Finished Hyrle Warriors: Age of Calamity!
There were some interesting moments in the story, specially near the end, something I never thought I’ll say about a Warriors game.
My final percentage was around 50%. I did pretty much all the side missions in first 4-5 chapters, but didn’t do any of them in the last couple of chapters. As for the “resource” missions thingies, where you just have to give resources to get some upgrade etc. I did as many of those as I could without specifically grinding for their materials. Majority of the uncompleted nodes belonged to these.
There was also post game content, which can unlock a new character, I didn’t go for that, just saw it’s video on YouTube.
Spoilers about some characters:
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The characters from future! They were a surprise, didn’t expect them to show up here. Rito one was different though. Didn’t recognise him.
Overall, liked the game, and plan to eventually play both Fire Emblem Warriors and Age of Imprisonment. Not right away though, lots of other games already in my list.
Played more of Dark Souls Remastered.
Game is going good, haven’t gotten stuck anywhere since the Bell Gargoyle boss (pretty much the only place where I was stuck). It doesn’t mean I haven’t died though. Many deaths, many lost souls, but not as much as I was expecting.
I have just reached Anor Londo. Don’t know what it means in grand scheme of things, but I think I should be nearing the half-point.
Played a tiny bit more of Mutant Mudd Collection too. Cleared 4-4 and then got stuck at 5-1. Too many moving things! A moving rock, a flying enemy, a disappearing platform!
Found out that there are also alternate/night version of all levels, where enemies are ghosts and I can’t hit them, but the rest of the level design is same. Going to try those next. Some of those will probably also be pretty difficult. The first level was pretty easy though, but that was the first level.
Didn’t really play Fire Emblem: Three Houses or Cozy Grove this week either.
I have started too many games this time, so trying to finish those I can quickly, before getting back into these.
Weird thing to say right after talking about how many games I have started, but may start Killing Floor 3 this weekend. It was given in PS+ Monthly games this month, and some of the friends are interested, so plan to give it a try over the weekend and see if we like it enough to play it for a while.
This will probably just be a weekend nights game with friends, if we do play it and end up planning to continue it.
What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?
Finished Nine Sols!
I know was being stubborn in finishing the game without lowering difficulty, but holy crap that final boss was hard, likely the hardest story boss I’ve fought in a game in this genre. And I went for the “Normal” ending, which gives you the easier version of that battle!
Took me a few hours of practice and experimentation with different setups until I succeeded, what worked for me was playing very safe with attacks and relying on equipment that makes parries do damage, talismans and arrows to kill it. Using the talisman mode that lets you recharge arrows was great since it let me keep using them to stop annoying attacks.
Anyway, this game was fantastic and is absolutely worth it for fans of the genre. And don’t let my talk of difficulty scare you, it has settings that let you adjust the challenge to your tastes.
Finished Super Mario Galaxy 2!
Cleared the main story. Right now I want to move to other games but will probably pick it up for short play sessions from time to time since there’s plenty left to do. The gyro-based pointer controls are a bit awkward but that aside it’s still a great game.
Finished Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk!
The second game is longer, has better production values and multiple endings. It continues from where the first game left off, with the girl arriving at her home after buying milk, and once again you play as her “voice in the head” while exploring a bit more of her life and traumas.
I think I prefer the first game, but both were quite unique and interesting.
Playing Danmaku Unlimited 3, Caladrius Blaze and Cotton Fantasy!
A comment in last week’s thread got me to dig into the ongoing deals and I found out there were three recommended shoot-em-up/bullet hell games on sale for ~$3 each. So I just went and bought them all. 😄
Danmaku Unlimited 3 is IMO the best of the three and it’s quickly becoming one of my favorites of the genre.
Playing Super Robot Taisen Y!
Was busy with other games so only did a couple missions. Still working on the DLC content before resuming the main story.
Playing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond!
My copy got here right before the end of the day yesterday (23:40 according to the tracking system), so I only managed to start it today during lunchtime.
First impression is “holy crap this looks way too crisp for Switch 1 game”, Retro Studio is really doing miracles with this old hardware. But not a lot of progress yet, just completed the brief prologue and arrived at the alien world we’ll be exploring this time.
Congratulations on finishing Nine Sols and beating the final boss without lowering the difficulty!
I was a bit worried about how Metroid Prime 4 will work on Switch 1, but nice to see that they made it work. Looking forward to your review as the game progresses.
I saw a few reviews and comparison videos for Prime 4 on the Switch 1 and it seems to run extremely well! Here’s one of those: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMc1oik78Vc
60FPS locked most of the time with very small dips in the “open world” sections which is the same behavior as the Switch 2.
Oh, didn’t know it was 60FPS on Switch 1 too, just heard that it works good and thought it might be 30 on Switch 1. This is even better than I thought.
Yes, it’s mind-blowing. It’s likely the best looking game on the Switch 1 and it somehow still manages to keep a stable 60 FPS