A while ago I posted about playing Pokémon Platinum and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. I didn't want to get into older games, because I felt they may be too ancient for me.

Well, now I'm playing Pokémon Yellow and the original NES Castlevania. Turns out I was completely wrong and these old ass games are a lot of fun.

I'm about to get the 5th badge in Pokémon, but my Pokédex is only at 40/129. As for Castlevania, I'm mostly hunting for achievements (retroachievements). Haven't really felt like sitting down for 2-3 hours to beat the entire game yet, but will definitely do at some point.

EDIT: Also updated from an R36s to a Mangmi Air X. I'm absolutely in love with this retro handheld. Umbelievable value for the price.

Dredge. It was on sale and I like fishing. Very good and normal fishing.

I've been burnt out by Star Wars and was in the search for more sci-fi lore so I've been getting into Warhammer 40k games.

Currently playing Space Marine and Mechanicus. Mechanicus is the first turn based tactics game I've played and I'm loving it. Very straightforward without a big learning curve, big and non-complicated UI, fun mechanics.

Lovely for a casual session.

Can't afford battlefield 6, so playing delta force. Pretty nice. I just wish it had a mode without all the operator powers.

Other than that, trying to 100% shadow of mordor. Just started bright lord dlc.

Not me, but over the weekend a buddy of mine asked me which Zelda is best to play all the way through. He's never played a Zelda game before. So he's emulating Ocarina of Time on Steam Deck and I'm following his progress through it.

He's committed himself to not looking anything up, though he's allowing himself to ask me for hints which I'm gladly giving. I feel like the Nintendo Power Line guy.

He keeps me updated with these little gems every now and then like "this owl is really annoying" and "fuck Mido, all my homies hate Mido" which I'm really appreciating.

Just installed and tried out Echoes of the End. After having played extremely story driven titles - like the two Horizon games - I just couldn't learn to love this one. Which is weird, since I LOVED Nier:Automata, for instance.

On another note, this week, I also installed and beat three times, MiSide. I'm absolutely in love. What is wrong with me. 🤣

On yet another note, anybody going to this: https://www.musicofsquareenix.com/tour

Onirism. GOD, that is an enormous game. There are JRPGs I’ve finished with less playtime, even being a completionist.

For reference, it’s an adventure shooter with dozens of weapons, boss fights, giant levels across numerous locales, vehicles, etc.

It is also very glitchy and basically still an early access title, but I still found it worth the asking price for being so ambitious as an indie.

The DOOM reboot from 2016. Grabbed it on sale for a few dollars and it's quite fun

Been chipping away with Elden Ring, but I do use seamless coop for the off chance my friends want to join, and some easymode mod because I am so unbelievably bad at these games.

Having fun, but it's funny when every time I think I could do with less easymode, some enemy absolutely curbstomps me. Maybe one day I can manage without:P

I do like how there's very little waypoint-guidance, but some todo-list for things I have agreed to would be nice. But that's the style, I guess.

Just started Blue Prince

"Patient Gamers" qualified, but what a game. I actually had to break out a notebook to take notes. Seriously worth a try if you like slow/puzzle games.

Walkscape on my phone and Graveyard Keeper on my computer. GK is really fun.

Mouse: PI For Hire and Tainted Grail.

I'm playing StarRupture. I'm at 80 hrs now. I want them to not show hours played on the save file. It's like telling me I'm playing too much. But the factory needs to grow!

Football Manager 26 was free on Steam this past weekend so my current playthroughs of other games got derailed as I lost a good couple of days to it, fully feeling the addiction seeping in again. I would still recommend FM 2024 over it all things told, but I have to admit the new tactics engine in 26 allowing for different formations in and out of possession is both realistic and a lot of fun to play with.

Otherwise before and after the weekend it's been more of Death Howl. I'm having a good time with it so far. The art is absolutely beautiful, a gorgeous minimalistic but expressive pixel art in a very distinctive muted color palette. I have some complaints here and there with the gameplay but mechanically the turn based Soulslike grid-based strategy deckbuilder genre soup is a nice mix and the combat is very challenging but doable. I'm constantly just about scraping by between bonfires. On the deckbuilding side it's not a game that puts a premium on creativity so far, and instead it seems more constructed like a series of small puzzles. Each zone has its own set of cards and its own set of encounters and it's up to you to find the "correct" deck and approach for each encounter.

The story has been pretty mediocre so far, which is unfortunate. It's ostensibly framed as this Orpheus tale of a mother going into the spirit world to rescue her child from death, but it's very obviously actually a tale of a mother's journey towards accepting the death of her child, with each zone representing one stage of grief. Maybe it hits different if you don't pick this up right away, but me personally I'm mostly drumming my fingers as the story unfolds, waiting for the penny to drop for the protagonist.

It's not really been story heavy though in fairness, so the majority of playtime is spent in battles, and those are still fun.

This week i played EXD - extra dimentional. It's a new VR game about a megazon worker that falls into a portal and needs to save that world while and get back to his daughter. It was really good and i'm looking forward to the next episodes or whatever they end up doing to continue the story.

Dungeon Keeper. 1997 was just a couple of years ago... right?

Currently playing the dead space remake. Awesome game im really enjoying it. But i gotta say in most games i genuinely dont care about graphics. But here i gotta say i think the detailed gritiness and lighting definitely adds to the experience. So im contemplating for waiting for a remake od the second one playing the original second one. Will se. But for now its time to keep my blood pressure high 👍

Mount and Blade Warband, Prophecy of Pendor mainly, with a little Perisno on the side (got hitched to a lady boss, am the trophy husband. Sitting there and looking pretty is hard work!)

It's difficult because half the map hates me by default. Not enough opportunities for commerce and their armies are beefier than mine. So there's a lot of running around doing nothing.

I played a bit more Evolve this week. I unlocked the rest of the hunters and monsters now. Not really sure what to work towards next, maybe getting legendary skins for everyone. That’ll take a while though.