Chronicling 2023

Removing the pretense of this being some Good 2023 Fiction bit, not sure what I was on. This is totally just an excuse to micro-blog impressions in a fun attempt at covering the year wholesale. Enjoy second-to-minute rambles

Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3
Alan Wake II
Alan Wake II
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
Abandon
Abandon
Jack Jeanne
Jack Jeanne
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Misericorde: Volume One
Misericorde: Volume One
Hopeless Junction
Hopeless Junction
Crypt Underworld
Crypt Underworld
Pikmin 4
Pikmin 4
Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower
I think I'd greatly enjoy with the right mindset but for now it's just alright? Too speedrun-y for me in a linear way
Octopath Traveler II
Octopath Traveler II
Cozy, pretty nice warm blanket, but kind of weak structurally. Nice comfort food though, for the jrpg soul
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
Void Stranger
Void Stranger
Dead Space
Dead Space
Nice recreated coherent aesthetic vision, but with all the meat underneath sanded off. Considering I quite liked that meat however rare, I still feel miffed months and months later. However!!!, can't really say to avoid, I'm just a Dead Space boomer
Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush
Absolute banger ^w^ I am finding that I have total rhythm issues in my soul that are off by justttt enough to annoy the hell out of me, but the style is sooooooo grand. It makes the entire impression
Chants of Sennaar
Chants of Sennaar
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6
The Talos Principle II
The Talos Principle II
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
The Making of Karateka
The Making of Karateka
Ghostpia Season One
Ghostpia Season One
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
24 Killers
24 Killers
Trying this out when I'm feeling a light bit of isolation has this cut into me, but, it's lacking stuff. And I think that stuff is friction, multiplicity to its central theme of finding within others a place to call "Home". It takes the softest approach there, and as welcome as that is, I can't help but think it's missing some of the idea of Why Moon RPG and such like it is duplicitous in its teachings, its agonies, its pains, to come to understand love. In that way, I worry this never really gets to the heart of a found home. Even if it's nice how unconditional that is (and again, welcome). Maybe, perhaps, it reveals more of that as the world goes on?

Actually yknow, belay all of that shit. It's making me think a lot about what I'm doing with my life and the found families I'm with. That's worth a lot more than most here
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Heart of the Killer
Heart of the Killer
Finished - Incredible, need to get to the rest of this series ASAP. Just stellar song-of-my-people stuff here. Hilarious and appropriately visceral
South Scrimshaw
South Scrimshaw
Blasphemous II
Blasphemous II
Quest for 2Moo
Quest for 2Moo
Undertale Yellow
Undertale Yellow
Quake II: Call of the Machine
Quake II: Call of the Machine
Lies of P
Lies of P
Gravity Circuit
Gravity Circuit
A Space for the Unbound
A Space for the Unbound
Very very underwhelming first foot forward. Incredibly pretty emotional surrounding (and sometimes lifting) a clumsy and altogether standardly made skeleton. Can see this turning into some beautiful story down the line but :( they shouldn't have made this a demo?
My House
My House
Finished - While I wouldn't go "innovation in narrative design" I do think this direction is something to celebrate regardless of the tacky skeleton. Just such a sick spiraling journey that I can't hate it for long
Homebody
Homebody
Cocoon
Cocoon
Kazoe Meshi
Kazoe Meshi
Little Goody Two Shoes
Little Goody Two Shoes
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Final Fantasy XVI
Final Fantasy XVI
Kill it with fucking fire
Lunacid
Lunacid
Slay the Princess
Slay the Princess
Tevi
Tevi
Pseudoregalia
Pseudoregalia
Stasis: Bone Totem
Stasis: Bone Totem
Risk of Rain Returns
Risk of Rain Returns
Cobalt Core
Cobalt Core
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
These horror games are draining on me ">~<
Terrifying and incredibly inventive in its direction. Though I've been told it drops a lot of the actual 'gameplay' part after the prologue ends, it's still fascinating even if said prologue doesn't give much of any to chew on. That's part of the idea in a sense, since you are Mr. Visual Novel Man That Will Die in approximately One Route. Interested in coming back to this one for sure
Akka Arrh
Akka Arrh
Crazy, but not my thing x3 I don't know if I enjoy this sort of arcadey Desync-HyperDemon-and-etc. inpulse to overload the eye and obfuscate with noise
System Shock
System Shock
Hira Hira Hihiru
Hira Hira Hihiru
Dredge
Dredge
Cassette Beasts
Cassette Beasts
Your Only Move is Hustle
Your Only Move is Hustle
Pretty good fun :3
Please give it just any other ingame song option. I don't care if you're supposed to put something over it, this is so banal!
Mice Tea
Mice Tea
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Fate/Samurai Remnant
Fate/Samurai Remnant
Amnesia: The Bunker
Amnesia: The Bunker
Turbo Overkill
Turbo Overkill
Rusted Moss
Rusted Moss
Elephantasy: Flipside
Elephantasy: Flipside
Super cool in a vacuum but not something I could ever wholeheartedly stick with, I think. Just too much of a vacuously unimpactful vibe
Corn Kidz 64
Corn Kidz 64
WarioWare: Move It!
WarioWare: Move It!
Ghostrunner II
Ghostrunner II
American Arcadia
American Arcadia
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Pokémon Elite Redux
Pokémon Elite Redux
Venba
Venba
World of Horror
World of Horror
Hrot
Hrot
Neyasnoe
Neyasnoe
Humanity
Humanity
Jusant
Jusant
Mosa Lina
Mosa Lina
Cavern of Dreams
Cavern of Dreams
Lost Cartridge: Cold Read
Lost Cartridge: Cold Read
Finished - Oh yes that was quite good u//u
Honestly way too effective scares, I had to play this with friends on VC x-x
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Really really really really cute
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer
Waste Eater
Waste Eater
Finished - Loved this ;-; Very nice impactful harsh bite-sized story
RoboCop: Rogue City
RoboCop: Rogue City
Season: A Letter to the Future
Season: A Letter to the Future
Great start!!! Iffy feeling on what may come after though from what I hear :( But what I did touch really got to me
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Remnant II
Remnant II
Barotrauma
Barotrauma
Crymachina
Crymachina
Moonring
Moonring
El Paso, Elsewhere
El Paso, Elsewhere
Sonic Dream Team
Sonic Dream Team
Knuckle Sandwich
Knuckle Sandwich
Mediterranea Inferno
Mediterranea Inferno
Vividlope
Vividlope
Neotrogla
Neotrogla
Pleonexia
Pleonexia
S'ok. Dislike this kind of horror tbqh
Fading Afternoon
Fading Afternoon
Mémoire 0079
Mémoire 0079

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7 months ago

I know it's technically a late 2022 release, but really hoping you check out Fear & Hunger 2


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