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Games Beaten

-Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

I knew Ys VIII first for its awesome soundtrack but the rest of the game is no slouch. The combat is fast and fluid and your AI-controlled party members are actually useful.  On Normal difficulty the game is not hard, though I think the combat could become tedious if you just button mashed. The game does a great job developing its likable cast and keeping the narrative from becoming stagnant. The adventure feels a little long if you do nearly everything (like I did) but that’s a small complaint when it’s this fun to play.

Games Bought

I always thought I would enjoy Doom (PS4), the 2016 reimagining of the seminal FPS franchise. Surely, as the sequels came out, that first new Doom game would hit PS+ as a promotional thing, right? NOPE. So I finally buckled down and shelled out real money for it. $4 on sale. Outrageous! We also bought Hollow Knight: Silksong (Switch) for my son's birthday and we've both been playing that. As for PS+ I got Stray (PS5). I've heard this game is a little shallow once you get past the novelty of playing a cyberpunk cat game but it's cool to have.

Games Being Played

-Hollow Knight: Silksong (Switch)

Silksong is about what I expected from the follow up to Hollow Knight. There is just so much of it!

-River City Girls 2 (Switch)

My wife and I have continued to slowly make our way through this beat-'em-up RPG. Taken down several big story bosses!

-Earth Defense Force: World Brothers (Switch)

Monster Hunter Rise has finally been supplanted! We played an EDF game back on the PS3 (EDF 2025) but this one eschews a realistic art style for blocky voxels. Not sure how I feel about its overzealous attempts at humor but the gameplay is solid.

-Picross: Lord of the Nazarick (Switch)

Back to solving these puzzles!

-Destiny 2 (PS5)

On the cusp of finishing the Edge of Fate story campaign!