Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (24th May)

Hey everyone.
The last couple of weeks I finished Mindsieze.
Absolutely loved this game, a great Metroidvania that knows exactly what it is and does so with so much love and polish that shines throughout the whole game. Excellent game.

I also started 9 Years of Shadows/Bugs.
Man, this game is such a disappointment. Not the actual game itself but the amount of bugs that this game is riddled with. This is the worst, most bug infested release from LRG ever.
I've been playing it on and off for the last 3 weeks for a total of around 10 hours and I've had over 30+ bugs!
From softlocks (the most common), to health that just disappears and can't be replenished, game freezes, sound locks, and even bosses that reappeared after I defeated them. I've had to play this game in blocks as I would otherwise flush the cart down the toilet in rage if I didn't. Such a shame.

Anyway, I've also started Ender Magnolia.
What a stark contrast to 9 Years of Pain, such a polished, beautiful game that I absolutely love. Absolutely amazing game so far.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Not even sure if I'll have time for gaming but in case I do I plan to continue with Windblown, got it on early access past week and it's GREAT so far. Happy gaming everyone!

I wrapped up Lunar: Silver Star Story in the Remastered Collection. I jumped right into Eternal Blue. I played some other games in between.

This week I will be mostly playing

Shining Force
New Super Luigi Bros 2

I’ve just beaten my archenemy in Mario & Luigi: Brothership, his castle was a bit bland, but a big jump in difficulty. I’ll take my time with the rest, so probably finish the game next week(end).

I've been playing Dragon Quest 4 (DS) as my main playthrough, a top tier JRPG and far and away the best entry of the series if you were to ask me. I'm up to the point where I'm doing the main portion of the story and have collected all the party members, I'm starting the most confounding part of the game which is all about finding key items to progress, there's not very much direction at this point and it's all about exploring.

I'm also playing Rimworld, a colony sim storytelling deal, which has on some levels become one of my all time favorite games. I'm doing a tough challenge run, by starting with a single person without even a strip of clothing on a tropical swamp where the elements are decidedly against you, I've had one death through heatstroke and couple deaths because my base was raided by my worst enemy, a guy with a knife. I think I'm on my 4th attempt now and I'm finally making some actual progress, I have 3 colonists and I'm gearing up to start adding some electricity on my base which will let me add things like freezers and electric lights to make life a little bit easier, though I'm still very much just a single unfortunate event away from death.

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered: It's great to be raiding some classic tombs with Lara again. The Lost Valley and St. Francis' Folly are real standouts, but every level has been impressively upscaled and the modern controls work with decent fluidity. I love Survivor Lara, but this is the the Lara Croft I grew up with, and it's a real blast returning to this era.

Xenoblade Chronicles X DE.

It's Xenoblade X , DK'94 and Mario Picross here.
Feels good playing a bit more GB than usual.

Not long now to have it in my arms, the switch 2. Feels like I have been waiting for a thousand years for it 😀

I will be playing KIRBY STAR STACKER and maybe SURVIVAL KIDS too via NSO. I started Kirby yesterday intending to play about 5 mins, but found myself playing it a lot longer than I thought.

Beat all of Normal round clear yesterday (8 stages) and decided to then tackle Super Hard Round Clear. I don't know why there and not do Hard mode first!
I figured I would see if I even could. It is frantic, but done 3 levels of it so far, so managing it. I love it.

I may play Survival Kids too, but think I will want to beat all of Kirby SS first!

Happy gaming everyone.

Gathering the Triforce shards in Wind Waker HD. I would say this is the part of the game where the Wii U version improves the most on the GC original. Aside from that, the Wii U gamepad support is fantastic, it's the best way to play the game.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hotel Dusk on the DS and Fortnite on the Switch and Ps5.

Not much in anticipation for the Switch 2. Gonna be a slow 12 days.

I've just finished Bzzzt which was short but awesome. The music was great too. I've completed Luigi's Mansion 2 story mode and might try the Scarescraper mode, problem is once I've completed story mode on games I get tempted to move on.

