{"id":10580,"date":"2024-02-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=10580"},"modified":"2024-02-28T10:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:38:25","slug":"month-end-video-game-wrap-up-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=10580","title":{"rendered":"Month End Video Game Wrap-Up: February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

~ Game Over ~<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Peglin<\/strong> (PC) – ‘Nother run for the new patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power Wash Simulator<\/strong> (PC) – Completed all the Midgar content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales<\/strong> (PS5) – Good follow-up. It’s not quite sequel-sized, but also is quite a lot more substantial than the average DLC expansion. While combat can get annoying and sometimes feels cheap, picking off guys one at a time in stealth mode is so very satisfying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Half-Life 2: Episode 1<\/strong> (PC) – Sadly, feels like a low-effort expansion pack to the base game. Essentially just takes all the existing assets, jumbles them up, and then cranks the difficulty up a few notches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aperture Desk Job<\/strong> (PC) – Free, 20-minute “tech demo” for the Steam Deck, which I instead played on a desktop PC. It was pretty funny, so 20 minutes well spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Did Not Buy This Ticket<\/strong> (PC) – A surreal visual novel about a woman who travels from funeral to funeral on a strange bus. It was neat, and I’ll likely play it at least once more to try to get a different ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steelrising<\/strong> (PS5) – I’d never heard of this prior to it being a free game on PS+, but I’m so glad I took the time to play it. This is a soulslike action RPG, but with the “soulslike” part toned down so that it’s way<\/em> more fun than frustrating. It’s still hard! But it could be a little<\/em> harder… even the toughest boss in this game is easier than the first real boss in Elden Ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ Progress Notes ~<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Returnal<\/strong> (PC) – Reached (but did not defeat) the spooky citadel boss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Love Katamari REROLL<\/strong> (Switch) – 2 stages in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Code: Recollection<\/strong> (Switch) – Cleared Two Memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omori<\/strong> (PC) – Two Days Left…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vampire Survivors<\/strong> (Switch) – Just noodlin’ around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ Purchases ~<\/h3>\n\n\n\n