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Post by Rune Lai on Jan 1, 2022 15:40:26 GMT -5
It's time for the annual shuffle. I'm once again updating my Should Play and Should Finish lists with an eye towards knocking off more games from my backlog.
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies
Civilization VI Anthology - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Olympia Soiree - Maybe, if it gets cheap enough
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
Variable Barricade - Pre-ordered
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Expecting to pre-order
even if Tempest - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
The Cruel King and the Great Hero - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Chronicles of Refugia - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Still deciding whether this will be Day 1 or a $30 title, will probably depend on pre-order bonuses
TBD Love 365 title - for whenever there's both a good sale and I run out of Rose in the Embers content
TBD Steam Game During Annual Summer Sale
For 2022 I'm adding Piofiore: Fated Memories to my Should Play list because the fandisc has been picked up for English release and I need to know whether I should bother with it. Cupid Parasite is also being added now that it's been patched since this was high on my list to play last year, which puts me at two visual novels. From last year I'm keeping Tales of Berseria for a JRPG, since I'll probably get my PS4 set up at some point, but I'll be removing Collar x Malice Unlimited to avoid making the list too visual novel heavy (though I still want to get to it). After some thought I'm adding Persona 5 Strikers into this last slot, but suspect it's going to be a more demanding game since it's not turn based so we'll see how it goes.
My Should Finish list is keeping Etrian Odyssey III and Joe Dever's Lone Wolf. Even though I didn't touch them in 2021, I still have hope for finishing them. That said, I did pretty good with clearing three of these titles out and my neuropathy is getting better so I'm returning Persona 4 Arena to the list, and Golden Sun: The Lost Age since it's been long enough that I'm no longer butt hurt over getting trapped in a corner by an unmovable NPC and losing a couple hours of game time. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town rounds out the list having been started last year but left unfinished.
And I can already say I'll be making my first purchase soon because my Friday night PC gaming group will get taking Civ VI for a spin since one of our members has gotten tired of Path of Exile, which has been our go-to game for a couple years now.
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Post by Rune Lai on Feb 3, 2022 16:00:35 GMT -5
Time for an update!
I went looking for a cute time waster, something to play while indisposed, and ended up binging through Hungry Hearts Diner because once I started I just did not want to stop. I was not actually expecting a mobile game with an ending, which made completing this for my first game of the year a surprise.
Second completed game is Civilization VI, which I bought to play with friends on our Friday game nights. There was a Steam sale going on so all of us either bought for the first time or upgraded to have the complete Anthology set with all the DLC. (More civs, more fun!) Aside from our multiplayer game, I naturally played a match by myself to better get the hang of things. I'm not sure how long we'll keep playing Civ VI as a group, but as someone who logged over 180 hours on Civ V, I'm sure I'll get my money's worth out of it. (I still feel like I'm not really "done" with Civ V lol.)
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Olympia Soiree - Maybe, if it gets cheap enough
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
Variable Barricade - Pre-ordered
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Expecting to pre-order
even if Tempest - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
The Cruel King and the Great Hero - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Chronicles of Refugia - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Still deciding whether this will be Day 1 or a $30 title, will probably depend on pre-order bonuses
TBD Love 365 title - for whenever there's both a good sale and I run out Rose in the Embers content
TBD Steam Game During Annual Summer Sale
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology - bought as expected
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Total games completed in 2022: 2
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Post by Rune Lai on Apr 25, 2022 16:47:54 GMT -5
Adding Metro PD: Close to You to the finished but not on the list. Somehow over the past few months I managed to on-off finish three routes, which meets my criteria for a Love 365 game being "completed." The third route was Nomura, who probably ended up being my favorite, though I liked Kirisawa too. Himuro can still languish in a toilet.
This puts me at three completed games for the year so far and April's almost over. In all honesty, I probably would be farther along if not for Civilization VI. I'm over a hundred hours in and I just really like playing all the different civs and seeing what happens. I want to do at least two more solo matches before turning this into a primarily multiplayer activity with my Friday night group.
And now on to the backlog suffering.
The upcoming closure of the 3DS eshop was unexpected, and unsurprisingly caused me to binge shop for anything I might want. This led to me buying three Game Gear games (Crystal Warriors, Defenders of Oasis, and Shining Force: Sword of Hajya), but I'm not adding them to the backlog list since I already own them and these are frills-free ports. While I may well play them someday, purchasing them was more for archival purposes and ensuring future playability so I don't really consider them backlog material. It's just easier than running an old Game Gear on 6 AA batteries and replacing the dead battery backup on the physical carts.