Also some Ring Fit Adventure, hope there's a sequel coming on Switch 2

Good afternoon.
This weekend I played PS5 games. 🤠
1. Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of The Great Kingdom

I continued my progress of Doraemon Story of Seasons. Still in Spring season year 1.
I have to wait until Summer so I can start to farming money from making the bread and sell a lot of them.

2. Cat Quest 3

I finished the game and got the ending.
However, I thought it was the ending with cliffhanger at the end. After I checked from YouTube, actually I got Bad Ending because I didn't know there were two different ending. 😮
To get True Good Ending, I must talk to 3 Aelius creatures before facing the Final Boss.
I still have a chance to get True Good Ending so I will find all the 3 Aelius creatures.

Edit: Looks like I got True Good Ending before as I had talked to 3 Aelius creatures before and I found both of Bad and Good Ending have same narration with cliffhanger at the end that I suspected it will lead to sequel of Cat Quest 4 in the future.

Toyko Mirage Sessions FE Encore which I found for 10 bucks at a Garage sale in the street behind my street.

I impulse bought Capcom Fighting Collection 2, but also have Tomb Raider I-III on my backlog. Until then, it's more Star Wars Pinball on Switch and Infinite Space on my DS.

I'm literally dot to dot with what Ollie Reynolds wrote. This weekend is insanely nostalgic for me, Capcom's fighting games all the time. Primarly CvS2, but I'll be switching between games. It's incredible to relive moments of my childhood by playing these games again. Online works really well! I have to go

I'm deep into and quite close to the end of Arcade Paradise right now. I've been playing it a ton over this week and have been absolutely hooked on it. Once you get past the laundromat part, it becomes a really fun arcade business simulator, and most of the arcade machines you get are really fun and clever spins off of other arcade classics.

I also want to shout out to Road 96, which I had beaten last weekend. I haven't experienced such a uniquely told story that only a videogame could tell. It was such a chill, immersion experience that I would recommend to anyone for when it goes on one of those frequent, deep sales.

After I'm done with Arcade Paradise, I might start up Afterparty next. I also might play some River City Girls 2 with my wife.

I will be carrying on with Alan Wake Remastered today, starting Episode 2. Fascinating story stands out above the gameplay, but that side has still been fun too so far.

Began the weekend by finishing Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness and the Secret Hideout. Final boss was tough, took a fair bit of prep to be able to get through it, challenging end to a mostly cozy playthrough!

Also completed the Requiem for Innocence part of the DLC for The House in Fata Morgana. Another excellent and emotional story. Now working through the last significant part, called Reincarnation, so that plus Alan Wake will be the main focus before Switch 2's arrival.

Added a couple more physical games to the collection this week, with Lunar Remastered Collection and Tokyo Xanadu eX+. Also had a lovely visit from the in-laws, been a nice weekend so far!

@GregamanX If you do play Afterparty, will be interested to hear your thoughts! Just completed it a couple weeks ago myself

Doom The Dark Ages. That is all.

I found a Taiwanese otome on Steam called Falling for Yaoguais, so I'll be playing that. I've played a few chapters so far and it seems pretty good!

Continuing with Onimusha 2 which I started yesterday and then onto DQ3 remake. Onimusha Warlords was short enough that I figured it made more sense to wait until I beat Onimusha 2 before starting DQ3 remake.

I'm working this weekend, so less time for gaming:

• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity: going through the story in Apocalyptic mode, currently at chapter 5.
• Tetris Effect Connected: I'll participate in the weekend ritual + full moon as usual.

Happy gaming!! ✌🏻🧡🎮

I'm still playing Tunic, which I'm enjoying, but continuing to find frustrating. That appears to be in many ways my fault, but I still think the game is overly abstruse. I just made it through the Quarry after a dozen attempts. I thought it was a ridiculous difficulty jump, so I looked at a guide and discovered that there's an item to prevent the miasma from making the whole area OHKO. The guide also reminded me about using fruit to restore mana, which I haven't done at all whilst playing. I've definitely not made my life easy. Perhaps it'll be much easier now.

