Chris

I think today is a good day to start a playthrough of Super Mario RPG.

Finished Maiden of the Dark. A neat and sometimes quite tricky action-platformer. It is overall pretty fair though, so it never got too frustrating. Big fan of the artstyle in the story parts.

The hitboxes are a little off, but other than that I enjoyed my time with this game.

Dusted off the trusty ol’ Game Boy Color to play a little Game Boy homebrew game I backed on Kickstarter.

Wird direkt mal gekauft. 😁

Finished Mega Man 6. Such a nice swan song for the Mega Man series on the NES. The stages are beautiful, the robot masters are all really cool designed and it was overall pretty fair (except for maybe two annoying bosses near the end).

The music is also very good and super catchy.

Happy Birthday, Jesse! 😁🎉

Finished As Dusk Falls. Awesome narrative-driven game, where your decisions genuinely matter, and you truly feel the consequences of your choices.

If you are not a fan of QTEs, then this game is probably not your cup of tea, since that's basically all the gameplay consists of.

Finished Midnight Fight Express. Pretty cool isometric Beat'em Up with a surprisingly deep skill/combat system. The level and character designs are a bit basic, though it's neat that you can kinda create your own character.

My absolute highlight was the sick EDM soundtrack.

Muss ich mir mal alle notieren. Hab zwar das Gefühl gar nicht mehr hinterher zu kommen, aber ich liebe solche Showcases einfach. 😅

Versuche aktuell auch so ein bisschen mal die ganzen Showcases nachzuholen, und sitze gerade am Inde Fan Fest. Werde mir dann später auch das Frosty Fan Fest geben, von dem ich noch gar nix vorher gehört. 😅

Oh, Celeste ist ein richtig guter Pick.

Platforming games I love that aren't Mario or Sonic.

Nice, Rayman 2. Not enough people talk about it!

Finished God of War (PS2). I loved how cinematic it felt, and how fast and fluid the combat was. It isn’t without its flaws tho, especially near the end it becomes unnecessarily frustrating.

The Story was pretty cool, and surprisingly kinda tragic too. Kratos is just a badass.

The current God of War hype wave kinda got me, which is why I’ll finally play the original God of War for the first time next.

Spent my Sunday watching Predator 1 and Predator 2 for the first time in ages.

Especially the first Predator movie just brings a smile to my face with its over the top cast of manly macho men and their silly one-liners. But it also knows how to build suspense. It’s awesome.

Finished DuckTales (GB). I think that if you like the NES version, then you will probably have a great time with this game too. The levels are pretty much the same as on the NES, just simpler and more cramped.

The music is also good, but sadly it lacks the NES version’s punch.

I played the Director’s Cut. I guess I was lucky because I didn’t even realize that it was this version when I bought it. 😅

Finished Kathy Rain. I love me a good mystery, and that’s exactly what this game delivers. I didn’t expect the supernatural angle to go as deep as it did though, but I enjoyed it.

It's fully voice acted, and the performances are great. Overall a pretty cool Point and Click adventure.

Finished Donkey Kong (NES). It only has 3 levels, because of the limited storage space on the early NES cartridges, instead of 4 levels like in the OG arcade ver., but it's still a neat little classic.

Always liked the fun fact that the ape in this game is actually Cranky Kong.

New additions to my collection.

I’ve always read and heard about Max Payne and its cool bullet-time mechanic, but unfortunately never actually got to play any of the games. I'm definitely going to play them soon.

Finished The Punisher. Watched the 2004 movie recently and just wanted to check out a Punisher game. It's actually a quite decent Beat 'em Up with a nice variety of weapons.

It offers basically nothing you haven't seen in other 16bit Beat 'em ups yet, but it's still a fun time.

Finished DuckTales. It's been ages since the last time I played it, but it is still one of my favourites on the NES even after all these years. The pogo-jumping alone makes this game a blast to play.

The soundtrack is SO good. It's packed with catchy 8-bit tunes across every stage.

Ich habe es auch mehrere Male durchgespielt, aber bisher nur einmal zu 100%, und das auch nur mit Hilfe eines Lösungsbuches. 😅

As much as I love the Buster Sword and the Gunblade, my favourite weapon in the Final Fantasy universe will always be Brotherhood from FFX .

I just love its translucent, glowing blue look.

Finished Superliminal. It started off with some nice perspective tricks but ended with my brain feeling like it would explode due to all the optical illusions and puzzles.

I liked the message about how our perspective shapes how we face and overcome challenges in our lives.

Finished Cadash. A bit short and nothing too special in the realm of Action RPGs, but still a decent game. It can be a bit difficult if you don't grind early tho.

It's a shame they removed the Priest and Ninja classes, which were originally in the arcade and TGFX16 versions.

Finished Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. I loved it. The Gadgets added a neat layer to an already pretty fun combat system imo.

It’s rather short for a LAD game, but the story still hooked me. The ending both warmed and broke my poor heart at the same time.

Well, the year is pretty much over, so all that’s left for me is to wish you all the best for the year ahead. Happy New Year. 🍾

Cool guys don't look at explosions. (The Gadgets are pretty damn fun in this game.)