Month End Video Game Wrap-Up: July 2025

~ Game Over ~

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder (PC) – A totally average metroidvania. The gameplay is solid and the world design is good, but the unlockable skills are largely useless and the story is waaaaaay too wordy. Also the ending is poo.

Deltarune (Switch2) – It’s absolutely wild that somehow each chapter manages to be better and more mind-bending than the last. I guess that what happens when there are years of development between them. Hopefully the rest of the chapters are released in my lifetime!

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic (PS5) – A complete 180 from the unfinished mess that was Security Breach, I thought this game was genuinely really good. It’s a ton of fun, has plenty of variety, didn’t crash once, and has a plot that you could clearly follow from start to finish. Great success!

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri’s Revenge (PC) – Both campaigns complete, and both had satisfying endings. The Allies’ was great for the hilariously silly cutscenes, and the Soviets’ because the last stage was on the Moon.

~ Progress Notes ~

Under the Waves (PC) – Day 5

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 (Switch2) – A third of the way through THPS3?

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Switch) – Chapter 11

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) – Forest Temple

Donkey Kong Banaza (Switch2) – Radiance Layer

Supermarket Simulator (PC) – ?????

Picross S9 (Switch) – Halfway through the regular puzzles

~ Purchases ~

  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 (Switch2)
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic (PS5)
  • Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch2)
  • Supermarket Simulator (PC)
  • Picross S9 (Switch)
  • Shadow Labyrinth (Switch2)

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