Killing time until SW2 so not starting anything new. Probably some time this weekend on NSO, SNES and Megadrive minis.

Fixed my daughter's black screen of death 2DS XL. It had been bricked for 6 months or so.
Removed the battery and reinserted and bingo. She's happy and playing Tomodachi Life and Nintendogs again.

Finally finished Baldur's gate 3. Good lord, it took some time. I started Persona 3 but then my computer just died 🤣
So I have no idea. I kinda gave up on Xenoblade...

Maybe Metroid Dread ? Bought it some time ago but never started it. Seems like a good time before NS2 !

@tgt If you find it frustating, remember Fez is a game that exist with the most ***** puzzle in existence 🤣

My main is Clair Obscur. Only a few hours in but already having a good time with it. The soundtrack is gorgeous!

Still have Xenoblade Chronicles X to get started but decided to get a couple of shorter ones in before - Dordogne last weekend and Neva this weekend.

Finished up Split Fiction with the partner during the week so we've also made a start on the 2nd game in The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles.

Happy weekend folks!

Bit of an odd combo of Super Princess Peach and Super Metroid.

I still have no intention of slowing on Switch, as my backlog is years’ long and I probably can wait till Christmas for Switch 2.
I suddenly started The Messenger today; playing in Japanese so that is good review for me and will slow down my playthrough a little.
I also have been playing a little puzzler called railbound because it was cheap. It’s fine.
I have tons more to get to eventually but realistically that’ll last me for the weekend.

I’ve been absorbed in AfterImage. Scratches my metroidvania itch. Nice mix of so much of what I love about these types of games.

Got a couple more 3 star 150cc cups in Mario kart 8 but think I might abandon doing that for now. Don’t want to get MK fatigue before World comes along! I’ll come back again in the future and try and complete it.

I also randomly started playing Pinball FX3 after not playing it for years. Enjoying the Doom table. Turns out you have to keep playing the same table for a while before it starts making any sense…

And that also inspired me to play Doom 3 which I got on sale a while ago. I did play it on pc many years ago so it’s not new, but should keep me good until switch 2. I do want to replay Doom (2016 one) at some point. Hoping it might get a performance boost on switch 2.

This weekend I can happily say I beat Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and got the platinum trophy. For me personally, this game will go down as an all-time favorite. It’s peak RPG in every facet, but does it in a condensed manner that never outstays its welcome. It also features one of the best soundtracks I’ve ever heard in a video game. I’ve had the song Visages - Aria pour un Masque de Colere on repeat for days.

I’m now on to DOOM: The Dark Ages. The gameplay is top notch, but the tone and atmosphere feel different from its predecessors. There were shades of demonic horror in the first two games, from its enemies and environments, which told a story on its own. With this entry, everything seems more cartoonish and colorful. For a game that has Dark Ages in the title, it seems too bright in its aesthetics, and strips away the darkness of the first two games — something that would be more fitting for not only a DOOM game, but for a medieval title.

With all of that said, from a combat perspective it feels great. It plays fast and kinetic, but also feels slowed down to feel properly in control. The shield is an excellent addition to a series bolstering legendary weapons, and it never gets old throwing your saw shield at enemies and carving them to pieces. All of the weapons are fun to use, each with their own unique abilities, and the plethora of upgrades available really enhance experience.

Still, though, my only complaint is changing for the positive thus far. I’m on the 9th chapter and have a 100% completion rate for each mission. The game really hits its stride with confidence on the sixth chapter, after its tutorials. And really, these games are all about gameplay, and there aren’t many franchises that do it better than id Software. I’ll be looking forward to obtaining the platinum trophy for this one.

My wife is also having some friends staying over this weekend, so I think my father-in-law and I will bust out my Blackstone grill and cook hibachi for everyone. We haven’t done that in a while and the weather should be perfect to spend outdoors enjoying good food and even better company.