That said, I do want to get to Crystal Warriors since it's the only one of the three I haven't beaten and now it's more convenient to play.
However, I also bought Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation off the 3DS eshop, which is kinda its own game. Since Birthright and Conquest were sold as separate titles, I'm including Revelation as its own game, even though it's only available as DLC (or the super rare/expensive limited physical edition). I know it's kinda dumb that I bought this even though I stalled out on Birthright, but I really do want to finish all the game branches.
I also bought two more 3DS games; Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, which I've heard nothing but good things about, and Attack of the Friday Monsters, which sounds like the kind of short quirky game I like. This pretty much fills up my 3DS's memory card so I can't buy any more full sized games, just the odd DLC here and there, but I should be done with my 3DS game purchases now.
I'm still cleaning up on DLC for my various games, since some of them have free downloads or extras I might want to get.
Then, I picked up several main stories of My Sweet Bodyguard, which is enough to add it to the list, and Taisho x Alice which has been ported to Switch in English in a surprise release. This is stuffing my backlog list more than I expected this early in the year.
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Olympia Soiree - Maybe, if it gets cheap enough
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Expecting to pre-order
even if Tempest - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
The Cruel King and the Great Hero - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Chronicles of Refugia - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Still deciding whether this will be Day 1 or a $30 title
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Soul Hackers 2 - Will pre-order if it has goodies, otherwise wait for $30 price point
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Amnesia Later x Crowd - Not sure if I'll pre-order, might wait for it to get cheap
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Looks interesting, but not sure if I'll pre-order or wait for sale
Digimon Survive - Might pre-order if there are pre-order Digimon that excite me, otherwise wait and see
TBD Steam Game During Annual Summer Sale
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade - pre-order arrived
My Sweet Bodyguard - TBD Love 365 title I eventually chose
Taisho x Alice - surprise English release on Switch
Fire Emblem: Revelation - 3DS eshop is closing
Radiant Historia - 3DS eshop is closing
Attack of the Friday Monsters! - 3DS eshop is closing
Billionaire Lovers - supporting an indie
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Total games completed in 2022: 3
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Post by Solana on Apr 26, 2022 15:26:42 GMT -5
Ah, so you did get the 'Perfect Chronology' version of 'Radiant Historia'. Lots of extra stuff to do for the best ending. Enjoy!
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Post by Rune Lai on Apr 26, 2022 21:43:58 GMT -5
I plan to, whenever I get around to it! I'm thinking I need an RPG for my next game (once I finish Variable Barricade--Civ VI shenanigans will continue on the side), but not sure yet whether it'll be Radiant Historia. Since Soul Hackers 2 got announced I'm also thinking of pulling Soul Hackers 1 out of my backlog. How Long To Beat (my favorite way of checking how much time a game will take me  ) places both games at about 40 hours for main story plus extras (since I usually do some side stuff) and 60 hours for completionists, which probably translates into 50 and 80 hours respectively for me since I'm always a fair bit slower than most of the people who like logging their times in. |
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Post by Rune Lai on May 1, 2022 17:39:12 GMT -5
Sometimes I see an indie game that I feel like I really want to sponsor (by buying it), and Billionaire Lovers was the most recent recipient of this. It was money well spent. Though it does nothing for my backlog situation, at least I finished it soon after buying it.
