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

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
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
Final Fantasy XVI
Final Fantasy XVI
Kill it with fucking fire
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Alan Wake II
Alan Wake II
Lies of P
Lies of P
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
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
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
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6
Pikmin 4
Pikmin 4
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
Cocoon
Cocoon
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Really really really really cute
Octopath Traveler II
Octopath Traveler II
Cozy, pretty nice warm blanket, but kind of weak structurally. Nice comfort food though, for the jrpg soul
Dredge
Dredge
Jusant
Jusant
Pseudoregalia
Pseudoregalia
Blasphemous II
Blasphemous II
Slay the Princess
Slay the Princess
Chants of Sennaar
Chants of Sennaar
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
Venba
Venba
Undertale Yellow
Undertale Yellow
Void Stranger
Void Stranger
System Shock
System Shock
Remnant II
Remnant II
Amnesia: The Bunker
Amnesia: The Bunker
World of Horror
World of Horror
RoboCop: Rogue City
RoboCop: Rogue City
Cassette Beasts
Cassette Beasts
Risk of Rain Returns
Risk of Rain Returns
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
Lunacid
Lunacid
Gravity Circuit
Gravity Circuit
Fate/Samurai Remnant
Fate/Samurai Remnant
Little Goody Two Shoes
Little Goody Two Shoes
WarioWare: Move It!
WarioWare: Move It!
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
The Talos Principle II
The Talos Principle II
Humanity
Humanity
Ghostrunner II
Ghostrunner II
The Exit 8
The Exit 8
Tchia
Tchia
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Corn Kidz 64
Corn Kidz 64
Mosa Lina
Mosa Lina
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer
Wanted: Dead
Wanted: Dead
Absolute ass. Don't play under any circumstance, this isn't a funny meme :(
Turbo Overkill
Turbo Overkill
Sonic Dream Team
Sonic Dream Team
El Paso, Elsewhere
El Paso, Elsewhere
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Class of '09: The Re-Up
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
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!
American Arcadia
American Arcadia
Goodbye Volcano High
Goodbye Volcano High
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Crymachina
Crymachina
Tevi
Tevi
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
Knuckle Sandwich
Knuckle Sandwich
Cavern of Dreams
Cavern of Dreams
Hrot
Hrot
Stasis: Bone Totem
Stasis: Bone Totem
Cobalt Core
Cobalt Core
Born of Bread
Born of Bread
Neotrogla
Neotrogla
Pleonexia
Pleonexia
S'ok. Dislike this kind of horror tbqh
Hira Hira Hihiru
Hira Hira Hihiru
Mediterranea Inferno
Mediterranea Inferno
Quake II: Call of the Machine
Quake II: Call of the Machine
The Making of Karateka
The Making of Karateka
Crypt Underworld
Crypt Underworld
Touhou Juuouen: Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost.
Touhou Juuouen: Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost.
Alter Ego
Alter Ego
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Moonring
Moonring
OTXO
OTXO
It Comes in Waves
It Comes in Waves
Ghostpia Season One
Ghostpia Season One
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
Vernal Edge
Vernal Edge
"We have KH at home"
>KH at home

Well translated combat it may be indeed, but this is the most lifeless shell that it could've been attached to. There's no vibes, absolutely bitchless setting to me.

I went back and tried it on its critical mode just to be sure, and while that does a lot for it it doesn't do a lot for me. Can see the vision now tho. I'll come around to it eventually
Quest for 2Moo
Quest for 2Moo
Rusted Moss
Rusted Moss
Homebody
Homebody
Kazoe Meshi
Kazoe Meshi
Pokémon Elite Redux
Pokémon Elite Redux
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
Barotrauma
Barotrauma
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
Hopeless Junction
Hopeless Junction
Repeat the Ending
Repeat the Ending
Abandon
Abandon

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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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