I'll be playing Final Fantasy IX when not studying.

@tgt I did enjoy Tunic but also found it unnecessary obtuse... I only realized towards the end that you can use ability cards which actually change the gameplay (a bit like the charms in Hollow Knight). Maybe that could make your experience more enjoyable...

@Oldstalk Aha, I played a few hours of that years ago, but didn't finish it. Maybe I got too frustrated and quit. I think the problem with Tunic is I treat it as a Zelda, but it's more puzzle-y. When I'm playing an actual puzzle game I can get in the right mind and appreciate the challenge more. Not that I'm having a terrible time with Tunic

Kingdom Hearts! Couple of hours in & blown away by the characters and presentation. People were right!

@Yalloo I've equipped a couple of those assuming I'd figure out the effect they have, but I've not noticed a difference. I'll have to see if I have the right manual pages to see what they do. Thanks for the tip.

I'm enjoying Tunic, but I've found it hard to tell whether the difficulty is expected or due to me missing a mechanic. Some bits before the Quarry were pretty hard, so I thought the devs were just testing players with the OHKO stuff.

Just beat Bear and Breakfast so I am not sure what I am wanting to play next. I am more or less just waiting for the Switch 2 to release so I can revisit some older games with upgrades.

I was typing up a long entry on how it’s a 3-day weekend here in the ‘States and that I hope to finally play through Chapter 12 of XCX: DE, but I may pause Xenoblade there because this whole formatted list of tempting games have delivered in the weeks I’ve been playing it. But then I fat-fingered my phone and reloaded the screen and WIPED my entire entry. I seriously hate my phone sometimes. 😑

Anyway, less than 2 weeks to go till Switch 2 time! I have to clear a spot for it soon in my setup.

In Japan, Hamster just finished their Arcade Archives 11th Anniversary event, so I’ll have to check out the YouTube recording this weekend to see their awards show, special guests, and what cool announcements they had.

Wishing everyone accurate texting and ample time for fun and friends this weekend! 🕹👍🏼

@tgt Same experience with me. I thought those were useless until far into the game I decided to check it online and went looking for some I missed that would have made a big difference!

I don't think it's so difficult when you know what's going on. But it was the developer's point to make everything so unclear, based on their childhood experience of not understanding the English (or Japanese) language... so I guess it's meant to be this hard in a way!

After successfully polishing off Red Faction Guerrilla Remastered (Switch) last weekend I finally started the next official backlog game of Red Dead Redemption (Switch). It's been a slow burn during the week as I come to grips of what I'm supposed to be doing, where to go, how to do this, how to do that, etc. It's very overwhelming but I'm slowly getting to grips with it. I can definitely already see why this game is considered one of the best but I'm still just starting out. It did remind me though why I tend to avoid big open world games but I'm willing to put the time in. Had to watch some beginner guide YouTube videos though. I definitely don't want to "cheat/hack" the game but I don't have the time to spend endless hours doing random stuff and not progressing at least towards something significant to the story.

Mostly the same this of course for games but I did start a new game a few days ago.

Portal 2 - just started it and loving it like the first one, already harder then the first one early in the game but I love it. Great series.

Xenoblade chronicles x - still not much story progress but I am lost in exploring lol. Got a lot done on that though. Will do some story this weekend.

Bravely default 1 on 3ds - on chapter 6 still which is crazy enough. The story did throw some interesting story bits that I did not pick up on. Well just a small one. Still, most of the main characters are stupid besides one of them. The stupid ones are probably the stupidest protagonists I have ever played in a game.

Drakengard 1 on retroid - I am still working on trying to get the last ending. I see why people got very annoyed and gave up in the past if they didn’t have a guide for getting all the weapons lol.

@jolteon23 I’ve been enjoying it, though I’m up to the final 2 battles (I think) and starting to think maybe I’ve not levelled up enough of my squad

The amount people saying they are playing Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom on this since the announcement of the Switch 2 editions has really had a dramatic drop each week

Extra day of rest! Woo hoo!

