King’s Field 1 & 2.

Lots of SNES Tetris and Assetto Corsa Competizione. Nordschleife DLC for ACC is coming today, really looking forward to driving it.

Last week I finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s DLC (finished the base game recently, too). Not my favorite RPGs, but I found a number of things to like.

Now I’m trying Yakuza 0 again. I think I’m a little more than halfway through it? Feels like it’s not a good sign that I’m way more interested in playing shogi or messing around with the real estate minigame than the combat. I put it on Easy and am not gonna worry about it. The cutscenes are phenomenal, though. In any case, good chance I’m just skipping ahead to Like a Dragon 7 after I’m done with this one.

As I said, I’ve had a challenging week.

Before it got challenging however I managed to find a little time to play…

Returnal

Initial impressions are that this game rocks. And I do think that holds true for the first ten hours. The issue I’m having, is that…I cannot stand rogue likes, and this is a rogue like. Every fibre of my being wishes it was a more souls like experience, but it aint. And the thought of having a 6-7 hour run just seems so impossibly far away that it may push me away entirely. However, that’s a Me thing. This game is amazing, I just wish I could love it for what it was.

Suzerain: Kingdom of Rizia DLC

I like shooty shooty but I also like talky talky. The KoR DLC for Suzerain is exactly that. You take the role of a newly anointed monarch as he tries to lead his country through the maze of world politics. There’s twenty minute long conversations about public infrastructure funding, the occasional assassination attempt and a lot of driving in cars with your personal guard. Yeah. I love this stuff.

Today I wrapped up the Directors Cut of Death Stranding. I’m in the middle of Pacific Drive and loving it. Today I’ll be starting up Psychonauts on PS4