Topic: What Game(s) are You Currently Playing?

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (AAT/Switch) - I'm currently in the earlier parts of Case 2 and just closed out my first investigation day. So far I like the beginning hours more than the first game - even if the Case 1 tutorial was a bit nuts with the temporary amnesia trope - though I don't know how to feel about a new mechanic yet. Just seems like more work to me. The situation is already quite interesting, and it has been nice to see plenty of characters return. I audibly yelled when Lotta Hart showed up again. XD

Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Switch) - I dive into this fun voxel-flavored DQ as my side game. I've just unlocked a lot of optional stuff to do on the Isle of Awakening, so I'll try to knock a couple of those out before advancing the plot by traveling to the next island. It's technically a type of ARPG, but with building/construction/destruction and some light automation/tower defense mechanics.

Suika Game - As it's currently free to play through my NSO sub, I've been trying it out. This is a pretty fun puzzler/score chaser that reminds me of the game 2048 when it comes to combining the fruits. I don't plan to buy it though since I learned long ago these types of games can suck a lot of hours.

I should be close to finishing both Ittle Dew, and Dead Space Remake. Once I do, I'll be onto Psychonauts 2 and on switch, not sure yet? Maybe trinity trigger. I might even fire up the ol Wii U for some color splash for the first time. Not sure yet.

Bit.Trip Beat - A Pong-style rhythm game where you have to deflect a series of balls with your 'bat' to the beat of the music. I think I might've played this on the Wii back in the day - I definitely played Bit.Trip Runner, but this seems pretty familiar too.

It appears to only have 3 levels but they are pretty long, probably a bit too long if I'm honest. I found it quite difficult to get the hang of the gyro controls at first and the game throws some cheap shots at you with the ball physics randomly changing at certain points. I guess it's fine as a filler before I play something more substantial, but I doubt I'm going to spend too much time on it.

I've gotten totally addicted to Palia. There are some things I don't like which may eventually make me quit ( the path-finding is truly awful and artificially forcing MMO aspects into a non-MMO is odd, especially on Switch and tends to slow down loading screens), but overall it's super cute, has some good npcs and world building and a lot to do at least early in the game.

Well: after gradually making my way through the series over the last 6-7 months, I think it's finally time to start the one that everyone likes :3

Update: played through it for just over 2 hours (currently about to start Mission 6) and good lord where has this game been my entire life, this is PHENOMENAL.

I didn't anticipate having a game firmly place itself in the Top 5 my favourite games list so late into the year but damnit Dante finds a way XD

Went back to TOTK after a break. I immediately went to that underground quest because I kept hearing I should get the thing it unlocks and...yep that is a useful thing. Also just got the shrine finder thing so hopefully I will not waste my life playing this game. This is the exception to the "no more endless time wasting" rule I've tried to put to myself after Xenoblade 2, but with that in mind, I don't want to waste time as much as I did with BOTW, no matter how much I actually adored BOTW. When I'm done with the main quests and all the shrines, that's it. And thank god for no DLC with that in mind.

Still playing Trolls Remix Rescue and Disney Speedstorm, however throwing in Asphalt 9's 12 Days of Christmas event, and decided to play some Sonic 1 because of the memories of playing it on Sonic Mega Collection on Christmas. Planning to play some Super Mario All-Stars too, Christmas memories of playing it too.

Played more Jagged Alliance on PC, completed day four and took back the island's water supply. This game has grew on me, and I love it now. It's turn-based strategy, and trying different ideas on going after enemies to reclaim the island sectors has me hooked. I'm glad I got this one from GOG.

Let’s see here.
Balan wonderworld (honestly not as bad as people say it is but I do agree with the control scheme being bad)
Sonic frontiers (honestly really love the combat in it and the titans and their boss themes are epic and I’m actually trying to get everything in all the islands before doing the true final boss and doing the new horizons)
Mario 3D world +bowsers fury (haven’t played fury yet but I’m almost done with the main game just have to beat the last two worlds and finish the special world)
Pokémon Scarlet (just got on yesterday to get the darkrai shiny lucario and the master ball but I really should finish the game)
And Pokémon mystery dungeon rescue team DX (I just been mainly clearing the side quest’s to the point I got to rank silver and honestly it was pretty addicting.)

Actually agree with this, I like the game. My only real complaint is the lack of a dedicated jump button forcing you to have a "jumping" costume at all times.

Just spent about an hour on the 2nd fight against Vergil in DMC3 and good lord I don't think I've ever been THIS tense while fighting a boss before in my life, this game is WILD man.

Psychonauts 2 on xbox and I've just started hades on switch. So far, its a tad repetitive after an hour of play. But I'll keep at it. After all the type, giving it an honest shake seems fair I suppose.

I have to say though, I really didn't like their other game bastion so I was skeptical coming into this game. I thought it was repetitive and boring as all get out. Hoping I don't walk away from hades thinking the same.

Disappointed that Apex did not do Winter Express, their special holiday event, this year, so I've been playing World of Tanks Blitz holiday events. Forgotten how much I enjoyed this one. Still playing Trolls Remix Rescue and Jagged Alliance, planning to start Sonic Superstars later.

I played a few rounds of Kirby Pinball Land. Because...it was Christmas...I guess? I dunno.

...It's not great but it was good enough for a 1993 pinball game with Kirby. I guess it's kinda like a better NES Pinball but with the Pokemon pinball minigames.

I just started Persona 5 Royal and I’m honestly blown away. Like, people said it would be good, but it’s way better than I could have ever expected. And the switch version seems pretty solid

Been playing Super Mario RPG on the Switch and I'm enjoying it. It's a faithful remake for sure and it's still a good game after all these years. It might even encourage me to get back into stuff like Xenoblade and Dragon Quest by the time I finish it!

Just picked up Persona 5 Royal on Steam. Played about 2 hours so far, so haven't experienced too much yet. Really good first impression, though. The art style is phenomenal and I love how stylistic everything is. The music is awesome, too.

Played some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online races... again!

Apologies for the double post, but I wanted to mention that I'm playing Sonic Superstars. Got this from the eShop sale and this happens to be the first game I've played in 2024 that's brand new to me. It's a pretty decent Sonic game. Finished four zones as of this post and I also got four of the Chaos Emeralds.

Still hades, and Psychonauts 2. I don't think I'll be able to get through hades and start ghost trick before prince of persia drops.