{"id":10082,"date":"2022-12-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=10082"},"modified":"2022-12-31T02:17:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T08:17:59","slug":"monthend-video-game-wrap-up-december-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=10082","title":{"rendered":"Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up: December 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">~ Game Over ~<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet<\/strong> (Switch) &#8211; Paldean Pok\u00e9dex complete!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mars Moose: Cosmic Quest: City Sights<\/strong> (PS1) &#8211; More of a curio than anything. It&#8217;s a 10-minute game for wee bairns, but still, I played it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trombone Champ<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLczsZoy5wC6fEynGOHYXFB8LD-FQbnV0c\">wacky game<\/a> that I don&#8217;t think really lived up to its potential. It&#8217;s not exactly the rhythm game it first appears to be, but nor does it go nearly as off the deep end as similar games like Frog Fractions or Inscryption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dino Crisis <\/strong>(PS1) &#8211; Taken on its own merits, it\u2019s\u2026 passable. It&#8217;s got a lot of rough edges that need sanding, but it&#8217;s fun enough and I like that the puzzles seem hard at a glance but are actually pretty easy. It made me feel smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Choo-Choo Charles<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; Indie horror game about fending off a giant spider-train-monster. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yRcle_U6q6k\">It\u2019s shockingly good!<\/a> I would absolutely play this one again. Maybe even take up the speedrun. *strokes beard thoughtfully*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crimson Snow<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; Heard it was good from a random Twitch chatter, then bought it sight unseen based on that appraisal. It worked out! I don&#8217;t normally like hide-and-seek horror games too much, but this one&#8217;s really good. And <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AfkEtLnRA24\">Christmassy<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resident Evil 2<\/strong> (PS1) &#8211; Played many times! Leon A, Claire A, and Leon B twice. All Leon playthroughs were also in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wITOguPw_Zg\">Christmas Mode<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woody Woodpecker Racing<\/strong> (PS1) &#8211; Booted up for a laff, but then ended up playing all the way through the story mode. Maybe it&#8217;s because I never play kart racers any more, but it was a pretty fun time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Irony of Nightmare<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; An earlier game from the Crimson Snow developer. A fairly simple escape room game, with spooks! <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bgsSPBKVh3Q\">Played it for YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vice: Project Doom<\/strong> (NES) &#8211; I owned this game growing up, adored it, but never could get past level three or so. NES Online&#8217;s rewind feature got me to the end, and I&#8217;m glad I finally finished it. It is legitimately tough, but definitely beatable without cheating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Super Valis IV<\/strong> (SNES) &#8211; For the most part, it&#8217;s a laughably easy and boring action platformer, but then the final boss is an absolute nightmare. Played as a curio from the SNES Online collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brain Age Express: Sudoku<\/strong> (DS) &#8211; This has been my &#8220;pooping game&#8221; for the last couple months. Guess I have to go back to FFIII now \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WarGames: Defcon 1<\/strong> (PS1) &#8211; It&#8217;s a fun little tactical actiony-type game. I don&#8217;t really know how to describe it. You get a bunch of vehicles, you drive them around and blow up bad guys. Imagine an RTS if you controlled each unit directly, and couldn&#8217;t build anything. That&#8217;s this game. Cleared the NORAD (good guys) campaign, currently halfway through the WOPR (bad guys) campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ICEY<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; Well, I suppose that I beat it. Seems like I got the bad ending though, and that I&#8217;ll need t continue playing to get a better ending. If one exists. Because this game literally is all about how unsatisfying it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">~ Progress Notes ~<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Star Ocean: Till the End of Time<\/strong> (PS2) &#8211; Gotta find a big ol&#8217; dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Picross S6<\/strong> (Switch) &#8211; Almost done with the normal mode puzzles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~ Game Over ~ Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet (Switch) &#8211; Paldean Pok\u00e9dex complete! Mars Moose: Cosmic Quest: City Sights (PS1) &#8211; More of a curio than anything. It&#8217;s a 10-minute game for wee bairns, but still, I played it. Trombone Champ (PC) &#8211; A wacky game that I don&#8217;t think really lived up to its potential. 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