Could I play something new? Sure.

Did I end up starting a new save in Stardew Valley for the umpteenth time? Yep.

I wrapped up Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown maybe a week ago and really enjoyed it, ending somewhere around 85% of completion and calling that good enough. Not sure why Stardew looked appealing but it did, I’m over the usual hurdle of Spring/early Summer Year One and just enjoying my time with it. I’ve already played for well over 500h across multiple saves and if hard pressed to pick one game as my favorite, it’s probably Stardew. This time around is a modded playthrough primarily on the Steam Deck/with a controller instead of a mouse and keyboard, so some mods are a bit clunkier than I’d like (renaming chests and chest groups is a real pain) and settling into the end of my first year now.

Finished Xenosaga Episode I. I enjoyed it, even if the combat started to grate on me towards the end.

Started Resonance of Fate. Combat and controls are a bit confusing, but it seems interesting. Unfortunately there’s a lot of annoying visual glitches when playing on my PC.

Been playing Hollow Knight: Silksong. I’ve seen credits twice, and am now in Act 3. Currently going through the world again, looking for stuff I missed.

While I do have a good time with the game, I can’t say I love it, because it has a few too many frustrating sections and maybe a few parts that were a bit too difficult for me to really enjoy.

Picked up the Indiana Jones game which is actually pretty fun. Also been trying to get into playing Total War: Warhammer 2 but a lot of it feels like an exercise in frustration (I might just not be very good at it).

I picked up House of Legacy on sale and have been having a good time with it. It’s still noticeably unfinished after three years of early access though.

I’m playing CoD Ghosts - multiplayer with bots. Not getting the time to game at the moment and 10-minute bursts of entertainment have their place.

Some day in the future, I absolutely need to pick up a copy of Maze Mice since I recently played the demo to death after finding it on itch(dot)io. Think an endless game of Superhot meets something like Vampire Survivors. I didn’t realize it, but it’s from the Luck Be A Landlord dev.

Other than that, I have not been playing much, but I have checked out the latest beta ( testing? ) update for Dungeon Clawler and I like the Starlet character better than the other one because I did a whole run where I didn’t take any hits from any enemies, until final boss ruined that.

Not many other games played besides having to start over in Slay The Spire because I couldn’t find my old save from before I picked it up on Steam. I forget just how hard the game can be, regardless of skill ( or lack thereof ).

About to finish Jet Set Radio. Then I’m gonna start Hitman Codename 47

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