Morning all. It’s Monday morning which can mean but one thing…What have you been playing this last week?
Still playing Balatro
Trying to get as many single player achievements as I can from Software Inc.
The 8 days for 10 years took ages.
On the other hand, my wife is having a blast playing the new Stardew Valley patch.
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.
Mario Kart 7 online this morning, I assume it’ll just go dead at some point :'(
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.