{"id":11162,"date":"2025-08-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=11162"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:04:11","slug":"month-end-video-game-wrap-up-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=11162","title":{"rendered":"Month End Video Game Wrap-Up: August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Donkey Kong Bananza<\/strong> (Switch2) – I expected to enjoy this game, but I never expected it to be one of the best games of the year. It’s Super Mario Odyssey 2 in a lot of ways, with a little Banjo-Kazooie and Minecraft sprinkled on for flavour. And the ending<\/em>? This might have the most perfect final hours of a video game ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Waves<\/strong> (PC) – A swimming simulator where you help a man overcome his grief (or not). It’s kind of like Firewatch by way of Subnautica, but also not as good as Firewatch because it’s like twice as long and a lot of the “gameplay” is really tedious valve-turning. I liked it, but could have liked it a lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas Night<\/strong> (PC) – Look, I like to have my let’s plays recorded months in advance, okay? This is a very basic haunted house kind of game with a little bit of stealth thrown in. Nothing special or ambitious, but it was free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

House of Caravan<\/strong> (PC) – A short escape-room kind of game, very much like Lost Alone, where you explore a house, solve puzzles, and pick up a whole bunch of random crap. Only this one is less horror-themed. It’s short and decent enough. Didn’t do anything outstanding, didn’t do anything terrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Picross S9<\/strong> (Switch) – Working through the Mega puzzles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UFO 50<\/strong> (Switch) – About 16 games in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shadow Labyrinth<\/strong> (Switch2) – Torn Lands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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