Another update. Getting closer and closer to blackout.
I1 - Cooperative Game - Minecraft Dungeons -
I originally wanted Diablo IV for this square, but it had some issues. First it just wouldn't install, but after trying a few more times it finally did for no apparent reason. I was able to play through the first act and was having a good time with it, but the next day when I went to play it, it just wouldn't boot for no apparent reason. I really miss playing on my PS5 lol. Anyway, I was going to try and mess with it to get it to work again, but then I noticed that it didn't have achievements because it was being played through Battle.net and wouldn't count anyway, so I just gave up. It really got me in the mood for an ARPG though, so I looked through game pass and saw Minecraft Dungeons. I remember wanting to try it when it was on PS+, but was on the fence about it enough that I didn't want to have yet another game dragging my completion down if I didn't like it. But since I don't have to worry about that on my Xbox profile, I tried it out. It was the most okay experience I think I've ever had with a game. Everything was very basic, from the level design to the attacks. Until the last level. Then there was an absolutely absurd difficulty spike. It took me about twice as long to get through the last level as it did for me to get through the rest of the game because I had to go back and grind for better equipment and levels. It was pretty frustrating honestly. But it did kill my desire to play an ARPG and counts for this square since it has coop, so that's nice at least.
I2 - One Word Title - Battletoads -
I really liked the original Battletoads on the Genesis, so I've wanted to try out this reboot for a while now. I think it did what it was trying to do very well, but I didn't really like most of it, and it definitely didn't feel like a Battletoads game. Only maybe half the game is a side scrolling beat-em-up, the rest is partially a normal side scrolling platformer, partially a shmup, and partially minigames. What's sad, is that it was at it's best when it wasn't a beat-em-up. And then the story was this weird meta joke on the Battletoads that felt a lot like a 90s cartoon. But specifically stuff like Ren and Stimpy. Which I've never been a big fan of. When I was a kid in the 90s, I was into stuff like Power Rangers, the Marvel cartoons, and anime stuff like Pokemon and Digimon. It just felt like they didn't know what to do, so they just kind of did whatever they wanted and made it 90s cartoon inspired. Which like I said, I think they did it well, but I didn't really like it. I wanted a modern Battletoads game, not 90s humor and meta jokes.
Only 3 spaces left now. I'm getting closer to the end of Persona 3 Reload (I'm at the end of October), so that'll probably be my next square. I really wanted to put it in the Romance square, because last year I put Persona 3 Portable into that square and I thought that would be funny. But I'm too broke to buy another new game (or any games right now lol), so it'll probably end up in the released in 2024 square. Even though I'd really like to pick up the new Under Night In-Birth game, Tekken 8, and Ys X when it comes out, probably the only other game I'll be buying this year is the new FFXIV expansion, Dawntrail. Unless I happen to find a job by the time I beat Persona 3 Reload lol. But that's unlikely, so I'll probably end up playing Fable Anniversary for that square, since it's been sitting in my steam library for years now and I should probably play it. Or maybe Sonic Adventure 2, since it's also been sitting in my steam library for years and features the greatest love story ever told, the one between Sonic and Shadow lol.