Morning all. It’s Monday morning which can mean but one thing…What have you been playing this last week?
Replaying Subnautica. Still a superb innovation.
Marvel Midnight Suns. Disregarded it on announcement and launch because I wasn’t interested in the core card-based system. Played a little bit of Slay the Spire, which didn’t catch with me but did suggest I might actually be able to enjoy a card-based system with enough narrative context to keep me interested.
So far, so good. I just completed Act 1 (which prompted me to exclaim “that was only act 1??”) and I’m a little worried that I’m going to tire of the side missions soon and lose steam overall, but it hasn’t happened yet. The characters are fine enough, although they definitely give off MCU fanfic vibes (it’s jarring to me having a Peter Parker voiced by Yuri Lowenthal who is such a little remora sidekick in his characterization). The loop is pretty satisfying, if not a little clunky, and I wish the balance between doing battles and running around the abbey grounds leaned a little less on the abbey stuff.
But it’s a lot of fun and very addictive. I’m saddened that it performed poorly but I bear my part of the responsibility willingly.
Bowser’s Fury. Fun game, game mechanics have no logic whatsoever in-world, but it’s fun so who am I to argue.
I just wish the Fury part of Bowsers Fury was a little less all consuming. The little open world they constructed was great, but I found the constant interruption from Bowser to be a little grating after a while.
Still playing Yakuza 0, but I haven’t touched the main story since Tuesday. First, the cabaret club opened up and that was interesting. Then while poking around looking for business partners, I stumbled on the mahjong club and tried it.
Boy, did I ever fall into a damn rabbit hole with mahjong. I’ve been hungrily studying basic strategy, and I even grabbed Mahjong Soul to play on my phone. I always liked canasta, and it’s a lot like that, so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, but still. Prob playing more tonight!
Still playing Balatro