The Legend of Heroes, Hajimari no Kiseki
My Trails series playthrough (started Nov 2020… Still not done!) continues. Not actually coming Westward till late 2023, but someone made a patch that applies a fan spreadsheet translation into the actual game, so at this point, why wait? Playing at the highest difficulty so even though I’m 20 hours in I’m only through 2 of the 15 or so chapters, last chapter I did took quite literally all day. There’s a spreadsheet translation being worked on for the newest game, Kuro no Kiseki, so hopefully that’s done by the time I finish this.
Half Life Alyx
My brother lent me his Quest so I’m playing some VR games I’m interested in. Obviously this was one of the go tos. I’m doing the achievement to carry the garden gnome through the entire game, pretty fun lol. Immersion factor is off the charts, you really do forget you’re only playing a game. I’m up to the point where you get the shotgun now.
Gal Gun 2 VR
Yeah I’m a filthy degenerate . Overall it’s fun enough for what it is and the dialogue had me laughing pretty good sometimes (a character calling another character a “filthy casual” because she only plays mobile games lmao). It is starting to get a bit old now though, but I’m almost done with it so it’s not overstaying it’s welcome. The boss fights might actually be the most fun I had with VR so far, surprisingly. A shame Xbox denied the newest game in this series from the platform, I’d have bought it
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
This is actually 2 games bundled into one, so that’s why the playtime is so high (also because I interact with EVERYTHING and explore all dialogue lol). I did the first game back in Summer, then took a break, and now I’m very, very close to the end of the second game (last chapter). It might actually be my favorite Ace Attorney game which I did not expect going in. Once again, a damn shame this could not make it to Xbox (Capcom blames Ace Attorney Trilogy sales on Xbox, but it was a poor port IMO and was hardly advertised)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn)
I’ll admit right away that this is a burned CD copy and I pirated this. It’s like $500+ dollars now and I don’t think it can be purchased officially anymore so… yarhar-fiddle-dee-dee for me. Anyway, it’s a pretty great Zelda clone and I was surprised to see that Sega themselves made it. The pixel art is fantastic and you get lots of anime cutscenes throughout the game which I love seeing in anime games. I think I’m about halfway through at 5 or so hours now, so it’s not a long game. I have not watched the anime series, and part of the reason I’m playing this is because these characters appear in Super Robot Wars 30 which is a game I’m interested in buying some day, so I wanted a little background on them lol.
THE BACKLOG
Utawarerumono series (Steam) - I’m going to need a great worldbuilding series to replace Trails when I have no more Trails games to play, and saw this get recommended, so I picked these up in the Steam Winter sale.
Sakuna of Rice and Ruin (Switch) - I heard amazing things about this and it just arrived in my mail about a week ago. I’m planning to start it once I knock out some of the games I’m currently playing.
Mary Skelter Nightmares (Switch) - It comes with Mary Skelter 2 (which I enjoyed a lot), and the devs recommend playing 2 first, but that took me 75 hours to finish so I’m taking a good break from this series for now.
Games I picked up in the BackCompat sale - Gunvalkyrie, Manhunt, both Timesplitters games.
Most games I’m playing right now fall into the 8-12 hour range, or I am almost done with them, so I’m not too worried about feeling overwhelmed right now… That being said, I probably shouldn’t be buying Dying Light 2 and Elden Ring next month, buuuut… I am .