Bought a bunch of games from Black Friday sales:
Prince of Persia Lost Crown - fuck, okay, I bought one of those cheap Castlevania collections on Switch and reignited my love for that series with Circle of the Moon of all games. This game is Metroid Dread with difficulty meters for near-40s gamers like myself. Lots of easy sliders and a really good map/movement that feels Dread-like. I give negative zero fucks about Prince of Persia but this game is actually really, really nice. Should be bought.
Tomb Raider 1-3 - I heard better controls and nah, I still can't get into this. I do like her guns though, infinite ammo is a nice management decision. The ability to instantly pivot between old and new graphics is pretty fun. I really want to like these games and enjoy watching those that can interpret the controls because the exploration is nice.
Metal Gear Collection - I haven't opened it yet. I still need to beat Death Stranding. I kind of liked that game. Want to dig into the old MG games and maybe 3, first.
Alan Wake 2 - for about a year, people talked this up. And, I really clicked with Control from a gameplay perspective. Like, entirely. That wasn't that surprising given the first Alan Wake was super playable and I actually beat it for that reason. However, the 'deliberate' writing in that game fucking sucks and it ruined it for me because it tried so hard. I was actually pumped to play this until last week when I saw some make the same complaints about this game and how it was similar to the first and then all those that loved it said 'yeah, but the first is great in the same way. What's wrong with me? Why did I buy this? Haven't played it yet.
Silent Hill 2 - FUCK. This is really, really good. The original was great, but also about half-broken the whole way through and this game is immensely playable, superbly paced and it just... I don't know - plays like I want it to? I think the story/writing is dopey and I love David Lynch, but the game and feel is just immaculate. Bloober makes no sense but this game is absolutely worth your time.
Retrorealms Halloween/Evil Dead - this was super up my alley but the games are basic and the same thing. I LOVE genre shit, especially Halloween but the extras aren't great and the videos they have are just kind of self-referential. Give me some interviews with known-gamer John Carpenter or something. I am glad I supported this though because I really like the overarching idea of the business idea. The games control well and they're decent enough. Bosses were annoying/hard.
Sandland - reminds me of a PS2 game, I don't have much to say but I bought it/haven't played it.
SMTV Vengeance - haven't opened it - I really enjoyed V, it felt like it was an SMT for my play style and I really loved its setting. Plus, my kid is named Finn after the Irish legend and when that game came out you fight that legend and he was in my party the whole game. Anyway, might be my next.
Metaphor - haven't played it yet, but I eventually warmed up to P5 so I said sure. Really LOVE all things SMT so I'll probably like this. I don't give a shit about its story. Just give me some weakness chains to jizz around and I'm sold
This is all to say Balatro is my GOTY.
Prince of Persia Lost Crown - fuck, okay, I bought one of those cheap Castlevania collections on Switch and reignited my love for that series with Circle of the Moon of all games. This game is Metroid Dread with difficulty meters for near-40s gamers like myself. Lots of easy sliders and a really good map/movement that feels Dread-like. I give negative zero fucks about Prince of Persia but this game is actually really, really nice. Should be bought.
Tomb Raider 1-3 - I heard better controls and nah, I still can't get into this. I do like her guns though, infinite ammo is a nice management decision. The ability to instantly pivot between old and new graphics is pretty fun. I really want to like these games and enjoy watching those that can interpret the controls because the exploration is nice.
Metal Gear Collection - I haven't opened it yet. I still need to beat Death Stranding. I kind of liked that game. Want to dig into the old MG games and maybe 3, first.
Alan Wake 2 - for about a year, people talked this up. And, I really clicked with Control from a gameplay perspective. Like, entirely. That wasn't that surprising given the first Alan Wake was super playable and I actually beat it for that reason. However, the 'deliberate' writing in that game fucking sucks and it ruined it for me because it tried so hard. I was actually pumped to play this until last week when I saw some make the same complaints about this game and how it was similar to the first and then all those that loved it said 'yeah, but the first is great in the same way. What's wrong with me? Why did I buy this? Haven't played it yet.
Silent Hill 2 - FUCK. This is really, really good. The original was great, but also about half-broken the whole way through and this game is immensely playable, superbly paced and it just... I don't know - plays like I want it to? I think the story/writing is dopey and I love David Lynch, but the game and feel is just immaculate. Bloober makes no sense but this game is absolutely worth your time.
Retrorealms Halloween/Evil Dead - this was super up my alley but the games are basic and the same thing. I LOVE genre shit, especially Halloween but the extras aren't great and the videos they have are just kind of self-referential. Give me some interviews with known-gamer John Carpenter or something. I am glad I supported this though because I really like the overarching idea of the business idea. The games control well and they're decent enough. Bosses were annoying/hard.
Sandland - reminds me of a PS2 game, I don't have much to say but I bought it/haven't played it.
SMTV Vengeance - haven't opened it - I really enjoyed V, it felt like it was an SMT for my play style and I really loved its setting. Plus, my kid is named Finn after the Irish legend and when that game came out you fight that legend and he was in my party the whole game. Anyway, might be my next.
Metaphor - haven't played it yet, but I eventually warmed up to P5 so I said sure. Really LOVE all things SMT so I'll probably like this. I don't give a shit about its story. Just give me some weakness chains to jizz around and I'm sold
This is all to say Balatro is my GOTY.
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