But I loved the game. I still hope that the second game will really happen.
Nice, it’s a great game!
@dinckelman, I should brave up and finish that game. I love that bug and the wonderful weird world he’s in, but, boy, it can be hard.
I’ve been watching and helping my daughter play through Kingdom Two Crowns (on peaceful mode) and once she feels ready we will try co-op on normal difficulty.
I’ve been playing through Gears of War 2 on the Xbox and it’s been great fun. Haven’t played it since original release and didn’t go any further so after I’m done it’s on to GoW3 and maybe more.
I played a bit of Kingdom Two Crowns but something got messed up in my world, and everything was broken when I started next time. Didn’t want to bother with doing it again.
How’s Gears of War? It’s on my wishlist, planning to start Halo MC collection soon, but want to play Gears of Wars games after that.
How’s Gears of War? It’s on my wishlist, planning to start Halo MC collection soon, but want to play Gears of Wars games after that.
It holds up very well and GoW2 is one of the games that gets a fps & resolution boost for backwards compatibility so actually looks really good to.