EVO The Search For Eden
Classic. Gorgeous soundtrack, too. I remember as a kid (pre-Internet) actually calling up the store because I couldn’t figure out how to save the game 😂
Is it worth the time?
I think it’s a great game. I always enjoy playing. I only recently found out people think this game is janky and plays poorly! so ymmv I guess.
I reckon each era you can finish in 30 - 45 minutes, repeat 5 times.
Use emulator save states and you can break it up pretty easily.
Tetris Party for the Wii
Blast Off for the PSP
Both emulated on a Retroid Pocket 4 Pro. Just been getting into emulation properly over the past few months and I’ve been loving playing retro games.
Assassin‘s Creed Unity
I‘ve complained it the past about Shadow of War that I felt like I had to fight Talon to get him to go where I want him to. Now that I’m close to 100%ing ACU, I want to apologize to Talon cause ACU has the most sluggish, slow, and imprecise movement I‘ve ever wrestled with in these kinda games. Really made me realize how good I had it in Shadow of War lol. Every enemy just screaming at me on sight for no reason and tryna pick a fight with me when there‘s 50 people around me is also getting annoying. I think I love these games mainly for their sight-seeing and podcast side-activity capabilities now (collecathon). And revolutionary Paris is definitely a good sight-seeing location.
DiRT Rally 2.0
I‘m more of an arcade racer fan, but I‘m trying to challenge myself a bit with this one. I sometimes don‘t understand why I‘m spinning out, but I‘m hanging in there. The goal is another 100%, we‘ll see how far I can go! It‘s a pretty good rally simulation game, for anyone who doesn‘t know. It‘s also dirt cheap (hah).
Octopath Traveler
Hardly playing it atm but man, the theme song speaks to me, what a good piece. I‘m done with all chapter 1s, currently following a guide to pick up the missables before I go into the next chapters. There‘s something cozy about voiced pixel graphics JRPG storytelling to me. To anyone who‘s never heard of this game: Imagine old Final Fantasy titles, still pixel graphics, still turn-based, but with a few modern twists and the graphics pop out like a children picture book with modern effects. Full 60 at native res at max graphics on the Deck.
Pikmin 2
I’ve mostly played on the Switch this past 2 weeks as my kids have taken over everything else…
Also a bit of Outrun, Circuit Superstars and Absolute Drift.
Pikmin 2
How do you feel about removing the time limit?
Farcry Primal. Saw it was on sale recently, so I decided to snag it. It’s not bad so far and a fun setting to mess around in. Works with my linux setup and steam deck.
How high can you go in the settings while still getting 55-60 fps at native res on the Deck?
I run it at normal (medium) quality and generally get a consistent 60 fps. Anything above that and it starts to dip into the 40s.
I’m working through Act 3 (Lawful route) of Tactics Ogre Reborn. It was getting a bit challenging, until I tried crafting to get +1 weapons and armor.
Old ratchet & clank on RPCS3 are a freaking blast.
Love emulating games! I need to remake my library on my new PC.
Dome Keeper
Straftat
I remember I watched ChristopherOdd play Dome Keeper for months, that game is so satisfying and chill.
For sure, but can be also quite challenging. :)
I’m playing Disco Elysium on android and I gotta say I’m loving it. I couldn’t really get into it on PC but I’m enjoying everything about it here.
I need to take another look at that game. I loved the narrative design, and I thought the world was interesting, but I got stuck and lost and didn’t know how to get past the bouncer dude.
Just started Dread Delusion and Monster Sanctuary. Both are real good so far!
PEAK with friends, otherwise, grinding through Marvel Rivals ranked, and keeping up with Nikke. I was also getting through FF16, but put that down for a little.
Almost done with the mission mode on Mario Kart DS. Gonna start a playthrough of Shadow the Hedgehog next.
OK, seeing the fighting game community is experiencing some kind of tag fighters resurregence right now, I decided to give them a fair shake.
