Castle of Heart<\/strong> (Switch) – I wrote a full review of this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Refunct <\/strong>(Switch) – I liked the screenshots, and decided why not spend the $2.50? Well, it\u2019s\u2026 an incredibly simple game. Jump across the platforms to the beacon. Watch more platforms rise out of the water, and then jump to the new beacon. Repeat a couple dozen times until complete. It took me about half an hour to 100%, but it was a nice, relaxing game. I\u2019d happily buy a sequel with a stronger focus on puzzles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mutant Mudds Super Challenge<\/strong> (Switch) – It\u2019s Mutant Mudds again, but this time it\u2019s hard as nails. More spikes than you can shake a stick at, and way more situations that require pixel-perfect movement and\/or timing. Also, bosses that actually get easier<\/em> as you go. And a fancy new death counter. I died just under 250 times before completing the game. Though I didn\u2019t manage to find even one hidden character. *shrug*<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Hole New World<\/strong> (Switch) – An alright game that I bought because it looks (visually) a lot like Shovel Knight. It plays kind of like a linear Mega Man, where you get a new power from each boss, but you are forced on a track from Stage 1 to Stage 7. Levels are huge and ripe for exploring, but all of your attacks (until the last stage) have weird trajectories, which makes dealing with monsters more cumbersome than it needs to be. Also the final boss has so much<\/em> life and you have so little<\/em> life that it feels really unfair, and I could not defeat him. In the end, I\u2019m glad I got this for like 75% off, as I really didn\u2019t like it as much as I was hoping to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Fantasy Adventure<\/strong> (Switch) – I rented this once, waaaaaay back in grade 7, and I think I got to somewhere around Medusa? All I remember about it was walking an infinity symbol around two trees in the desert to make a cave open. It\u2019s a somewhat obtuse game that doesn\u2019t always direct you all that well, and having to constantly switch weapons was annoying, but I would say that I actually quite enjoyed my time with it. It\u2019s a very ambitious Game Boy game, and certainly a lot longer than I expected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Fantasy IX <\/strong>(PS1) – I really like this game, but am honestly a little disappointed by how linear it is. You don\u2019t get even a boat until halfway through disc three! Glad I got around to replaying it, as I\u2019ve never gone back after my first run. I like the chocobo treasure hunting mini-game, but the chocobo hot-and-cold minigame is so tedious<\/em> if you don\u2019t cheat. The final boss track is so good but I would very much like a version with the weird moaning removed please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dragon Quest Builders<\/strong> (PS4) – This is more or less the game that convinced me to buy a PS4, so it makes me sad that I took nearly three years to really dig in and finish it. I played the first two chapters at launch, and then it got lost in the shuffle somewhere. But now I\u2019ve gotten to the end, and what a spectacular ride it was. In fact, I liked it so much that I kept playing for all the trophies, which meant completely replaying three of the game\u2019s four chapters. The in-game speedrun challenges for each chapter are surprisingly fun, and I\u2019m thinking that if I were to try doing a for-real speedrun, this would be my game. But I lack the motivation, equipment, and free time for that kind of thing, so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pixel Puzzle Collection<\/strong> (iOS) – 45.0% complete<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dauntless <\/strong>(PS4) – My guy is level 22, however much that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secret of Mana<\/strong> (Switch) – Working through Elinee\u2019s castle<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate<\/strong> (Switch) – Apparently I\u2019ve barely played G-rank<\/p>\n\n\n\n Detroit: Become Human<\/strong> (PS4) – On chapter \u201cThe Stratford Tower\u201d (about ? of the way)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Picross S3<\/strong> (Switch) – A little more than halfway through Mega Picross mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night<\/strong> (Switch) – 22% map completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Super Mario Maker 2 <\/strong>(Switch) – Made one stage and played through 50 on infinite mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rocksmith<\/strong> (PS4) – Back on the guitar now that school’s out for the summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ~ Game Over ~ Castle of Heart (Switch) – I wrote a full review of this one. 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