After a day out on the beautiful East End of Long Island today, I will be finishing up a run of Civilization VI that was long ago in the bag but is now about running up the score I can. I'm somewhere around 2,600 at the moment and can seal this in no more than 30 turns with the completion of the Mars landing project or by capturing a single capitol I've got partially surrounded and with nukes and bombers ready to pounce. So much dominance!

Happy gaming, everyone!

Almost finished with the first game of Lunar, in the Lunar Remastered Collection. I’ll have my fighting game fix with the Capcom Fighting Game Collection 2, and Fatal Fury COTW. I plan to make time for WWE 2K25, Disney Dreamlight Valley and Monster Hunter Wilds as well.

I think I've earned a relatively quiet weekend for once. It's a long holiday weekend in the US, but I'm not off on Monday. The tradeoff is I took this past Monday off to recover from a very busy weekend.

• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Switch) - I beat Archfiend Baramos and now made it to Alefgard. Found a nice update on Ortega in Tantegel and ran into an "old friend". I think I'm nearing the home stretch but have some legwork left. I REALLY appreciate some of the changes from the latest update, particularly faster sailing. 82 Mini Medals. Character levels range from 43-38.
• Fuga: Melodies of Steel (Switch) - Midway through Chapter 7. I think I've recruited the last kid and am fighting the hardest battles I reasonably can in order to avoid using the Soul Cannon and get the best ending. Unfortunately the game only saves every so often, so a bad move could mean total defeat and starting back near the last intermission. The pressure definitely is on in this strategy game.
• Pokemon Go - Today is the Machop Community Day Classic. I participated in the original but want to get out on a nice, mild mid-spring day.

Happy gaming!

Really trying to save my Backlog for the upcoming Switch 2. That said, I'm currently putting the Capcom Fighting Collection 2 through its paces (with an occasional side of Tales of Symphonia here and there)

get 120 stars in mario 64 og hardware

This weekend will be the same as last weekend. Still playing Windwaker HD on WiiU
Ridge racer 3D on 3DS and Final Zone on switch. I might have a few goes of outrun on switch and super smash tv on the SNES as well.
Have a great weekend everyone and enjoy whatever your lucky enough to get to play 😀

Trying to finish up Clair Obscur this weekend if I can. Making great progress and just about to start act III.

On switch, I'll continue my replay of Oracle of Ages

Xenoblade Chronicles X! Just cleaning out some side quests and taking my time. I beat the Wii U version over several years, and I expect the same will be true of this one.

Last weekend, my brother and I "traded" games--he had to play one of mine and I had to play one of his. I picked him the nice, neat, and tidy package of Mario 3D Land on 3DS. He picked me the significantly longer (but still compelling) Shadowverse Champion's Battle, so I'll still be working my way through that. I'm already about 7-8 hours in and having fun. It's in the same genre of games as the GBA Yu-Gi-Oh titles: JRPG/TCG. Largely under-represented and very fun. Really, the only way I can stomach TCG battles.

We'll also be continuing our Mario Kart marathon, this weekend with Mario Kart 7. Looking forward to it.

And I'll probably pop in Fashion Dreamers again.

Edit: Forgot to mention that we're also still doing F-Zero X's Half Pipe with every car.

Fantasy Life!

Fantasy Life i will be playing all weekend!

Baldur’s Gate 3 - Played this for close to 100 hours last year but started tapering off as Act 3 just seemed very overwhelming compared to the first 2. Picked it up again this week to finally start finishing the game. Just made it to the Iron Throne. Thankfully the game’s mechanics came back to me quickly after not playing regularly for almost 6 months.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership - Made it to the second sea in the game. Should be able to get through most of it and some side quests this weekend.

Sea of Stars DLC for me. I've also been playing through the Super Mario Advance games at bedtime so today I'll probably finish up 2 and start 3 tomorrow.