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Olympia Soiree - Maybe, if it gets cheap enough
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Expecting to pre-order
even if Tempest - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
The Cruel King and the Great Hero - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Chronicles of Refugia - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Still deciding whether this will be Day 1 or a $30 title
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Soul Hackers 2 - Will pre-order if it has goodies, otherwise wait for $30 price point
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Amnesia Later x Crowd - Not sure if I'll pre-order, might wait for it to get cheap
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Looks interesting, but not sure if I'll pre-order or wait for sale
Digimon Survive - Might pre-order if there are pre-order Digimon that excite me, otherwise wait and see
TBD Steam Game During Annual Summer Sale
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade
My Sweet Bodyguard
Taisho x Alice
Fire Emblem: Revelation
Radiant Historia
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Billionaire Lovers
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Total games completed in 2022: 4
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Post by Rune Lai on May 26, 2022 1:05:18 GMT -5
Finally crossing off Variable Barricade. It feels like I should have finished this game a while ago (I started in February!) given that the post-common route branches are short, but for whatever reason I just didn't push as much and got distracted by other games. Also finished Battle for Polytopia on mobile. Adding Ys IX: Monstrum Nox for Switch to the backlog. As I mentioned in my Gamestop thread it didn't look like it's going to get any cheaper than $40 before the physical stock runs out so I bought it (twice though I'm returning one of them). ] I also picked up another "might be running out of stock" game, Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi. (This was not one of the Gamestop trio.) After I failed to get a physical copy of Savior of Sapphire Wings/Stranger of Sword City Revisited before it fell out of print, I didn't want to miss Undernauts the same way. It was on sale at Amazon, not for the price I'd like, but it was still a sale. My progress as it currently stands: Should Play:Tales of BerseriaCupid ParasitePiofiore: Fated Memories Persona 5 StrikersShould Finish:Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned CityJoe Dever's Lone WolfStory of Seasons: Friends of Mineral TownPersona 4 ArenaGolden Sun: The Lost AgeNot Yet Bought:Olympia Soiree - Maybe, if it gets cheap enough Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Pre-ordered even if Tempest - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions The Cruel King and the Great Hero - Hoping for a sale before physical runs out of copies Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less Chronicles of Refugia - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Still deciding whether this will be Day 1 or a $30 title The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - At this point, waiting for a sale Soul Hackers 2 - Will pre-order if it has goodies, otherwise wait for $30 price point Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30 Amnesia Later x Crowd - Not sure if I'll pre-order, might wait for it to get cheap Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Looks interesting, but not sure if I'll pre-order or wait for sale Digimon Survive - Might pre-order if there are pre-order Digimon that excite me, otherwise wait and see TBD Steam Game During Annual Summer Sale Added to Backlog:Civilization VI AnthologyVariable BarricadeMy Sweet BodyguardTaisho x AliceFire Emblem: RevelationRadiant HistoriaAttack of the Friday Monsters!Billionaire LoversYs IX: Monstrum Nox - bought because it's probably going to run out of stock soon Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi - bought because it's probably going to run out of stock soon Finished even though it wasn't on the list:Hungry Hearts DinerMetro PD: Close to YouBattle for PolytopiaTotal games completed in 2022: 6 |
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Post by Rune Lai on Jun 4, 2022 17:04:12 GMT -5
Added Crystal Warriors to the unplanned finished list.
Despite being at seven games completed now, I feel really behind for the year, especially since all my unplanned completions except for Crystal Warriors have been free mobile titles (Metro PD is not normally free, but the routes I read were during their free rotations), which means that they've had no impact on my backlog. And thanks to the 3DS eshop closing, I'm three games higher than I would otherwise have been at this point in this year.
There is one indie visual novel that I'll probably play shortly, just because I love the concept, then I'll dive into Piofiore: Fated Memories because the sequel is coming out in September and the collector in me needs to know whether or not I should pre-order the limited edition.
Also decided to remove The Cruel King and the Great Hero from my Want To Buy List. I adore the artwork, but the reviews make it sound like it's tedious as an RPG. While I was okay with The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince being a so-so platformer (because I suck at them) I'm not sure I could take that as an RPG vet. And at this point I need less games on my want to buy list, not more.
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Olympia Soiree - Maybe, if it gets cheap enough
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Pre-ordered
even if Tempest - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Chronicles of Refugia - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Still deciding whether this will be Day 1 or a $30 title
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - At this point, waiting for a sale
Soul Hackers 2 - Will pre-order if it has goodies, otherwise wait for $30 price point
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Amnesia Later x Crowd - Not sure if I'll pre-order, might wait for it to get cheap
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Looks interesting, but not sure if I'll pre-order or wait for sale
Digimon Survive - Might pre-order if there are pre-order Digimon that excite me, otherwise wait and see
TBD Steam Game During Annual Summer Sale
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade
My Sweet Bodyguard
Taisho x Alice
Fire Emblem: Revelation
Radiant Historia
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Billionaire Lovers
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Battle for Polytopia
Crystal Warriors
Total games completed in 2022: 7
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Post by Rune Lai on Jul 10, 2022 1:06:41 GMT -5
Everybody is having summer sales these days. It used to be I just had to worry about the Steam sale, but then Nintendo and Sony ran sales in parallel to it. Thankfully Sony didn't have anything I wanted, but there's a well-reviewed indie called Opus: Echoes of Starsong that was 20% off that I wanted to check out on Switch. They updated it with Japanese VO for the Switch release (it was originally on PC), which is funny because it's a Taiwanese game and there is no original Chinese VO, but I'm sure the Japanese helps win over the weebs. But mostly I want to play it because it looks like a tearjerker/tragic love story set in space, which is rare.
