SonnyBonds

Great article. Mega Man X is absolutely a 10 for me, but that’s just my opinion, man!

Loved Balatro and love Scrabble, so I'm looking forward to giving this a spin.

Very atmospheric OST, and I love Ridley's boss theme.

Nice! One of my favorite OSTs ever.

Oh boy.

grabs popcorn

I get the thought process behind it, but I think it’s something that works better in theory than in practice.

I really liked Nobody Saves the World, so I'll be keeping an eye on this.

@Browt Alana Hughes just gave Pokopia a glowing review.

Really loving BlazBlue Entropy Effect X at the moment. Combat is great and I love the complexity and depth possible re: customization for your runs.

Interesting. Going to keep an eye on this because if it works I could see myself pouring a million hours into it.

Picked up Sparks of Hope on sale a while back and finally got to it this week. Really enjoying it so far, even more than I expected I would.

29 games, 599 hours. Most played was Core Keeper with 120 hours.

'suggesting that he's put aside any concerns he might have about the ethnical failings of GenAI'

I believe you meant 'ethical'.

Been playing Lost in Random: The Eternal Die the last couple of days. Basically a poor man's Hades, but it's very fun, the combat is great, and it scratches that Hades itch when you've done what you can with Hades II. Recommended!

If anyone's looking for a Dead Cells-styled rougelite that can be punishing but really rewards getting familiar with the combat and mechanics, and also features pretty solid metaprogression through permanent unlocks, check out Dunjungle. Been having a ton of fun with it this week.

Still plugging through Rune Factory 4 Special, but I'm gonna take a break tonight to give Dunjungle a spin.

I had some fun with Nordic Ashes last year on Steam. If Switch performance is decent, I may pick it up.

Been telling myself forever that I was gonna try Rune Factory 4 Special, and I finally dove in. It's got its hooks in and I imagine this will be my game for a while.

I kept all my SNES manuals when I was a kid and still have them to this day all packed away in a drawer in near-mint condition.

Spiritfall. Fantastic rougelite that flew under my radar somehow until last week. Smooth 2D action in the vein of Dead Cells with a boon/perk/relic system similar to Hades. Highly recommended.

I've been jumping back and forth between both games and am hopelessly addicted to both, so yeah, highly recommended.

BALL X PIT has sunk its claws in and will have them there a while, I feel.

Well then. You sold me!

Really liking this in Early Access on my Mac. Fingers crossed that it runs smoothly on OG Switch.

Been playing Early Access on my Mac for quite a while, and yeah, it's an awesome game.

I poured an insane number of hours into Dead Cells and all the post-release content/DLC, so I'm looking forward to this.

Love all of Soyo Oka's soundtracks, and SNES Pilotwings is no exception.

And she did Super Mario RPG!

Like many others, Fantasy Life. Only played for about 12 hours or so, but I can tell this game will consume me for quite a while. Dammit.

I put a ton of hours into Rogue Legacy 2, Balatro, and Core Keeper. All highly recommended if you’re a fan of their respective genres.

One of my favorite OSTs ever.

@KingMike great point, and in this case, it's not even a gambling game, it's a roguelite deckbuilder that happens to use playing cards.

Finally started Core Keeper on Friday, and it's got its hooks into me quite deeply. Really scratches that Stardew itch for me.

Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde. Fun little Vampire Survivors clone that I've put quite a few hours into now.

@Rainz haha, when I was trying to think of a username I remembered playing PQ games back in the day and decided to go with our fearless protagonist. All those early Sierra games were fun.

Taking a Switch break for the first time in a long time to play some early access Hades II. It is pretty great!

I picked up TMNT: Splintered Fate on sale and it's been fun working through it the last couple of days. The description of it as a lesser Hades is very accurate, but a decently-made Hades clone is still worth playing, given how high Hades set the bar.

@dew12333 it's a roguelike deckbuilder that implements poker hands as part of its mechanics. There's no other connection to actual poker besides the fact that both utilize traditional fifty-two card decks.

Void Scrappers. Really fun Vampire Survivors-like that should keep me occupied this weekend.

Incredibly important game for Nintendo, but am I alone in thinking the game itself was only okay? If anything, it's more an example of what shrewd marketing can do (to Nintendo's credit).

Rogue Legacy 2. All about the grind!

Some love for Super Tennis! I like it.

As someone who’s obsessed with this game but does find it a tad ruthless at times, I welcome these changes.

Good on Pathea for trying to right some wrongs, I guess, but they’re 2-for-2 for releasing horribly broken games that needed a raft of patches and fixes. Maybe they should focus on making sure their games are suitable for release instead of scrambling to do massive damage control after the fact.

Balatro still owns my life.

Nearing the endgame of Disco Elysium.

That’s too bad. DE is one of the best games I’ve ever played, and I was looking forward to seeing what else the team could do.

The game that launched must have been such an unplayable mess. Yikes.

@HeadPirate perfectly said, haha. Taking some accountability rather than making excuses would have been a little more palatable.

Just finished up with the Mario RPG Remake and am now knee-deep into Astral Ascent. AA is so damn good.