I had not before because they seemed too much work. Like, picking and learning 1 character is so difficult that I felt exhausted just at the thought of picking and learning 3. I also always thought the team composition aspect of it adds a premeditated layer of strategy that I could do without.
All that said, I still felt I was missing out, so I picked up Dragon Ball FighterZ and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 this week.
Now, I faintly remember watching parts of some DBZ episodes when I was younger, and just loathed it. I did have a weird and not necessarily good taste as a child though, so I’m not sure if I’d hate it as much now. That said, I still do not feel desire to check out the show, TBH. I feel it doesn’t have a lot I’d be interested in after playing the game.
Before getting to the gameplay, and even though I bought it on a deep sale, I’d like to bring up that buying it was not a pleasant experience. Bandai successfully bamboozled me into buying the base game and the first season pass separately, which costs $2 more than the FighterZ Edition, which includes both. TBF, I could not have foreseen my desire to buy the season pass because I don’t know much about the roster and couldn’t have foretold I will like and want to designate Android 17 as the point in my team.
I’m willing to admit the fault is mine as much as it is Bandai’s, but I still feel bitter about the $2 😅
Gameplay is surprisingly super fun, although I’m yet to figure out how to effectively do tag combos, chain supers, or any of the super fun shit I picked up the game to ultimately experience. Learning BnBs and getting familiar with the game mechanics has been fun so far. It helps a lot it’s an Arc System Works game and I’m familiar with their combo systems and whatnot.
I still haven’t fucked around enough with Marvel to talk about how I feel, but I can say I bought it on a deep discount too, did not run into any issue buying it because it’s the Ultimate edition, so no DLC bullshit, and I’m excited to learn Viewtiful Joe and Amaterasu.
Even though it’s revered, a reason to hesitate before buying UMVC3 was it still has delay netcode to this day, which more or less means it’s unplayable online. I hope this changes at some point, but just the act of buying it now represents the first instance of my breaking the “no rollback = no buy” rule… I don’t feel good about that, but the way I try and cope is justify it with: (1) it’s a super deep discount—less than $5—and (2) it’s Mahvel… way I understand it it’s the quintessential tag fighter… avoiding it would feel like avoiding Kurosawa while exploring Japanese cinema.
soul reaver remastered
I might be a bit obsessed with Project Wingman at the moment.
Full thoughts
I finished the campaign, bought the DLC, finished it and started another playthrough using two-seater planes (WSO is an actual character and you don’t get to enjoy her when flying solo). I absolutely love this game and I’m happily planting it on my list of favourites from now on.
It has action, drama, surprises and challenge - all tied together into a neat little package. The story actually goes a bit harder then expected and served as an interesting mirror to Ace Combat campaigns. It went in a very different direction than I thought it would.
Mission design is pretty simple - fly to the AO and kill everything. There’s no time limits or special objectives for the most part. They do at least make up for it with varied map design and weather conditions. There’s also a healthy mix of air, land and water targets (sometimes at the same time) to keep things interesting.
I wish they’d make more use of take-off and landing sequences as they show up like 2-3 times throughout the campaign and once in the DLC (this one even includes a full taxi sequence from the hangar!). It’s a simple addition that most people would probably skip but I still love for a bit of additional immersion. Does anyone know if there’s a non-sim flight combat game that utilises these sections in a more regular way?Is it a perfect game? Considering the price and size of the development team I’d say it’s pretty close to being as perfect as it can be given the circumstances. There are some issues like the missile spam and number of enemies at times but over all none of these are serious enough to dampen my excitement about this title.
Oh! Both final bosses, as in from the main and DLC campaigns, can be a bit much in terms of “spectacle”. We go from relatively grounded challenges to enemies that belong in Gundam rather than contemporary military game. It’s a bit of a whiplash compared to the rest of the playthrough.It’s a fantastic title that will become a mainstay on my hard drive for a long while. I really hope these guys make a sequel some day. Direct, spiritual - doesn’t matter. I need more flight combat games from this studio.
Project wingman is rather incredible.
It really is. I could really use more surprises like this.