And then I picked up Strange Horticulture from the Steam summer sale. It's really hard to pick which game I'm going to buy sometimes. Since Steam always has sales I don't like buying anything I'm not going to play right away and I wasn't in a big game mood. Strange Horticulture only ended up being about 5.5 hours.
Also marking off indie game Pre-Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and her Ducks which I adored and forgot to add earlier. (It was the indie I mentioned in my previous post.) I'm not quite done with it yet, because I want to collect all the CGs, but I can't guarantee I'll actually do that.
This puts me at nine completed games at for the year. Nothing on my Play[\ or Finish lists has actually been completed, though I at least started Cupid Parasite and Piofiore: Fated Memories, and I plan to get back to both eventually. >.>
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Olympia Soiree - Maybe, if it gets cheap enough
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
even if Tempest - Wishlist until a decent sale (probably $40 or less)
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Chronicles of Refugia - Upcoming game on my radar, but buying will depend on price and early impressions
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Waiting for a limited edition sale or $30 for standard edition
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Soul Hackers 2 - Waiting for $30 price point since pre-order was both overpriced and sold out in less than 2 hours
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Amnesia Later x Crowd - Leaning towards limited edition pre-order, but might wait for sale
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Digimon Survive - Will probably pre-order because bonus is Guilmon and he's cute
Piofiore Episodio 1926 - decided to pre-order since I like what I've seen of the first game so far
Ambition: A Minuet in Power - pre-ordered
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade
My Sweet Bodyguard
Taisho x Alice
Fire Emblem: Revelation
Radiant Historia
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Billionaire Lovers
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative - Pre-ordered as expected
Opus: Echoes of Starsong - Nintendo summer sale dammit
Strange Horticulture - expected Steam summer sale purchase
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Battle for Polytopia
Crystal Warriors
Pre-Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and her Ducks
Total games completed in 2022: 9
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Post by Rune Lai on Aug 22, 2022 0:45:18 GMT -5
Adding Olympia Soiree to the backlog, which did get cheap enough thanks to a sale. This was one of the games fouled up in my awful Gamestop "3 for the price of 2" purchase. In fact, it was the one where I opened it, realized the case was damaged, and caused me to look into the whole thing resealing thing. One of the reasons for returning the game was that I couldn't tell whether it was a first print run game with the trading cards or a later edition, because the fact someone opened it meant they could have taken the cards out and forgot to put them back in.
Well, I got my game, and it's got cards, which the Gamestop shipment definitely didn't have. (Not that I wanted the cards all that badly, but they're nice to have.) Now that I look, I can see that the back of the box actually says it has trading cards inside. I'm not sure whether or not the other one did and it's been long since returned.
My pre-orders came in for Ambition: A Minuet in Power, which I'd been following since its Kickstarter days, and Digimon Survive, which I crossed my fingers on given that it's been in development hell and pre-ordered anyway. (It sounds like reviews are mixed, but most of the hate is that the gameplay is primarily visual novel, which the marketing was not upfront about. For those who like VNs though, it sounds like a winner.)
I... am not doing a good job with either my newly purchased games or my backlog, with most completed games being free to play experiences (even though I may have paid some money to support the dev after the fact).
Removing Chronicles of Refugia from my Not Yet Bought list thanks to it kindly deciding to release itself in episodes, which means that I'll have no interest in buying until it's all done. With a backlog like mine, you don't get installment payments unless you're offering me something no one else does (which to date has only been Because We're Here, for being a WW1-inspired otome, which literally no one else has done and I do not expect to ever see again).
