Reached day 14 of Pikmin 1.
I was stuck on a particular place for couple of days cause I didn't realise you can take as many bombs as you want from the "cans". I thought you can only pick the ones that are outside.
A door needed 6 bombs but there were only 4 bombs outside, so had been trying to bring them from far away and having trouble with that. Later realised you can just throw in the Pikmin and they will go in and bring out a bomb. Still not sure if there are infinite bombs or there were just 2 extra hidden inside.
Cleared the third area but lost majority of my pikmin, so went back to first area for a day and "farmed" some pikmin, back to 100+ for all three types. Time to enter the fourth area next.
Played some more God of War: Ragnarok.
I have unlocked more skills so enjoying the combat more now. Blades of Chaos are also pretty fun to use. I didn't use them too much in the first game, and was ignoring them mostly here too, but having fun with them now.
The relationship between Kratos and Atreus has also changed. Atreus has reached the rebellious teenage phase, and apparently god teenagers aren't much different from human teenagers.
There are also many easter eggs, for instance you collect these poems throughout the game, and each poem is about a PlayStation franchise. I didn't realise that at first, thinking they are just random collectibles, but it became obvious after a few.
Looking forward to how the story progresses.
Finished Monster Hunter Wilds. Or at least saw the credits roll. The final monster Zoh Shia wasn't that difficult. The most difficult one had to be Rathalos. Rest weren't that bad.
There should still be a ton of game left, I think we have only covered a small part, but let's see.
It's also coming to Switch 2. I think Prologue Demo was just released or is about to release in a few days. Right now I am wondering if I should double dip and switch to Switch 2 version of the game. Or I can just finish it on PS and get Monster Hunter Rise on Switch, but I am not sure I would like to play two Monster Hunter games back to back.
Also played couple of hours of Arc Raiders. I have been playing it here and there with a friend, and they announced a beta PvE mode for this weekend so I went in to try that. I am not a fan of PvP and have been hoping for a pure PvE mode since the start, so very happy with this. Hope they make it a permanent addition. They also released a major update, Frozen Trail, so exploring it a bit too.
Will probably play it some more over the weekend too. Want to make use of this PvE weekend as much as I can.
What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?
Finished MIO: Memories in Orbit!
While the game did get less frustrating later on I was very burned out at that point, so I just got the "Normal" ending and won't be trying to get the "True" ending.
Maybe turning on assists from the beginning would've avoided that, but overall I think this game is just poorly designed. It relies way too much on trial-and-error for both platforming and boss battles, while being extremely punishing thanks to low health, no healing, lack of a reasonable checkpoint system (leading to constant runbacks), and just plain lack of polish with inconsistent hitboxes (so many frustrating moments with the red plants that act as "spikes" in platforming sections) and some control issues with the grapple mechanic.
Also has a very... contentious mechanic to say the least. I've put it in spoiler tags but you should consider reading it if you're interested in the game.
Mechanics Spoiler
There are story-related moments where you permanently lose health. There's a plot reason for that, and enemies also lose a chunk of their life, but it felt like a slap in the face considering how you are constantly struggling with the low amount of total health.
Overall I'd say this is only recommended for the "Silksong is easy" crowd. And I think even them will get frustrated in some parts of the game.
I will however leave praise for the "Normal" ending final boss, that battle was excellent - reminded me of some of my favorite bosses in harder games like Hollow Knight or Nine Sols.
Playing Picross S+!
Finished the e1 puzzles. Got the e2 pack and will keep playing from time to time.
Probably resuming Super Robot Wars Y Anniversary Expansion Pack for now, don't want to start a big game with Final Fantasy Resonance releasing soon.
Are there assists that can make game easier? Which you can enable from start? And is it worth it with those assists? For someone in "Silksong is super hard, I am never even going to try it" crowd.
Yes, there are assists and you can turn them on anytime:
Tough question. It's certainly easier than Silksong, but I think you'd still find this game too hard even with assists on.
lol, that video is all I needed. Thanks. One less item in wishlist now 😁