Hello Everyone!
This week’s post got a bit late due to some personal matters. Sorry about that. As for the games. I did not want to start any big game, and take care of some smaller games that I have been meaning to try for a while, ended up starting multiple games. 😢
- I have moved The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to a secondary game, so while I am going to play it here and there, I am not going to focus on it anymore.
- Playing Carto, it’s a beautiful, small, puzzle, indie game. If you have played the board game Carcassonne, you should love it. Basically, you have to solve puzzles by moving the map pieces around (and some other stuff). Highly recommended! It’s a very small games, I have done about 60%, going to try to finish it this weekend.
- I started New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, have been meaning to play it since it released but there was always something else that I wanted to play first, but with Wonder releasing soon, finally started it. I have just cleared the first (Acorn) world. Loving the game and platforming, but not a huge fan of timer in each level. It’s usually not a big deal, but when you are going slow, trying to find all secrets, it finished up pretty quickly.
- Also started Fire Emblem (GBA version) on NSO, and I am enjoying it a lot more than Three Houses, the only other FE game I have played (playing, technically).
- Finished The Order 1886. A wonderful game that still holds up really well, both gameplay and visuals. But it was too short. A sequel could’ve been great.
That’s all from me. What about you guys? What have you been playing? And what are you planning to play this weekend and beyond? And how are you liking it?
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I’m still very slowly whittling away at Tears of the Kingdom. It’s a very slow burn for me, I commonly lose interest after a half hour or so each time I pick it up. Otherwise I’m playing Fire Emblem on GBA virtual console.
In my experience, if you aren’t enjoying a game, it’s fine to take a break from them. You can always return to it later.
How are you liking the GBA Fire Emblem?
It’s one of my favorites of all time. I played it to death in 2003, so it’s a treat to relive my first foray into the franchise. Props to Smash Bros. Melee to puting it on my radar!
Yeah, Smash has got me interested in some characters, would love to try there games, if I can. It’s a great game for that.
After 100 hours of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, I decided to take a break. From the initial 4 temples, I am just missing the one in Gerudo, but I’m on my way there and done some quests in Gerudo. But as I’ve mentioned before, I know I’m going to be playing this game for a while. So I’ll get back to it here and there too and get a few long sessions for specific things (the temple, more of the story, etc.) every now and then.
I’ve been playing Pikmin 4 since Friday. I shared my initial impression on the other thread. I still agree with that after a few more hours, but it’s been fun. I like that it’s very relaxed and easy. Although the timer for the day keeps going, I don’t have the pressure to finish in x amount of days like in Pikmin 3.
I started New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, have been meaning to play it since it released but there was always something else that I wanted to play first, but with Wonder releasing soon, finally started it.
I’ve been thinking of doing this same thing 🤔
Yeah, I am about the same. Going to keep playing it, want to finish most of the side quests and get the armour pieces.
Are you out of the tutorials time range? Or still getting them?
Mario is pretty great. Really enjoying it, highly recommended.
I’m past the tutorials yes, it’s just the first hour or so but it’s really annoying. After that you do get some text from NPCs, but it’s not as annoying. It’s pretty relaxed and fun now!
Ah. Okay. Thanks. Glad you are enjoying it now.
Still on Trails into Reverie.
I think I’m getting close to the end, finished Rean’s Act 4 and now working on Lloyd’s route. Game is a huge improvement over CS4 IMO, even though Lloyd’s route is still too cheesy for my tastes.
Also, I kinda like the idea of the Reverie Corridor.
Reverie Corridor spoilers and some coments on CS4
This series tends to have a ton of sidequests, but in most games of the series the plot starts slow, and by the time it speeds up near the end the number of sidequests shrinks to focus on the main plot.
This however doesn’t work on CS4, because you already start the game in a major crisis, making the classic JRPG trope of “why are you playing mini-games when the world is about to end” hit really hard.
Reverie also starts with a crisis, but takes a different approach to this: Most of the optional content takes place in this dream-like world where memories from the real world are hazy and time flows differently.
Since this is disconnected from the main story it also lets the developer play around, include characters from older games, let you mix parties from different routes, and so on.
It’s an interesting approach to this problem.
Every time you mention Trails, you push me one step closer to buying Trails in the Sky SC.
Good to know the games are getting better and better, and you are still enjoying it.
Have fun!
Just to clarify, I though CS4 was one of the weakest game in the series, which is why I’m glad Reverie is a big improvement.
But even the weaker games in the series are fun, I did play CS4 for 80h-ish hours and had a good time - it just felt like a significant downgrade after CS3 which was one of my favorites.
Ah, that makes sense. Which is what I originally expected with such a big series. Some great games, and some not so great games.
Thanks for the explanation.
Exactly, it’s hard to have all games be bangers when there’s more than 10 of them already. But even the “worst” games are still a “B” in my opinion.
And I’m hearing very positive things about the next two (Kuro + Kuro 2) who were already released in Japan, hopefully won’t be long before we get them in the west.
Too many games. This comment again nudged me a little towards getting Trials in the Sky SC!
If it was available on Switch, I would be playing it right now. Or if I had Steam Deck…
Spirit Farer, about 25% through playing coop. I read that it might be a grind later on but so far it’s been fun
No game has made me cry as much as this game did. Death Stranding is in 2nd place, but its not even close
More Dragon Quest XI for me. I’m absolutely loving this game.
I’ve got Pikmin and Tears of the Kingdom in the queue. And you gave me an idea to play New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe. I started it once and liked it.
I’m continuing my tour of Nintendo’s back catalog on the DS. I’ve been playing Dragon Quest V. I really like how you can get random monsters to join your team. It’s the first Dragon Quest game I’ve ever played.
You have given me a great idea. You know I have not played any of them since Dragon Warrior on the NES? Time to catch up…
I was meaning to get back to DQXI after TotK, but want to play some of the smaller games from backlog, before jumping fully back in such a long game.
NSMBUD (Wow, even in abbreviations it is such a long name!) is really fun. I am having fun, but having trouble getting all the big gold coins (the ones that are 3 in each level).
Which Pikmin do you have in queue? 4? What about the previous ones?
Pikmin 4 is the one in the queue, but I do want to go back and player the earlier ones too.
Nice. Have fun!
