{"id":6231,"date":"2016-12-01T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=6231"},"modified":"2016-11-30T10:20:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T15:20:05","slug":"monthend-video-game-wrap-up-november-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=6231","title":{"rendered":"Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up \u2013 November 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey. November. It&#8217;s cold outside now. All the more reason to stay inside all the time and play video games. Except when it&#8217;s not and I go outside to play Pok\u00e9mon Go.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ Game Over ~<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Sun<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; FINALLY. I haven&#8217;t been so excited about a game since Smash 4. And you know I&#8217;m not kidding because I tore through that sucker in only a week. Also, have you seen Crabominable yet??<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crabominable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6256\" src=\"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crabominable.jpg\" alt=\"crabominable\" width=\"550\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crabominable.jpg 610w, https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crabominable-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crabominable-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heaven Island<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; A VR walking simulator MMO. Note that I do not own a VR device, so half the experience was lost on me. But I still wandered around until I&#8217;d picked up enough apples and seashells to claim all of the &#8220;achievements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You Deserve<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; I think I would have liked this horror adventure a little more if it had run a little bit smoother. It pushed my PC a little harder than it really needed to. Oh, and also it&#8217;s got jumpscares placed in seemingly random spots just for the sake of cheap jumpscares. I put up lots more words about it <a href=\"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=6239\">yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wario Land 2<\/strong> (GBC) &#8211; I was itching for a replay, so that&#8217;s what I did.\u00a0Considered taking the secret route to complete the game in five levels, but opted to go for good ol&#8217; 100% in the end. I like\u00a0Wario Land 2\u00a0<em>that much<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paper Mario: Color Splash<\/strong> (WiiU) &#8211; Quite a divisive game, though personally, I think it&#8217;s incredible.\u00a0It&#8217;s not really much like the N64 or GameCube Paper Marios, but at the same time,\u00a0it kind of is? Also, it&#8217;s super pretty and maybe the funniest game I&#8217;ve ever played. If I have one complaint to lobby against it, it&#8217;s that they spelled &#8220;colour&#8221; wrong.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nano Assault EX<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; This one is on a technicality. I tried playing it, and it consistently locked up my 3DS halfway through the first level, so I gave up. Too bad! It seemed fun!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kirby&#8217;s Adventure<\/strong> (NES) &#8211; That tiny NES is full of games I have barely or never played. So what&#8217;s the first game I spend a significant amount of time on?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ Now Playing ~<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Rollercoaster Tycoon<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; I had completely forgotten how engrossing this game can be. I played &#8216;er a bit back in the day, but I think I&#8217;ve already put more hours into it this month than I ever did when it was new and hip. One of the few sim games I&#8217;ve played that doesn&#8217;t feel like it&#8217;s impossibly difficult, which I appreciate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dragon Quest Builders<\/strong> (PS4) &#8211; One of the &#8220;holy trinity&#8221; of PS4-exclusive(ish) games that I purchased the system for, and probably the one that I was most excited about. It&#8217;s\u00a0a lot\u00a0like Minecraft, but with a Dragon Quest story and quest system built around it. As fun as the Minecraft sandbox is, I personally prefer it with a little more structure. And\u00a0pretty graphics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dragon Quest VII<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; I had set it aside last month to get through Pok\u00e9mon Pearl. I tried picking it back up afterward to see if I could make some progress before Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon released. And I did! Like, three more islands down. The Almighty knows how many left to go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hyrule Warriors Legends<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; A new DLC pack came out and Ravio is now a playable character. I had almost forgotten how much I love this dumb game and got sucked in again, albeit\u00a0very briefly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BioShock Remastered<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; Played on a whim, set to easy mode for maximum\u00a0progress\u00a0with minimal frustration. Makes me think about how much I&#8217;d like to actually give a damn about BioShock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monster Hunter Generations<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; I sometimes\u00a0wish that there were fewer wonderful things in the world to experience, so that I could just sink all my free time into\u00a0Monster Hunter and not feel bad about it. But hey, we finally cleared all the six-star quests!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Balloon Fight<\/strong> (NES) &#8211; I didn&#8217;t play too long. Just enough to earn the high score on Balloon Trip, and remember how terrible I am at the regular mode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bubble Bobble<\/strong> (NES) &#8211; I haven&#8217;t played Bubble Bobble in decades, and in that time, I forgot that it&#8217;s not\u00a0all that\u00a0fun to play alone. Or maybe at all? I&#8217;ll have to try some 2-player action and see if that improves my opinion of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rhythm Thief and the Emperor&#8217;s Treasure<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; A neat little game that I got in the eShop bundle earlier this year. It strikes me as being a lot like a Professor Layton game, except with rhythm mini-games punctuating the adventure instead of puzzles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey. November. It&#8217;s cold outside now. All the more reason to stay inside all the time and play video games. Except when it&#8217;s not and I go outside to play Pok\u00e9mon Go. ~ Game Over ~ Pok\u00e9mon Sun (3DS) &#8211; FINALLY. I haven&#8217;t been so excited about a game since Smash 4. 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