I see a ring, I says happy ring day!

Oh, I'm actually quite liking it! It's a nice change from Ys 6, which had somewhat sluggish controls. Ys Seven is nicely responsive and the bosses are challenging in a fun way instead of a frustrating one. I was also a big fan of Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin, so it's nice to play an Ys game I enjoy after slogging through 5 and 6.

"Wait, why does "Ape Escape" inexplicably have one of the greatest soundtracks of all time?"

The world may never know.

Persona uddies!

Yeah it was super fun and the story was great! I finally started getting into the series, I am exited to see where it all goes

Yeah, that's part of it. The other part is a friend of mine has been pestering me for a LONG time to actually play it, so I figured I'd finally give it a go. Boy that field area to the southwest of the encampment doesn't mess around.

Also I made sure to mod back in the original title theme so I could have the true Dragon's Dogma experience lol

I've already played through the first chapter or so and I'm definitely into it! I was a big fan of Yakuza 4, so I'm glad to see some returning characters.

[Link] "My Klonoa!"

Perhaps it's like how Hank Hill finds managing his lawn relaxing.

I know I'm in the minority, but I liked Donkey Kong 64. As a poor middle schooler who had to buy all of his own video games, I had to make sure my purchased games were going to keep me occupied for a long time -- and boy howdy, did Donkey Kong 64 fulfill that requirement.

The main gimmick of Atelier Ryza is alchemy, so the game gives you plenty of random doodads and gewgaws and thingamajigs to collect, which you can then alchemize into useful items and equipment back at your home base. My inner loot gremlin is absolutely euphoric every time I reach a new area that has brand new materials for me to gleefully gather.

A strip of tree bark? Sure, I can strengthen my armor with that. A weird-looking beetle? I bet I can use it to make a potion, so let's grab it. A dusty cobweb? I can make a sweet rug for my hideout if I collect a hundred of them, so into the knapsack it goes! A wild berry that is almost certainly poisonous? It might still be useful somehow, so you'd best believe I'm taking it with me! A handful of sand? I mean, like, I dunno, whatever, just grab it, I guess. A clump of fur from a dead weasel? Can I really afford not to scoop it up and take it with me? A piece of literal garbage from an NPC's trash can? For all I know, it might be an essential ingredient in crafting the ultimate weapon at the very end of the game, so I absolutely must gather as much of it as I can!

Yes, I have a problem, but I'm too busy getting tiny nonstop dopamine hits to care. Games like this were made specifically for weirdos like me, and I'm having a lovely time.

Or "chipwrecked" for that matter.

No problem, Raging Blasters is a cool shmup! If you look at that developer's page on Steam, they have a lot of 16 bit shmups inspired by various classics.

The nerdy college age kids of now would probably say "Baxter who?"

I tend to stay away from open world games, so I’ve never really given them a shot. From your description of Yakuza 3 though it sounds like it may be the rare kind of open world game that hits for me. Walking around parts of Tokyo I’ve been to sounds kinda sweet too. 🤔

You right about the Dana flashbacks tho.

Playing Adol and the crew is way better.

Hey, don't fret, there's always the chance of free updates or paid DLC!

it's a bit tough to say since I played Bayonetta 2 almost ten years ago, but I will say it took me a bit to get acclimated to 3. It might be the weakest in the series but I still found a lot to enjoy, especially since there's a pretty silly amount of weapons to play around with. Using the Infernal Demons in particular takes some getting used to, even as someone who played Astral Chain. If you didn't play long enough to get the Aranaea weapon, I'd definitely try that out and see how you feel.

hah, I guess I’ve always been a bit of a marathon gamer. Wonder isn’t *too* long, maybe like 8-9 hours just to get credits? Still plenty of purple coins and secrets and such to collect, which I’ll definitely do!

You're definitely right about that! The parries are much stricter than Sekiro's too, so that's been quite the adjustment for me. The last two bosses probably took me a hundred very short attempts since any mistake results in getting one -shotted.

Yeah! I think it’s cool that they didn’t just do a 1 for 1 graphical upgrade, and instead tried to fix some things from the original and give it it’s own personality. But for me I just dig the original more. Fully admitting the possibility of nostalgia bias.

Yeah, the VC game loop is so solid, even if the rest of the trimmings are a bit bland, it's still a good time.