Hey thanks!

Yeah I did a bit of a collection cleanup and sold a bunch of stuff I've finished / will never touch again / not special enough to me to take up shelf space.

I really want to eventually get Sea of Stars but when I saw that it was a sequel of sorts to The Messenger, I knew I had to play that first. 80% off on Steam made me finally pull the trigger. I wasn't actually considering playing through it before the Backloggery stream but that is a pretty good idea! I think I might do just that!

Speaking of streams, your donated directorship has been scheduled for Friday July 26 . I've already started recruiting Backloggers on the Discord for the FFXIV Raids we will be doing. Thanks again!

Yes you're not wrong that it's not cheap. I am surprised they never included that game in those contra collections! No worries I understand, if I notice a score that I am curious about I will ask

That's reassuring! I tried to play it recently but couldn't get along with the controls and the game unfortunately kept crashing.

I'll perhaps try again in the future. I quite enjoyed the original trilogy!

How are you finding Escape From Monkey Island?

I always enjoy looking at your review scores when you beat games! Are you planning to add small text to the review when the new backloggery site is out with the review tab?

I am also curious if you are planning on picking up Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge? I absolutely loved this game and I am interested on what you would think of it if you do ever play it.

Oh, I dare. How much of your love for Grand Theft Auto III can be attributed to nostalgia? Be honest now. I don't doubt that it was revolutionary and ambitious back in 2001, but playing it for the first time here in 2024...it really has not aged well.

To summarize: The story is bland, the combat controls are atrocious (I swear the lock-on feature just plain doesn't work), the driving controls are so slippery that it feels like I'm driving on ice, the characters are all shallow and unlikable, the missions are either boring fetch-quests or combat trials that are difficult to the point of being frustrating, and the world just felt so bland and generic that I had no desire to explore it like I do with other games in this genre.

I've played other GTA-esque games -- namely, Sleeping Dogs (which I thought was good) and Saints Row: The Third (which is one of my favorite games) -- so I was looking forward to playing through my first real Grand Theft Auto game. I wanted to like it, and I gave it what I believe is a fair chance, but man, it just disappointed me at every turn.

I'm sorry for speaking harshly about a game you like. Thank you, though, for giving me a chance to vent about it.

Wow, I forgot all about that poem.

Happy backloggiversary!

Oh, happy late backloggiversary~ Missed you last Monday!

Thanks everyone for the Backloggiversary kind wishes!!!

Happy Backloggiversary again!!

Imagine, if someone has been on the Backloggery for 2 years and 4 months, you've now been a Backlogger 6 TIMES longer than that person!

Amazing