Pokemon games need to look better and they absolutely need voice acting with how much money they make but damn are they good at making a fun gameplay loop. They got me and the kid again.

Wrote down my thoughts about Yotei. While I think Atsu is an absolute wonderful lead I had a lot of issues with the game and just did not enjoy it as much as I wished I could backloggd.com/u/Maradum/re...

Might sound weird coming from a Trails fan - but I do believe Hades 2 has too much flavour text. There is so much dialog that is just... there? It feels like quality over quantity would be better here. Especially since the story line itself feels rather dry. Gameplay wise it is great though.

I am still so impressed with Gloomhaven. Every scenario feels so well done. It is always close, it (almost) never feels unfair and it is always fun to play. The leveling system is so good. Cannot wait to unlock more classes. This really is the board game of all time, wow.

Today I cleared a hard room in Gloomhaven, was happy, opened the chest - and it had 3 damage and poison inside. I died. My son laughed, my wife laughed. It was a wonderful scenario. I will always send the others to open chests now.

Got Gloomhaven (the boardgame) and wow, that is one insane experience. 10kg box, so much content, so much quality stuff. Absolutely worth the price. And so much fun to play! If you are looking for a video gamey board game CRPG it totally is this one.

Sucker Punch really though of a single riddle and repeated it 100x - damn. Yotei suffers a lot from open world slop, which is somehow worse than it was in Tsushima where it felt fresh at least. Also doesnt help that the weapon system is a bit better, but still just rock/paper/scissor

Playing Hades 2 and Yotei it is extremely interesting to see how "2nd game" impacts both games differently on a negative/positive scale. Game design is a hell of a monster to tackle, really wild how experiences vary here.

Can only repeat myself: this is the worst fucking mini game ever created. Your 1 win condition is "do not make a single mistake" cause if you make a mistake the NPC will just win combined with the dogshit trigger controls. This one is such a huge tilter in a great game otherwise.

I hate the fucking coin flick game in Yotei.

Started Yotei and it looks absolutely stunning! So far it very much is more of the same, which is fine - but I hope they have some new ideas for the open world. It definitely is a nice explore and look around game, lets see if it dodges the open world burnout bullet.

While I am not a 100% gamer this one still got me... "but if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nooooothing changed at all"

The Omega fight in MH Wilds makes me hopeful for the future that they still can design bosses that will fuck you up! I dont like that the true endgame for MH is only in the DLC now - but the MH Wilds DLC will slap, i believe.

Finished Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter! What an absolute wonderful remake of a special game. I fully stand by the fact that this might be one of the best Remakes ever made. The balance between faithful and new is so well done. Those are the exact same characters 21 years later. Beautiful game!

Got the expansion to The White Castle: Matcha and had some wonderful rounds today. Still one of my favourite board games. I love how you just place a single die and it can turn into an insane chain reaction. I love the little bridges but building them costs a lot of willpower.

If there is one smol criticism I have about the Sky Remake it is the quest markers. Overall they are good, but some of the riddle quests should not have them. It makes reading them completely irrelevant unfortunately.

I fully agree with this, especially with western games that drifted more and more into the film music direction. God of War being one of the biggest examples, which is a decent soundtrack but just not memorable at all. It is background music. Expedition 33 rly nailed that bit of weirdness again.

Cannot believe they made a State of Play just to announce Dynasty Warriors 3 Remake and nothing else wow! (yes i am salty and tired)

DW3 REMAKE I AM SHAKING!

Please do not make me sadge that I stayed awake for this Sony...

OMG in some shots Princess Joshua looks exactly like Nina Fenly with the new engine! And no one has ever seen them together in the same room? Huh, interesting!

I honestly wished it would be a bit later due to Horizon on 15th January - but this is amazing! Two of my favourite franchises of all time back to back, 2026 starts great!

I see Yokoyama was reading all the Daigo X Mine fan fiction. That additional content will be so yaoi coded.

My GOAT! Look at how wonderful he looks! This Remake is absolutely nailing everything so far, I am so happy!

Also my Ys IX thoughts which I loved a lot! Most likely my 2nd favourite behind X right now! backloggd.com/u/Maradum/re...

Wrote down my thoughts about Silksong! Overall it was a wonderful time, with some nitpicks here and there: backloggd.com/u/Maradum/re...

Still early in the Sky FC Remake but it is so good. It feels like the original, with so many great additions that do not change at all what the game itself is and represents. I truly believe this could be a masterpiece of "how to properly make a remake".

