Played Captain Toad last night. It was fun.

RIP John Madden. I hope to play a game of Madden tonight. Maybe Madden 98...

SNK Collection on Switch. I forgot how impossible Ikari Warriors is! Anyone who is good at it has my full respect.

ABBA

I tried Monster Hunter Rise today. Theres a lot to remember and keep track of. Not sure it’s for me.

Yeah it’s hard as shit. I had IW2 as a kid and got to the end many times but don’t think I ever beat it.

I remember getting to the end of Ikari Warriors a couple of times but never beating it

Love playing Gran Turismo again. Appeals to me more than the Forza games.

I’ve never played a Mass Effect game before but with Legendary edition coming to Gamepass tomorrow, I may start.

I’ve put over 80 hours into Halo Infinite already. The gameplay loop is addicting. If they keep adding things, I may never stop.

The Mass Effect trilogy is great.

It's more Resident Evil, certainly not reinventing the wheel but with plenty of spooks and charm. It's much more action based and less reliant on item/ammo preservation than previous entries. The setting is really fun to explore (you can backtrack the whole map). It sort of feels like a Metroidvania in that sense.

That’s interesting. I’m not super into the 1st person aspect, and your positioning it as more action/less item scarcity doesn’t really move the needle for me; that sense of dread from having to make it down a long hallway with just four bullets and one green plant is what makes RE so fun!

But I do really dig the character design, especially giant monster I saw in a gameplay video.

Finished Resident Evil Village last night. Starting Deathloop this week.

Been slowly playing through Mario Odyssey with my 4.5 year old controlling Cappy in 2 player mode. Been a blast.

Finally sat down and finished Alan Wake Remastered. It’s still the GOAT.

Really tempted by Far Cry 6 being $20 on Amazon.

That is tempting.

Caved and bought Far Cry for $20 and Guardians of the Galaxy for $30.

It's still going to $20 (looks like the season pass is discounted by $10 as well). Is it worth getting? Price dropped fast on this one...I'm often leery of Ubisoft games

It suffers from all of the usual Ubisoft problems (gameplay loop is clear base/outpost, do uninteresting story mission, repeat). This one's biggest detraction though is that it's basically just a reskin of all it's predecessors, so if you like any of the previous ones then i'd say go for it. I'd also say it's absolutely worth $20 just to drive around and fuck enemies up with silly weapons. Co-op mode is a blast too.

I'm taking a break from Ubisoft games for awhile. Valhalla and Odyssey were just way too big/repetitive.