Nintendo

Did a little bit of everything this week.

Explored the desert area in Visions of Mana. It's a good thing I like the style of the game, because there are long stretches where really nothing interesting is happening. But I was also really happy that Vuscav the turtle still makes the same weird sound that he did in Trials of Mana on the Super Nintendo. Back then I assumed the sound was bugged because it's just so strange!

Did a little grinding in Monster Hunter Wilds, worried I got rusty after not playing for a few weeks. I'm fine, and I got two Lagiacrus Sapphires in a single hunt. I did complain a good year ago that this game made the rare drops too easy to get and they really overfixed that with the monster added in updates later. 1% carve, 2% quest reward, no other sources, I needed 13 to make all the equipment. Only one more...

Played some more Mario Kart World, Free Roam. Some of the challenges are really insane. I had to look up one of them because I didn't even understand what my fingers were supposed to do to jump across multiple pillars sideways in a wall-ride.

In Fallout 3, I finally got the last part I needed for the Railway Rifle. I've picked up 800 Railway Spikes so far, so I'm set for a long time. I don't think I used this gun on my first attempt to play the game and the description says it can pin enemy limbs to the wall, which sounds fun.

Thinking of playing Heart of Darkness, a cinematic platformer made by Legendary game designer Eric Chahi. Possibly also Riven the sequel to Myst, which was the best-selling videogame during the 90's.

Downwell

I've been playing Three Houses and I'll probably keep playing for a while, since I'm only on my 2nd run (Maddening NG+) and I'm still hooked.

I think the game got better after the DLC taught me to use EVERYTHING I've got.

Glad you're enjoying Danganronpa!

Finished Super Robot Wars Y - Expansion Pack!

It was fun but I expected a lot more from a bigger and more expensive DLC.

The lack of songs from the original franchise for both Ideon and Nirvash Z was particularly annoying, and I now have "add the Custom BGM function to the Switch version" as my #1 request for future patches or games.

Overall I'd rank DLC1 > DLC3/Expansion Pack > DLC2. But honestly - none of the are really good value unless you're a massive fan of the franchise like me.

Finished Vampire Crawlers!

An interesting dungeon crawler/deckbuilder mix. Not very long, took me ~15h or so to complete all dungeons, but I'm not sure I'd be interested in more content unless the dev does some big rework on the mechanics.

The game is just too easy, there was a minor difficulty bump midway but once you unlock certain things you'll be steamrolling everything in your path (the "Wild" gem breaks the game in half). Combined with some of the dungeons being fairly long (a run can easily go past 1h) it got a bit boring near the end.

But it was certainly worth the $10 price tag.

No more gaming after that, but I'll probably go back and see if I can finally finish Witch on the Holy Night.

More Octopath Traveler II.

I may just finish the game in the coming week. I wrapped up several stories this past week and can gladly report that the final bosses are a difficulty spike. At least the first one. I needed to devise an actual strategy and think about my builds for the first time. Looking forward to doing the same with my B team and probably for the secret boss as well.

Ditto @Phelpssan@lemmy.world on congratulations. It’s incredible how much a silly little visual novel that I only played because it was compared to Phoenix Wright can make you ache. Please keep us informed. Heck, maybe an ongoing reaction thread where we can relive the game with you?

Persona 5 is not as near finished as I thought! I can’t afford another ten hour weekend of playing (getting targeted Civics reviews for my 7th graders needs to happen), but I sure want to!