Just want to say that BOTH my PS5 controllers have issues with the D-Pad and some stick drift already. My release Switch 1 is holding up better. 80€ for that quality is disgusting.

Finished Finished Silksong after almost another 20h - not even 100% but only collection stuff missing. Mindblown. It is such a wonderful video game. It is the definition of "git gud" in a positive way. Some of my favourite bosses in video games, ever.

Silksong has a few bad bosses with boring/repetitive movesets - but the good bosses, THE GOOD BOSSES they are so damn good. I am actually sad after beating so many of these cause the fights are so fun. The learning into success was absolutely nailed here.

Silksong really embraces the "congrats on beating the tutorial" energy.

Oh no. I found THAT boss run in Silksong. Holy shit this is disgusting.

"Finished" Silksong after 20h! Normal ending achieved. I absolutely loved this one, much more than Hollow Knight (not the biggest HK fan here). Gameplay is peak, traversal, mechanics, areas. Just beautiful. I guess the only points I would criticize: - too many flying enemies - boring sidequests

Hornets pogo in Silksong is basically just a test of how good your spatial thinking is. I do not struggle with it at all, while others cannot even hit 2 flowers in a row. I guess my best tip is: Do not do it with max range to minimize the actual length you travel diagonally.

Played 3 hours of Silksong. Did a lot. Also did nothing. Took me 2 hours to do the thing that I actually wanted to do first and forgot 1 thing I wanted to do. The "maybe I can go here now" vibes are wild and the super crisp traversal is just so good. You are so fast everywhere.

Damn, Team Cherry is rly good at designing boss fights huh? I literally just play with my mouth open here.

I think I know why I vibe so much more with Silksong than Hollow Knight: It is Nioh 2! The game is much harder, but you also have much more useful skills and stuff to play with - which makes it "easier" again? Does that make sense? Absolutely in love with this one.

So a few hours into Silksong and it absolutely slaps. I agree with the difficulty being spiky - but Hornet also plays so so much better! My only criticism is the thing I have with almost all souls and metroidlikes: Long walkbacks to bosses are trash and useless and bad game design.

Whoever was responsible at Team Cherry for making the Rosaries roll away that far: Absolut monster behaviour, wow.

Not sure how I feel about that time information. That sounds... a lot? But COTC did have multiple updates so if thats all in there hm. Only main character can switch jobs is a bit sadge, but I guess you have 29 other members to mix and match then instead of just 8? Guess that works as well!

I will also do the hardest gaming challenge possible for me: I will finish Ys IX first I will finish Silksong second I will finish Sky 1st Chapter third I will finish Yotei fourth. I will fight the fomo of "but it is the NEWEST release!" And I need to finish all before Octopath 0. What a Q4 lol.

Every streamer playing Silksong while I finish Ys IX first means it is "find the streamer that does not play the new hot shit on release" day today! Always a good chance to find someone new and go through the directory!

I will definitely not complain about a (very likely) excellent game for just 20€ but I already can hear some motherfuckers in the future use that as an "argument" to shittalk other game prices "BuT SiLkSoNg wAs onLy 20!!!!" Preparing my future self already.

The main reason I vibe with Ys IX more than VIII so far is the level design and traversal abilities. Exploring the Isle of Seiren felt tedious at times, especially with big areas and little warp points. The Monstrum abilities and verticality in IX are so damn good for the gameplay loop.

Ys IX really has a Kojima character this game is peak wow.

Ys IX rather short? Feels like I am flying through it being already in Chapter 4? But the story is super intriguing! Tin foil hat is on!

Anyway, I also started Ys IX directly, a few hours in and it is absolutely banging. What a great game already! But then I realised that Silksong > Trails 1st Chapter > Yotei happens soon and I question my life choices. I need more time. Or some lottery wins to get rid of the job.

Only watched a bit of Lost Soul Aside but it looks like it has some of the worst Mimir-fication out there. I hope the trend of "annoying buddy that has useless voice lines every single second" dies soon.

Hello Ys IX I want to have a talk with you why do you undermine this order I just made up wtf?

Ys VIII finished! The final stretch did not really change my opinion on it overall! Is it a great game? Yeah! Is it the best Ys by far? Not really?! At least not for me. I still loved my time with it and I am looking forward to the next Ys journey! backloggd.com/u/Maradum/re...