Played a bit more Library of Ruina, but couldn’t focus so I ended up looking for something else to play.

Tried Ninja Gaiden (Sigma, from the Master Collection), but while I do like the gameplay I just can’t stand the controls and the camera.

Next I tried Daemon X Machina, it’s fine but it feels rather lacking when compared to AC6.

I tried Final Fantasy X again, and I do find the general story and themes interesting but I can’t care about the characters and the gameplay is mind numbingly boring.

I ended up settling on Final Fantasy V (Pixel Remaster) because of the job system. I don’t really like how the pixel remasters look, but it’s fine.

Been playing RoboCop Rogue City.

It’s not bad, I like that it tries hard to be true to the movies. The character likenesses are there, the voice of RoboCop, and the one liners are all there. It plays like a budget title, though. Limited voice cast. Limited gameplay scope, crappy animations, crappy writing. It’s not bad, as long as you go in with budget title gameplay in mind.

The big issue is the buggyness. I’ve had it crash randomly during the first part of the game. Sometimes bugs happen that prevent you from progressing in the game, so you have to restart from a checkpoint. You also can’t quick save and load previous saves. You just get the one auto save. Video cut scenes in game won’t play in sync with the audio. You have to edit the config file to enable HDR, or else the game appears washed out. Mouse movement and fov just feel wrong. There’s a bunch of secondary weapons in the game, but they all suck compared to the auto-9. Fps are inconsistent and there’s a weird bug apparently with how some Nvidia functions are implemented, so using specific setting is necessary to get better frame rate.

Anyway, gripes aside, I loved RoboCop as a kid and it’s nice to play a game that’s true to the character, unlike the loads of shitty RoboCop games we got in the 80s and 90s.

Four more levels of Final Doom’s TNT: Evilution. After it’s done, I’ll take a classic Doom break for a while. I gotta play Dark Ages first, before continuing with Plutonia.

The some more Cyberpunk 2077. I’m a bit pissed at myself and the game, because of a glitch, that blocks some side quests. Foolishly, I just used a single save slot, and the auto saves don’t go back far enough, before the glitch happend, so I might try something to avoid it. The cause is probably a mod, although from what I read this bug isn’t uncommon and can happen without mods. Through the use of a save editor I’ve managed to make the next quest available at least, but wasn’t able to get the broken quest working again or “finish” it. I just hope it doesn’t happen again.

Then I started A Game About Digging A Hole today. Just like the title says, you’re digging a hole. You find stones and ores along the way, that you can sell, to upgrade your stuff. I’m two hours in, and looks like there’s nothing to upgrade anymore, which is a bit of a bummer. Now i just have to go deeper, blow stuff up with dynamite, and look for treasure. That probably also means I’m close to the end of the game.

I’ve been working on Avowed and have been really enjoying it so far. My only real complaint is the weapons. Aside from some of the unique aspects, they all feel kind of same-y to me as far as damage goes.

I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic and wanting to ignore the world, so I’ve been playing Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. Before that I was playing Marvel’s Midnight Suns for a while.

ufo50, specifically grimstone. just restarted chrysalis harvest moon gba

I finished Pentiment yesterday, what an absolute masterpiece. It’s certainly not for everyone - and I initially hesitantly added it to my backlog for this year as a very different game from what I’m used to - but it resonated so much with me.

I also started Castlevania: SOTN, which I quite enjoy so far - metroidvanias are usually hit or miss for me so I’m going in with tempered expectations.
And I’m attempting a fresh playthrough of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, which I shelved a couple years ago.

Combat Complex posted an update, so have been enjoying some more high quality twin-stick shooter action. Finally got through the brutal room I was throwing myself at in floor eight (the update definitely makes it easier to get through hard spots, which has ups and downs), and have had a generally much easier time in the following rooms. Found an elevator to floor ten, in case I’m getting too cocky.

Odinfall finally opened their early access, so been exploring that crazy mess. Very Nuclear Throne like, but with extras like slotted weapon upgrades and some more decent looks. Runs are a lot like stepping on a land mine, but it’s pretty fun.