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

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. I started it tonight and played it for a few hours and all I can say is what a game. It truly captures the Indy feeling and tone. I am looking forward to putting more time into it tomorrow.

Just 100% Super Mario Sunshine (Switch version), I cannot believe I didn't have much trouble with the Noki Bay blue coins this time, got all of them in less than an hour unlike the GC original, which took me almost 7 years.

Now, onwards to 100% Super Mario Galaxy (Switch version). Only 25 Stars left before the Luigi playthrough.

Other than that, I'm currently playing
Donkey Kong Land 2 (NSO version): Currently at K. Rool's Keep.

Wario Land 2 (3DS Virtual Console version): Just beat the game taking the longest route possible, now I'll try to get what I missed and play the levels I didn't.

Ys X: Nordics (Switch) - The newest Ys game and one I'm enjoying so far. I'm on Chapter 1 and am still trying to get a hang of the new "cross" gameplay mechanics after becoming used to the party and top-down systems in most previous Ys titles. This is similar to the semi-open world format of the party system games, but the player only controls two characters this time around: Adol and Karja, a Norman pirate princess. The two are mysteriously bound together through a Mana line, a representation of this game's magic and ability system. Adol surprisingly did NOT get shipwrecked in this entry. It's too early to tell much about Karja other than she does seem like a kind individual under her rough, lawless Norman exterior.

Donkey Kong Land (GB/NSO) - I decided to try this one since it's "free" through NSO and isn't a demake of Donkey Kong Country like I thought. Apparently it's mostly an original game while the other two DKL games are closer to their console counterparts. I like it overall, though it's certainly a product of its time. The screen resolution feels too small at times to where I can die by barging into enemies or missing barrels just off-screen (or are there, but barely on-screen). Some enemies blend into the background too well. I sometimes wish GB NSO could be visually tweaked to represent different graphical styles like on the 3DS VC.

ANTONBLAST. Again. I enjoyed it on PC and now I can enjoy it again on Switch.

Kingdom Hearts
Hollow Bastion is such a great level. I can not believe I praised Kingdom Hearts III. The only level that feels alive and tickles my imagination in that one is the Toy Story level. The rest is just big, but feels empty.

ANTONBLAST baby! This weekend is gunna be a blast

Thanks for the christmas themed extra level in Astro Bot Team Asobi, it was fun.

I started playing Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter. Great atmosphere but I forgot how challenging it is.

Playing quite a few games lately. To start, Modern Combat Blackout on Switch and Wolfenstein Enemy Territory on PC have been my go to online multiplayer games lately.

Also, I bought Jagged Alliance: Rage on PC thanks to GOG's winter sale. I like the turn based combat of the original Jagged Alliance (the original DOS one from 1995), and it's present here with some refinements too. It's more linear, compared to Jagged Alliance's take back each sector however you want style of openness. I like it, it may be an unpopular opinion, I like the game.

Right now on my days off I am playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle which I am enjoying alot. I also started a Tauren Shaman on the Classic Anniversary servers on World of Warcraft and I am really enjoying it. Yeah it's alot slower paced then retail WoW which is why I think I am enjoying it. It just reminds me of why I fell in love with WoW.

You're gonna like this, @Tyranexx. Playing through Mega Man Battle Network now. Specifically the first one. Been a long time since I last booted up the legacy collection, so I started playing it after finishing Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

@MarioVillager92 Awesome, hope you're enjoying it! The first MMBN is a little rough around the edges compared to some later entries, but it's still a pretty fun game and is a good series kickoff. And I'd still rank it over both versions of MMBN4.

Played some PC games today.

This morning, did the next sector in the original Jagged Alliance and cleared it. This evening, completed the military camp in Jagged Alliance: Rage. A few weeks ago I bought Warcraft 1 and 2 from GOG before they delisted it, I did the second mission on the Humans campaign in Warcraft 1.

@Tyranexx I've made a lot of progress in it, just finished the power plant area with the invisible paths and the draining PET battery... that was a frustrating area for me. The boss fight against ElecMan wasn't too bad, just needed a few tries. I didn't expect ProtoMan to fight me right after, lol. The game's starting to get a lot harder now. The viruses are way too strong for my current battle chip deck I guess.

And yeah, it is a bit rough in some areas. The internet area design is not great in the first game, and you can't run from battles without the escape chip. Those are two things that Battle Network 2 fixed thankfully.

Checked out the Frozen Tour in F-Zero 99 today. Ok, I think I'm going to come back to this one this Christmas season. Loving the snow, and speeding around to collect gem sparks to unlock some event stuff.

@MarioVillager92 Oof, yeah, that area can be frustrating. And I fully agree about the network designs and paths in the first game. The Escape Chip is sadly essential and wastes a chip space. All the games that came after are better in this regard.

I played at least one version of MMBN3 and up back in the day, but I played MMBN 1 and 2 on the Wii U VC. 2 has aged well overall. 1 is still good but is at the bottom of the pile if we only count one playthrough of either MMBN4 version. The fact you have to play either version of 4 three times for all Double Souls and certain rare chips puts them at the bottom for worst overarching design IMO. Which does trump QoL improvements over 1.

@WaveBoy If you are talking.Indy, Indy isn't a shooter more of a first person adventure game.

The Sims 4 PS4.
Trying to make unusual house design.

Sora is very likeable in Kingdom Hearts III. I like how friendly and lighthearted he is.

@WaveBoy I mean you can play it as a shooter but you will find yourself overwhelmed by guards and there's limited bullets it's more to your advantage to either sneak around of brawl or use improvised weapons to take enemies out, but then again that's how Indy rolls. The first person view really makes exploring fun and because of it you can notice alot of things they you would almost miss if this game was third person. Kinda makes me wonder why they didn't make a VR version.

More F-Zero 99, already unlocked four of the Frozen Tour event cosmetics, and defeated a star rival. Also, did the Frozen World Tour this morning, and actually made it to rank 39 after seven races, and earned a new high score. Happy for that actually, I didn't think I would last this long during a World Tour event.