I'm playing Lunar Remastered Collection (Switch) and Pop'n TwinBee (Super Famicom).

My kids are jumping between Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (N64), Super Mario RPG (SNES), Pokemon Blue (Game Boy), Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure (GBA) and Dragon Ball FighterZ (Switch).

2064: Read Only Memories Integral (NS) - Finally downloaded this to try. I've heard good things.

Fragger (Windows Phone) - Nearly halfway done with this one.

-Metaphor: Refantazio (PS4): Finished the game, really good.
-Metroid Prime Remastered: Omega Pirate pulverized, 10 Artifacts obtained.
-Borderlands the Pre-sequel (PS4): Wilhem at level 20, used a second control to help with the To Arms! sidequest.
-Elden Ring (PS4): defeated Rellana, Twin Moon Knight after 4 tries.
Happy weekend and gaming everyone.

Staying with my brother's family this weekend, so the most fun game will be anything I do with my baby nephew! But other than that, it's Pac-Man Vs. or Sonic Adventure DX with the family, Brothership when I have down time (just beat the fourth sea and the boss that comes right after).

Among Switch ambitions, the familiar TBD mix of Xenoblades, Ateliers, Personas, Rune Factories and Castlevanias, more RPGs from Fuga, Crisis Core and Borderlands 2 to Cyber Sleuth, Minstrel Song and KotOR plus more possible sessions in yet other genres from Civilization 6, Tallowmere 2 and Mudrunner to Twilight Survivors, PowerWash and TerraTech. The handhelds may see more Dishonored, FFXIII, God of War, Valentia and Eternia while PS4 was set for a sampling of multiple fresh Catalogue additions before I faced the need to hook it up elsewhere, further from the router and beyond the already lengthy LAN cable procured back in January. Now the streaming process might become more tedious (although FWIW a brief shot at GoW'18 did get to the title screen without issues), and I'm reluctant to manage more storage this weekend, so perhaps the allocated time will end up revolving around the installed stuff like Hundred Knight, Crew 2 and Sakura Wars. I will also try resuming my GTA V Epic playthrough on the laptop but the game's long-term presence there depends entirely on the frequency of 50-60 Gb patches (then again, with GTA VI ever closer, the devs may not focus on new Online content to past extents anyway).

Monster Train 2 baby! And I've mostly given up on Suikoden 1 because managing the inventory of dozens of characters was so tedious. I've started Suikoden 2, hopefully I'll enjoy that more.

Taking my time with Xenoblade chronicles x. I think I have 60 hours in and I’ve only just done chapter 6. I have so much money was able to buy everyone skells as soon as I unlocked em. Game is great but I decided to start another big game too just to play something different.

I finally started P5R. So far… Igor‘s voice sucks is my only take away lol. It’s so bad. Why isn’t it squeaky anymore it’s so deep I hate it haha. Also this game just feels like P4 all over again. I kinda miss how the tone shift and style from 3 to 4 was so different but this just feels like 4 was successful so they just did it again. Oh well still gonna play it obviously.

I cannot stop playing Persona 3 Reload

Playing on my Ipad Pro (using Steam link APP to play my steam games), while watching my new baby sleeping (helping the mommy to sleep a little bit)

Continuing my methodical prodding of the entire map in Xenoblade Chronicles X, trying to figure out every nook and cranny that I can use as a foothold to get to areas I shouldn't be at yet. I most recently laughed merrily when I was attacked by an entire island in Noctilum that turned out to be a tyrant that one shotted my entire party. I just finished chapter 4, so I'm hilariously overleveled for the main quest, but everything else in Mira is still out to murder my party.

My daughter is hosting an end-of-year sleepover, so I'd expect some Mario Kart 8 plus a one shot D&D session in which they're finding a lost cat. Little do they suspect that it's not lost, and definitely not a cat, and they should not have ventured this far into the woods.

Happy gaming everyone!

