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The Results Are In! The Guide of the Year Awards 2022 01/31/23
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Time for the December update on what's happening in my gaming life.
What I’ve finished since last month’s post:
Live A Live (Switch) – Finally finished up this excellent old-school 90's Square JRPG, very happy this title finally got an official western release.
Ratchet: Deadlocked (PS3) - This was a fun battle-heavy Ratchet game. Thankfully I didn't experience any of the glitches mentioned in the forums and guides.
Additional games I’ve finished in the meantime:
Toem (PS5) - Photography in video games isn't normally my thing (I've never been one to use photo mode very much), but I had fun with this one. The cute art style and humor made it enjoyable.
Déraciné (PS4, VR) - No challenging boss battles in this FromSoftware game, but a very interesting story to unravel in their traditional story-through-potentially-missable-item-description style.
The Gardens Between (PS5) - A touching story puzzler, this short game was a joy to play.
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation (PC) - A story came across my feed one day that this game was about to be delisted. I checked the Steam store and it was on sale for a few bucks, so I snagged it. It's D&D lite and fairly short compared to other D&D games (I completed it in less than 10 hours). Another delisted game with no physical version, lost to licensing rights in the digital era.
Cat Quest (PC) - I've claimed quite a few free PC games through Steam, Amazon, GOG, and Epic over the years. At the time my attitude is always "Hey it's free, why not?" I didn't even know I had this one; a few days ago I was surveying my collections through the various launchers and apparently this was given away on Amazon a while back. At the time I claimed it, I don't think I knew what the game was and only learned about it afterwards, thought to myself "That looks like it would be fun someday", then got a nice surprise to find out I owned it already.
What I’m currently playing:
Yakuza 4 (PS4) - No delusions about getting the platinum with this game, I play the Yakuza games for fun.
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (PS4) - I'm playing this one to satisfy the Real Time Strategy category in the Platinum Every Genre challenge, and so far I'm having a good time with it.
Persona 4 Golden (PC) - My current PC game, I have a feeling this one's gonna be on my update list for awhile.
Gloomhaven (PC) Gloomhaven, meet your new long-term roommate P4G.
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After posting this update I finished part 1 of Yakuza 4 and started Saejima's part... bounced off him pretty hard, I gotta say. His combat feels like ass to me, like trying to fight a swarm of wasps with a forklift. So far he's no fun, and if I'm not having fun it may be time to move on. I'll revisit the game in a few days and try again, we'll see...
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