{"id":7750,"date":"2018-09-04T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=7750"},"modified":"2018-09-03T18:14:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T23:14:40","slug":"monthend-video-game-wrap-up-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=7750","title":{"rendered":"Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up: August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know, I think I\u2019m really starting to get the hang of this \u201cjust stop playing games that you aren\u2019t having fun with\u201d thing. It\u2019s an amazing time-saver! At least, unless the game in question is a Mega Man X game…<\/span><\/p>\n

~ Game Over ~<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mega Man X4<\/b> (Switch) – While I do think it holds up fairly well on a high level, it really makes me long for the gorgeous pixel graphics of the SNES games. What can I say? I\u2019m old.<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Dungeon Bros<\/b> (PS4) – At first I thought \u201cThis is kinda like Gauntlet! Sweet!\u201d But it\u2019s not the kind of game that\u2019s properly balanced for single-player, so I gave up and deleted it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X Legacy Collection<\/b> (Switch) – X Challenge is <\/span>indeed<\/span><\/i> a challenge, as I needed to keep the difficulty firmly on Easy to make my way to the end. (Spoiler: It\u2019s crazy broken.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X4<\/b> (Switch) – The previous one was an X playthrough, this one was a Zero run.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X3<\/b> (Switch) – Another run to gather up some stray \u201chunter medals\u201d (achievements). Also this time I got the gold armor and Z-Saber, so Kaiser Sigma wasn\u2019t impossibly hard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X5<\/b> (Switch) – Despite having pretty good memories of if, I kind of can\u2019t stand Mega Man X5. Imagine that!<\/span><\/p>\n

Batman: The Telltale Series <\/b>(PS4) – While I really liked it, I couldn\u2019t help but feel like I would have enjoyed it more as a straight-up animated mini-series instead of a \u201cgame.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X5<\/b> (Switch) – I played it again to go through Zero\u2019s story. Why? Masochism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X6<\/b> (Switch) – This is generally considered to be an absolute trash fire of a game, but after this playthrough, I\u2019ve come think it\u2019s actually quite a bit better than tedious ol\u2019 X5.<\/span><\/p>\n

Legend of Kay Anniversary <\/b>(PS4) – I got this in a bundle last year, and it seemed like it would be a nice, breezy adventure. It is those things! But it is also <\/span>hella boring<\/span><\/i>, so I deleted it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X5<\/b> (Switch) – I needed to see all three endings to earn a hunter medal\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

~ Now Playing ~<\/span><\/h2>\n

MGSV: The Phantom Pain<\/b> (PC) – Began investigating the FOB missions, and discovered that they can supply vast amounts of resources. HOORAY! (I really love this game!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Octopath Traveler<\/b> (Switch) – As much as I like this game, I have been unjustly ignoring it in favour of all the Mega Mans. Anyone surprised? Show of hands? No? Didn\u2019t think so.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate<\/b> (Switch) – I\u2019m so sorry, Octopath.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Messenger <\/b>(Switch) – It looks a lot like Shovel Knight but with ninjas, and it\u2019s very nearly as good as Shovel Knight. This is like, exactly what I\u2019ve been looking for in a video game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2<\/b> (Switch) – I was very much looking forward to X Challenge Vol. 2, but it turned out to be mostly the same fights as in Volume 1. Lazy, Capcom. Real lazy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mega Man X7<\/b> (Switch) – Never played this before, though I knew about its absolutely horrid reputation. It\u2019s not <\/span>quite<\/span><\/i> as bad as all that, but it is still astonishingly bad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Picross S2<\/b> (Switch) – It\u2019s a new Picross game. Of course I\u2019m playing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Piczle Lines DX<\/b> (Switch) – Back at this. Made it to puzzles so big that they can take almost an hour to complete. And they\u2019re not even the biggest ones\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Smash Bros for Wii U <\/b>(WiiU) – Been playing a few matches here and there because I am way too excited for Smash Ultimate and this is my best outlet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know, I think I\u2019m really starting to get the hang of this \u201cjust stop playing games that you aren\u2019t having fun with\u201d thing. It\u2019s an amazing time-saver! At least, unless the game in question is a Mega Man X game… ~ Game Over ~ Mega Man X4 (Switch) – While I do think it … Continue reading Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up: August 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,32,49,20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mega-man","category-monster-hunter","category-monthend","category-retro-gaming","category-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7752,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750\/revisions\/7752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}