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
even if Tempest - Wishlist until a decent sale (probably $40 or less)
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Waiting for a limited edition sale or $30 for standard edition
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Soul Hackers 2 - Waiting for $30 price point since pre-order was both overpriced and sold out in less than 2 hours
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Amnesia Later x Crowd - Leaning towards limited edition pre-order, but might wait for sale
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Piofiore Episodio 1926 - decided to pre-order since I like what I've seen of the first game so far
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade
My Sweet Bodyguard
Taisho x Alice
Fire Emblem: Revelation
Radiant Historia
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Billionaire Lovers
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative
Opus: Echoes of Starsong
Strange Horticulture
Olympia Soiree - Got cheap enough
Ambition: A Minuet in Power - Pre-ordered
Digimon Survive - Pre-ordered
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Battle for Polytopia
Crystal Warriors
Pre-Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and her Ducks
Yrsa Major
Total games completed in 2022: 10
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Post by Rune Lai on Sept 11, 2022 17:09:36 GMT -5
I found out the Birushina limited edition sold out, when the older Cupid Parasite LE did not (both from the same US publisher). I decided not to pre-order the Birushana LE because I'm backed up on otome and I just wasn't feeling that interested in the game, despite the fact it's supposed to have one of the best action protagonists in the genre. (I'll probably like the protag, it's just there's so much else about the game that leaves me unmotivated, which is a shame.)
I thought I might feel I missed out having not gotten the LE, but oddly I don't, so it seems a good decision, while I continue to wait for a $30 for the standard edition.
In other news, I crossed off Project Zomboid because it's a sandbox game with no ending and I played it, and added Soul Hackers 2 and Escape Simulator to my list of new backlog games. I don't mind Escape Simulator as much since it was for playing with friends, and we'll probably work our way through it eventually. Soul Hackers 2 hurts a little more, but I view it as a bit of a necessary thing since PS5s are still hard to get and I wanted something for it.
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
even if Tempest - Wishlist until a decent sale (probably $40 or less)
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Amnesia Later x Crowd - Pre-ordered
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Piofiore Episodio 1926 - Pre-ordered
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade
My Sweet Bodyguard
Taisho x Alice
Fire Emblem: Revelation
Radiant Historia
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Billionaire Lovers
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative
Opus: Echoes of Starsong
Strange Horticulture
Olympia Soiree
Ambition: A Minuet in Power
Digimon Survive
Soul Hackers 2
Escape Simulator
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Battle for Polytopia
Crystal Warriors
Pre-Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and her Ducks
Yrsa Major
Project Zomboid
Total games completed in 2022: 11
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Post by Rune Lai on Oct 17, 2022 2:32:17 GMT -5
Escape Simulator is complete! And that takes me to 12 games for the year, but it doesn't feel right since I've mostly avoided playing my backlog aside from playing two of the games (Cupid Parasite and Piofire: Fated Memories) and my purchase list ended up being ridiculously long so all the short little indie titles don't feel like they make up for the 40-60 hour games I still very much want to play!
The Amnesia and Piofiore fandiscs arrived at the end of last month as well, which I only pre-ordered because of my love for merch.
At least my want to buy list is so short now and the titles so new that they aren't likely to hit my purchase threshold this holiday season.
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
even if Tempest - Wishlist until a decent sale (probably $40 or less)
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade
My Sweet Bodyguard
Taisho x Alice
Fire Emblem: Revelation
Radiant Historia
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Billionaire Lovers
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative
Opus: Echoes of Starsong
Strange Horticulture
Olympia Soiree
Ambition: A Minuet in Power
Digimon Survive
Soul Hackers 2
Escape Simulator
Amnesia Later x Crowd - Pre-order arrived
Piofiore Episodio 1926 - Pre-order arrived
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Battle for Polytopia
Crystal Warriors
Pre-Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and her Ducks
Yrsa Major
Project Zomboid
Total games completed in 2022: 12
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Post by Rune Lai on Nov 2, 2022 1:14:09 GMT -5
I swear I'm going to finish something out of my actual backlog before the end of the year. But not right now. It's November so NaNoWriMo has started and it's very difficult for me to write anything that's similar to what I'm working on while I'm working on it (and in fact I prefer non-narrative games entirely).
This update adds Your Dry Delight to the long list of indies I've been meandering through this year. I need to stop doing that.