Far, far too much Balatro. And I went back to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for the first time in months only to be immediately floored by the game's borderline incomprehensible control system and battle mechanics. Who in their right mind at Monolith Soft thought single-time tutorial screens was a good idea?

Before Switch 2, I decided to go back to the very first Switch game I played. Sonic Forces. Halfway through and, yeah,... it's Sonic Forces. Ask Alex, he would know😉.

Might 100% it (again), but I'm not sure if I got it in me to do it. We'll see. Might play a little Portal if I want to. All when I have time, of course.

Might try to watch a movie sometime soon. I just bought a blu-ray copy of Big Hero 6, haven't seen that in a while.

Happy weekend, and God bless!

Portrait of Ruin for babe

Not much honestly
Since I'm binging Digimon Fusion, I'll mostly play my normal stuff (I play Spark 3 FAR too much), but also I'm starting Digimon World ReDigitize Decode

Recently finished Expedition 33 and now on the last dungeon of Lunar Silver Star Story. After finishing that one (probably tomorrow), I am jumping to Sea of Stars DLC (where is the review NintendoLife???) since I have read excellent things about it.

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. About 50 hours of playtime but still only on Chapter 6. Been doing a lot of side stuff or just randomly wondering the open world.

Finished Xenoblade XDE chapter 12, so I’m looking forward to starting the new content soon

Loving Capcom Fighting Collection 2.

@jolteon23 it was pretty easy until the last quarter, when it jumps a fair bit, but grinding for EXP is still possible.

Compared with Fire Emblem, I don’t miss the permadeath, but I do think the battle pace is a little slower.

Continuing with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Must keep pushing.
Gonnan play two retro throwbacks:

Sword of Hope (though I'm starting to think I've played this already... perhaps VC?)
Gradius (Looks slow enough for me to play.)

@kmtrain83 that's good to hear.

@Dark_Isatari Have you played The Messenger before? It's incredible. Are you too far in to it?

@LikelySatan it’s my first time. Great fun so far! I was ready for a platformer. I just beat the Emerald Golem and am in the spooky mushroom swamp place.

@NintendoByNature always warms my heart to see Oracles getting attention.

@tgt it can get pretty obtuse — especially the optional treasure chests! Those are fun to solve (most of them anyway) but there’s basically no reward for it.

I'm still playing Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, I'm practically done with the third case, confronting the IS-7 killer, and god, do I hate him. Can't wait for him to be arrested. Speaking of being at the end of cases, in Trails in the Sky, I'm confronting the mastermind behind the orphanage and mugging to wrap up Chapter 2. Looking forward to it! Last of all, in Fire Emblem Heroes, I have made no story progress whatsoever. Side content and replaythroughs of the other books, though, I've done good stuff there. Happy gaming, comrades!
Edit: For reference, how do you do spoiler tags?

I've recently gotten myself a copy of Prey on PC, have to say I'd forgotten all about this as it was originally a buggy mess on release but now it's fixed I find I'm having a great amount of fun with it, the storytelling, the gameplay, the ambience are all great..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUOv6RHrh9o

Finished Doom The Dark Ages yesterday, pretty fun mindless game, much better than Eternal imo.
Today I started another playthrough of Doom 2016, and I was gonna play Mario Golf Toadstool Tour on the side.

Nearing the end of Super Mario 3D World, so I'll soon be moving on to Bowser's Fury soon. In between rounds of that, I've been playing Dredge: Complete Edition, which I just recently got.

Great set of games, each one a palate cleanser for the other.

@JohnnyMind Arigato gozaimasu, I'll remember that for later!

@Dark_Isatari awesome. Keep with it. It does some incredible things that I don't want to spoil.

@LikelySatan Yeah! I have now failed my messenger and obtained the map so it's like a totally different game now! Love the plot progression and out of the box elements!

@Dark_Isatari yeah man. I was climbing the mountain and noticed that every stage works forward and backwards, and assumed a Super Metroid style escape was coming up or something . Love that game.