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
even if Tempest - Wishlist until a decent sale (probably $40 or less)
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade
My Sweet Bodyguard
Taisho x Alice
Fire Emblem: Revelation
Radiant Historia
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Billionaire Lovers
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative
Opus: Echoes of Starsong
Strange Horticulture
Olympia Soiree
Ambition: A Minuet in Power
Digimon Survive
Soul Hackers 2
Escape Simulator
Amnesia Later x Crowd
Piofiore Episodio 1926
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Battle for Polytopia
Crystal Warriors
Pre-Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and her Ducks
Yrsa Major
Project Zomboid
Your Dry Delight
Total games completed in 2022: 13
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Post by Rune Lai on Dec 12, 2022 23:18:26 GMT -5
Well, I get to cross off one last game for the year, probably, with AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. I might get around to completing more game this year, but I think the odds are against it. Whatever I manage to squeeze in would be really short. And finishing one more game on the list is totally beat by me being bad about holiday sales. My acquisitions: *inhales* - Disgaea 6 Complete ($32 sale wasn't quite at my $30 threshold, but afraid this one's going to go out of print so...)
- Yurukill ($20, perfect for a weird genre blender with mixed reviews)
- Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes ($30 can't believe it got this cheap in its first year of release)
- Buried Stars ($13, what a steal!)
- Love Letter from Thief X ($12 for the Switch port which is a better rate than buying individually on Love 365, and a few more bucks for Tatsuro during the Love 365 Black Friday sale since I love detective-thief romances and he's only on the app)
I managed to convince myself not to buy even if Tempest until a better sale seeing as I won't be playing it anytime soon. My progress as it currently stands: Should Play:Tales of BerseriaCupid ParasitePiofiore: Fated Memories Persona 5 StrikersShould Finish:Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned CityJoe Dever's Lone WolfStory of Seasons: Friends of Mineral TownPersona 4 ArenaGolden Sun: The Lost AgeNot Yet Bought:Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games even if Tempest - Wishlist until a decent sale (probably $40 or less) Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30 Added to Backlog:Civilization VI AnthologyVariable BarricadeMy Sweet BodyguardTaisho x AliceFire Emblem: RevelationRadiant HistoriaAttack of the Friday Monsters!Billionaire LoversYs IX: Monstrum NoxUndernauts: Labyrinth of YomiAI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA InitiativeOpus: Echoes of Starsong Strange HorticultureOlympia SoireeAmbition: A Minuet in PowerDigimon SurviveSoul Hackers 2Escape SimulatorAmnesia Later x CrowdPiofiore Episodio 1926Disgaea 6 CompleteYurukill: The Calumniation GamesBuried StarsLove Letter from Thief XFinished even though it wasn't on the list:Hungry Hearts DinerMetro PD: Close to YouBattle for PolytopiaCrystal WarriorsPre-Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and her DucksYrsa MajorProject ZomboidYour Dry DelightTotal games completed in 2022: 14 |
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Post by Rune Lai on Jan 1, 2023 1:52:29 GMT -5
One final update to cover Fairy Bakery getting crossed off my list and then I'll get my year end wrap-up posted. Probably not tonight, but maybe tomorrow or the day after.
My progress as it currently stands:
Should Play:
Tales of Berseria
Cupid Parasite
Piofiore: Fated Memories
Persona 5 Strikers
Should Finish:
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Persona 4 Arena
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Not Yet Bought:
Legend of Tianding - Wishlist until cheap "enough" because I got too many games
even if Tempest - Wishlist until a decent sale (probably $40 or less)
Paradigm Paradox - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpai - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - Wishlist item until price is $30 or less
Triangle Strategy - Maybe when it hits $30
Added to Backlog:
Civilization VI Anthology
Variable Barricade
My Sweet Bodyguard
Taisho x Alice
Fire Emblem: Revelation
Radiant Historia
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Billionaire Lovers
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative
Opus: Echoes of Starsong
Strange Horticulture
Olympia Soiree
Ambition: A Minuet in Power
Digimon Survive
Soul Hackers 2
Escape Simulator
Amnesia Later x Crowd
Piofiore Episodio 1926
Disgaea 6 Complete
Yurukill: The Calumniation Games
Buried Stars
Love Letter from Thief X
Finished even though it wasn't on the list:
Hungry Hearts Diner
Metro PD: Close to You
Battle for Polytopia
Crystal Warriors
Pre-Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, and her Ducks
Yrsa Major
Project Zomboid
Your Dry Delight
Fairy Bakery
Total games completed in 2022: 15
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) places both games at about 40 hours for main story plus extras (since I usually do some side stuff) and 60 hours for completionists, which probably translates into 50 and 80 hours respectively for me since I'm always a fair bit slower than most of the people who like logging their times in.